Description The Opportunity

Join a leading organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.

- Duration: 2 months
- Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
- Location: East Melbourne

About You You are an experienced disputes lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.

Your Experience and Expertise

- Experience managing and advising on negligence and personal injury claims
- Strong experience across both litigated and non-litigated claims
- Experience handling physical and psychological injury matters
- Exposure to institutional abuse claims and other sensitive or complex claims
- Knowledge of negligence, personal injury and applicable civil liability principles
- Experience managing claims from initial assessment through to resolution
- Strong litigation and dispute resolution experience, including briefing and instructing external counsel
- Experience developing claims strategies and providing practical legal advice
- Strong knowledge of court processes, procedures and relevant evidentiary requirements
- Experience negotiating settlements and participating in mediations and other dispute resolution processes
- Ability to manage a varied and complex caseload effectively
- Experience advising government departments, public sector organisations or large institutional clients highly regarded
- Understanding of the legal and reputational sensitivities associated with claims involving schools, children and vulnerable individuals
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including working with internal clients, external solicitors, counsel and other relevant parties

Attributes

- Strong analytical and legal problem-solving skills
- Sound judgement and ability to assess complex legal and factual issues




- Highly developed communication and stakeholder management skills
- Empathetic and sensitive approach when dealing with difficult subject matter
- High level of discretion, professionalism and confidentiality
- Robust attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent organisational and case management skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Calm and resilient when managing sensitive and challenging matters
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills

Requirements

- Current Australian practising certificate
- Right to live and work in Australia

About Reach Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise. Why join Reach?

Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.

Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:

- Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
- A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
- The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.

Interested? Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Adam Saunders, our Talent Solutions Advisor, at [email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Reach Legal Consultants | Disputes lawyers | Melbourne
🏢 Ashurst Perkins Coie
📍 Melbourne