Why join us?

• We care about you

• Expe­ri­ence an excit­ing future with us

• Attrac­tive earn­ing potential

• High impact, pur­pose­ful work

• A place to thrive

About the role

We are look­ing for a bright, moti­vat­ed, client focused, expe­ri­enced Lawyer with min­i­mum 2 — 5 years PQE to work direct­ly with a Com­mer­cial Partner.

You will be work­ing on an inter­est­ing vari­ety of mat­ters which will include a mix of trans­ac­tion­al finance work, as well as prepar­ing advice on com­mer­cial lend­ing, trade and receiv­ables finance and advis­ing financiers, insol­ven­cy prac­ti­tion­ers and com­mer­cial clients on the PPSR.

The role will also involve trans­ac­tion­al sup­port and pro­vid­ing advice to SME’s on com­mer­cial and cor­po­rate law mat­ters across a broad range of industries. 

Skills & Experience

To be con­sid­ered for this posi­tion, can­di­dates should pos­sess pri­or expe­ri­ence com­mer­cial trans­ac­tion­al and finance work. Pri­or expe­ri­ence in gen­er­al com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tion, insol­ven­cy and dis­pute res­o­lu­tion mat­ters will also assist togeth­er with a pas­sion for build­ing strong client rela­tion­ships with expo­sure to busi­ness devel­op­ment and a desire to build their own prac­tice and advance their career.

You will be com­mer­cial­ly savvy, a strong com­mu­ni­ca­tor, pos­sess excel­lent tech­ni­cal abil­i­ties and appre­ci­ate the impor­tance of atten­tion to detail, plan­ning your time effec­tive­ly and meet­ing deadlines.

This is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty for an enthu­si­as­tic com­mer­cial lawyer who has the apti­tude and desire to devel­op a practice.

Cul­ture

Work­place cul­ture is every­thing to us, because when our peo­ple are hap­py, we know they will look after our clients and them­selves. Swaab is a place where peo­ple feel they can belong, evolve and cre­ate and are reward­ed for their efforts. Your well­be­ing and that of all our team is a high pri­or­i­ty and we work hard to con­tin­u­al­ly work on our culture.

Ben­e­fits

In addi­tion to a com­pet­i­tive salary pack­age, you will also ben­e­fit from the following:

  • Salary con­tin­u­ance insurance
  • Per­for­mance based finan­cial incen­tive scheme
  • Career pro­gres­sion
  • Gym/​wellness contribution
  • Excel­lent work­place envi­ron­ment and culture
  • Flex­i­bil­i­ty
  • Reg­u­lar team build­ing and social events
  • Sup­port­ive team and firm
  • Pur­chased leave
  • Flu shots
  • EAP
  • Annu­al legal allowance
  • Yoga
  • Var­i­ous oth­er well-being initiatives

About Swaab- A place where you can Belong, Evolve and Create

We are a mul­ti-award win­ning, com­mer­cial law firm.

Estab­lished in 1981 we have grown to become a haven for inno­va­tion, entre­pre­neur­ship, fam­i­ly busi­ness, SMEs, cor­po­rates, high-net-worth indi­vid­u­als and gov­ern­ment clients. We hold a unique posi­tion in the mar­ket place, as a firm with both full-ser­vice Com­mer­cial and Fam­i­ly law offer­ings. Our suc­cess has been a result of putting our peo­ple and clients first by liv­ing our val­ues of: Com­mit­ment, Integri­ty, Excel­lence, Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it, Uni­ty and Inno­va­tion. Our strong and endur­ing cul­ture has been the result of devel­op­ing and nur­tur­ing long-term client relationships.

Our key areas of prac­tice are fam­i­ly law, cor­po­rate, com­mer­cial, intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty and tech­nol­o­gy, employ­ment law, prop­er­ty, plan­ning, con­struc­tion, lit­i­ga­tion, insol­ven­cy and franchising.

We are a mem­ber of Mer­i­tas, a glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent, full-ser­vice law firms and are its only Syd­ney based mem­ber. This allows us to keep in touch glob­al­ly, pro­vide extend­ed ser­vices to our clients and gives us the expo­sure and oppor­tu­ni­ty to work with inter­na­tion­al businesses.

How to Apply

If this sounds like an oppor­tu­ni­ty that you want to explore fur­ther, please apply now, direct­ing your appli­ca­tion to Angela Sharpe, Head of Peo­ple and Cul­ture on ags@​swaab.​com.​au or apply below. All appli­ca­tions will be treat­ed in strict confidence.

Apply for this position

Apply now, directing your application to Angela Sharpe, Head of People and Culture. All applications will be treated in strict confidence.

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