Senior Employment Lawyer | Leadership Role | Sydney CBD

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About the Role

Following significant growth our client is looking to appoint an accomplished Senior Associate or Special Counsel to join their highly regarded Employment & Workplace Relations team.

Working closely alongside two well recognised partners, you will advise a diverse portfolio of ASX-listed entities, multinational corporations, high-growth tech companies, SMEs, and major not-for-profit organisations. This is a pivotal senior appointment offering high-level client ownership, strategic advisory work, and active mentorship of a talented team.

Key Responsibilities

- Complex Employment Litigation: Leading matters in the Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, and state tribunals, including general protections, unfair dismissals, post-employment restraints, and breach of contract claims.
- Strategic Workplace & Industrial Advisory: Advising boards and executive teams on enterprise bargaining, union negotiations, major restructures, redundancies, and workforce transformation.
- Compliance, WHS & Investigations: Overseeing high-risk psychosocial safety matters, whistleblower complaints,



workplace investigations, WHS regulatory matters, and complex payroll/award compliance audits.
- Transactional & Commercial Support: Partnering with the firm's corporate team on M&A; employment due diligence, transfer of business issues, and executive employment arrangements.
- Leadership & Business Development: Mentoring lawyers while playing an active role in client relationship management and profile-building in the Sydney market.

Skills & Experience

- Experience:7+ years pae specialising in respondent/employer-side employment, workplace relations, and industrial law gained at a respected national, international, or specialist boutique firm.
- Technical Mastery: Deep command of the Fair Work Act, modern awards, enterprise agreements, and WHS legislation, paired with solid advocacy and dispute resolution skills.
- Commercial & Empathetic Approach: Ability to balance rigorous legal risk management with practical, commercially sound solutions tailored to business operations.
- Team Leadership: Demonstrated track record of supervising junior lawyer and contributing to a collaborative, high-trust team culture.

Why Our Client?

Our client is a thriving, entrepreneurial mid-size commercial law firm that combines boutique agility with full-service commercial backing.

On top of a market leading salary, our client offers a genuine hybrid working arrangements, paid parental leave, purchased leave options, health and wellness allowances, and regular team events.

- genuine hybrid working arrangements
- paid parental leave
- purchased leave options
- health and wellness allowances
- regular team events

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📌 Senior Employment Lawyer (Sydney)
🏢 empire group
📍 Sydney