Private Clients & Family Office Lawyer | 5+ PAE | Premium Sydney Firm

Our client is a premium Australian commercial law firm with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, and for decades it has advised some of the country's most influential individuals and families. Its national Private Clients and Family Office practice is entering a period of investment and growth, and is expanding in both cities. There are multiple openings, from Senior Associate through to Special Counsel, in Sydney or Melbourne.

Why you'll love it here

- Our client offers competitive remuneration that rewards merit and performance
- Growth you can shape: join at the start of an investment phase and help set the direction of the practice
- Ownership of your matters and long-term relationships with clients and their advisers
- Work that sits at the intersection of law, business, family and capital, with specialists in tax and corporate close at hand
- Fully subsidised gym membership, wellbeing programs and regular social events
- A professional development program, plus complimentary advice on wills, estate planning and conveyancing

About the role

You will work directly with high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices on complex and sensitive matters. Depending on your background, your work may include:

- Family office structuring and governance




- The acquisition, sale and restructuring of family and privately owned businesses
- Private capital investments and other M&A; transactions
- Trusts, asset protection and wealth structuring
- Family agreements, succession and estate planning, and intergenerational wealth transfer
- Philanthropic structures, foundations and social investment
- Coordinating legal, tax and commercial advice across a family's affairs

What you'll bring

- 5+ years' PAE in private practice
- Admission to practise in Australia
- Strong experience advising high-net-worth individuals, family-owned businesses and/or family offices (complementary corporate, M&A;, philanthropy or tax backgrounds are also welcome)
- Robust technical skills, commercial judgement and attention to detail
- The ability to manage matters independently with appropriate supervision
- Superior analytical, communication and drafting skills
- The discretion and sensitivity to advise on complex, confidential matters

Additional information

- Advise high-net-worth families and family offices on wealth and succession
- Join a practice entering a period of investment and growth
- Multiple openings across seniority levels, up to Special Counsel

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