Family Lawyer | Trusts & Complex Financials | 4-6 PAE | Sydney CBD

For a family lawyer who enjoys the financial side of the practice: trust structures, superannuation and the forensic work that sits behind a complex property settlement.

Our client is a specialist family law boutique in the Sydney CBD that works entirely on referral, with decades of reputation behind it. Many of its matters involve corporate trust structures, superannuation and property portfolios in the hundreds of millions, and estates well in excess of $10 million. They are looking for a Family Lawyer with 4-6 years' PAE, ideally with a commercial background.

About the Team:

A deliberately small team: a senior partner (Doyles Guided), three solicitors, a paralegal and an experienced legal secretary. No red tape, and reward is based on individual merit.

Features of the prospect:

- Guide salary range: $130,000-$180,000, depending on experience
- A practice built around complex financial matters, where commercial knowledge counts
- Your own files from day one, with an open-door senior partner
- Close work with forensic accountants and specialist tax lawyers
- Admin-heavy tasks (indexing disclosure, briefs, client intake, billing) handled by the paralegal and legal secretary
- Individual performance bonus,



LEAP software and a culture that actively manages workload to prevent burnout

The Position

You will run your own caseload of financially complex property matters, alongside parenting work, including:

- Drafting complex property advices involving corporate trust structures and superannuation
- Liaising with forensic accountants and specialist tax lawyers on complex financial issues
- Preparing briefs to counsel (including Senior Counsel for substantive hearings) and mediation position papers
- Drafting Applications for Consent Orders, initiating documents and affidavits
- Appearing at directions and procedural hearings

About You

- 4-6 years' PAE, including family law experience
- A commercial background (commercial, corporate or commercial litigation experience) is strongly preferred
- Comfortable working with complex financial and corporate structures
- Confident taking carriage of files and working both independently and collaboratively
- Based in, or able to work from, the Sydney CBD

Additional information

- $130K-$180K + individual performance bonus
- Trusts, super & portfolios in the hundreds of millions
- Referral‑only CBD boutique | Commercial background valued

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