Senior Associate - Environment & Sustainable Development

The Role
Our Environment & Sustainable Development (ESD) practice are seeking a Senior Associate to join the team based in Sydney on a permanent, full-time basis.

This is a newly created role primarily working directly with partner Mark Brady. Our shared resourcing model within ESD means you will also have the opportunity to work closely with Partners Brendan Bateman and Nick Thomas on large and visible projects, dealing with a broad range of issues relevant to the practice area. In line with Mark's practice, this position will initially have a particular focus on compulsory acquisition matters including pre-acquisition advice and LEC Class 3 litigation, but will also require expertise in LEC Class 1 matters as well as broader environment and planning issues.

The ESD team are high performing and share a passion for the environment and a solutions-driven approach to working with our clients. The role will see you working on a diverse range of matters but particularly on major infrastructure projects, and the work will include general advice, due diligence, transactions and litigation.

You will work with clients who include Federal, State and local government agencies, as well as large Australian and multinational corporations.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Minimum 6  years' post-qualification experience as a lawyer from a leading Australian or international law firm;

• Demonstrated experience mentoring and supervising junior lawyers;

• Experience across planning, environment and land acquisition matters;

• Significant experience in Land and Environment Court litigation;

• Experience with project, transactional, regulatory, litigation and dispute related work;

• Highly developed written and oral communication skills; and

• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively with clients, consultants, counsel, graduate lawyers and other parties.

In addition to this, we're looking for a resilient, self-starter. Someone who is able to work autonomously and is focused on delivering a high quality work product and an outstanding service to their clients.

The Environment & Sustainable Development Team

Our ESD team is rated as one of only three 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, natural capital and regulated industry laws, as well as project-based land acquisition.

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].

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