Lawyer - Environment & Sustainable Development

The Role
Our Band-1 Environment & Sustainable Development (ESD) practice has a rare and rewarding opportunity for a talented early-career lawyer to join the team based in Sydney.

Working closely with industry leading partner Nick Thomas and other senior practitioners, you will join a high-performing and well respected team with a shared passion for environment, planning and sustainability.  This role will see you working on a diverse range of matters spanning strategic and policy advice, major projects and transactions, litigation and dispute resolution.

Under the mentorship and guidance of senior practitioners across the team, you will have the opportunity to work with a strong degree of autonomy and develop your technical and client skills.

You will act for clients who include Federal, State and local government agencies, as well as ASX100 listed and multinational corporations.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have a positive attitude and commitment to learning, growing and delivering outstanding service to clients.

You will also have:

• At least 2 years PQE gained within a commercial law firm;

• Excellent academic results;

• Well-rounded experience in a reputable environment and planning practice, with exposure to transactional, advisory and litigious matters;

• Well-developed drafting skills with demonstrated attention to detail;

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills;

• A collaborative, proactive mindset and the ability to work effectively with clients, consultants, counsel, junior lawyers and other parties.

The Environment & Sustainable Development Team

Our ESD team is rated as one of only 2 tier-1 teams in Australia, and has been recognised as the leading team in Australia. We specialise in all areas of environment and planning law, as well as ESG, climate change, sustainability, water, energy, resources and regulated industry laws, as well as project-based land acquisition and access. We're also very active in emerging areas of law and policy, such as the delivery of nature positive outcomes.

Our diverse work covers large scale development and infrastructure projects, major transactions, operational compliance, strategic and policy advice, incident management, litigation and inquiries .

Clayton Utz's full service and truly national offering means we work closely with others throughout our firm, so our clients have access to the best legal advice wherever they are.

Our clients are domestic and internationally based, and they operate in a wide range of sectors, including government, resources, energy, water, infrastructure, urban development, construction, manufacturing, transport and logistics, waste management, health services, education and agribusiness.

For further information, please visit our Environment & Sustainable Development showcase page  on LinkedIn.

How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Nicole St John, (02) 9353 4928

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to [email protected].

For more information on Clayton Utz, please visit www.claytonutz.com or follow us on LinkedIn here.

Agency submissions

Clayton Utz does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Clayton Utz Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to Clayton Utz partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and Clayton Utz will not be liable for a fee.