Hooker and Heijden - Insurance and Underwriting Recruitment – Sydney NSW

Full time

2mo ago , from Hooker and Heijden - Insurance and Underwriting Recruitment

Senior Associate — Family Law & Commercial

5+ Years PQE | Sydney CBD, NSW

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our client is a well-established, full-service Sydney law firm with a strong reputation built over more than three decades. Operating from premium CBD offices, the firm acts for individuals, businesses and industry leaders across a broad range of practice areas, and has built a genuinely collegial culture around technical excellence and client care.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our client is seeking an experienced Family Lawyer to join at Senior Associate level within a well-regarded Family Law practice that regularly handles complex, high-net-worth matters. A distinguishing feature of this practice is its close connection to the firm's commercial team: many family law matters involve a business or corporate structure, and navigating the division of matrimonial assets without damaging the value of the underlying business is a regular and interesting feature of the work.

This is a genuine hybrid role. While your primary focus will be Family Law, you will also spend a meaningful portion of your time - starting at around 25% and potentially more, depending on workflow - working on General Commercial matters, predominantly transactional and advisory in nature, with some exposure to commercial litigation.

KEY DETAILS

Practice split:



approximately 75% Family Law / 25% General Commercial (may vary with demand)

Commercial work: mainly transactional and advisory, with some litigation

Reporting lines: to the firm's joint CEOs, with commercial matters also reporting via a senior associate in the Commercial team; overall supervision of the Family Law practice is provided by the practice head

Caseload: includes high-net-worth matters

Billable expectation: in the order of 7 hours per day (can include business development activities such as writing articles)

Remuneration: competitive, benchmarked to market for the successful candidate's level of experience

ABOUT YOU

Minimum 5 years' post-qualification experience in Family Law (NSW)

Comfortable working at the intersection of family and commercial law, including matters involving business assets and structures

Strong technical and drafting skills, with sound commercial judgement

Confident managing high-net-worth and sometimes complex matters

A collaborative team player, willing to contribute to the firm's profile through business development and thought leadership

WHAT'S ON OFFER

Exposure to sophisticated, high-net-worth family law matters with genuine commercial complexity

The chance to broaden your skill set into general commercial work

Supervision and mentorship from experienced practice leaders

A competitive salary that reflects your experience

Sydney CBD offices

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📌 Senior Associate - Family Law (Sydney)
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