**NOTHING COMPARES** Premier specialist firm. Industry-leading mentors. Enviable growth path. Life friendly/Flex/WFH. Delightful team/culture. $100,000-$250,000. Sydney.
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Our client is a STAND-OUT fast-growing specialist law firm with flourishing practices across environment/planning & construction law:
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- Led by industry-leading specialist partners (ex top-tier partners);
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- Highly respected & acclaimed by multiple superior court Judges;
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- Engaging in high-end quality work with quality diverse clients;
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- With enviable close-knit TEAM dynamics without the politics; &
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- With a vibrant, versatile, inclusive culture that values and supports staff fulfilling their potential/ambitions.
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YOUR NEW ROLE n
Reporting to an industry-leading specialist partner& supported by a paralegal/junior lawyer, you will love resolving a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating +engaging disputes (Superior level & Land & Environment Courts) relating to:
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- all aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and related legislation;
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- development applications (DAs), complying DAs and exempt development.
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- applications to amend LEPs and planning proposals;
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- voluntary planning agreements and developer contributions.
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- easements and access to land ;
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- land contamination, pollution,
remediation and voluntary management proposals.
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- directors’ duties and liabilities under planning and environment regulations.
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- critical habitat and the operation of threatened species conservation legislation.
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- site and environmental audits, due diligence and environmental impact assessment.
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- regulatory compliance and enforcement.
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- Land and Environment Court Applications and Appeals.
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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? nn
- Highly reputable specialist firm with proven success;
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- Variety+cutting-edge high quality cases;
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- Full spectrum dispute resolution/litigation including appeals, prosecutions, judicial review and civil enforcement;
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- Have your own practice and direct client contact;
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- 1:1 mentorship by a top specialist E+P partner;
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- Ongoing professional development+ regular pay reviews (subject to performance);
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- Genuine long-term career growth path including potential for partnership in the future (subject to your desire, ambition & performance);
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- Free food/fully stocked kitchen;
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- Healthy work/life+ flexibility (incl part work from home).
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WHO YOU ARE n
We are interested in hearing from you if you:
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- are admitted as a solicitor in NSW;
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- have minimum 4 yrs or more hands-on environmental/planning/local government law litigation experience (essential) preferably acting for applicants (ie developers/private entities);
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- have strong communication, research, negotiation, advocacy and client management skills;
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- are practical, adaptable, commercial, dead-line driven and results-oriented;
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- are hungry to advance your career LONG-TERM as a specialist environmental/planning lawyer with a top premier specialist firm.
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