Environment & Planning Lawyer (2yrs- Senior Associate/Special Counsel)
AFL Recruitment Pty Ltd
Sydney, NSW
A$90,000-$230,000 p/a
On-site
Posted 2 days ago
YOUR NEW EMPLOYER
Our client is a stand‑out quick‑growing specialist law firm with flourishing practice areas across environment, planning and construction law. Led by industry‑leading specialist partners (ex top‑tier partners), the firm delivers high‑end quality work and a close‑knit team culture free of politics.
The firm values and supports staff in fulfilling their potential and ambitions.
YOUR NEW ROLE
Reporting to an industry‑leading specialist partner and supported by a paralegal, you will handle a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating disputes, including Superior Level and Land & Workplace Court matters. Your work will cover:
- All aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and related legislation;
- Development applications (DAs), compliance with DAs and exempt development;
- Applications to amend LEPs and planning proposals;
- Voluntary planning agreements and developer contributions;
- Easements and access to land;
- Land contamination, pollution, remediation and voluntary management proposals;
- Directors’ duties and liabilities under planning and environment regulations;
- Critical habitat and operation of threatened species conservation legislation;
- Site and environmental audits, due diligence and environmental impact assessment;
- Regulatory compliance and enforcement;
- Land and Environment Court applications and appeals.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Highly reputable specialist firm with proven success;
- Variety and cutting‑edge, high‑quality cases;
- Full spectrum dispute resolution/litigation, including appeals, prosecutions, judicial review and civil enforcement;
- Own practice and direct client contact;
- 1:1 mentorship by a top specialist partner;
- Ongoing professional development and regular pay reviews (subject to performance);
- Genuine long‑term career growth path, potentially partnership, based on ambition and performance;
- Free food and a fully stocked kitchen;
- Healthy work/life balance with flexibility, including part‑time work‑from‑home options.
WHO YOU ARE
- Admitted as a solicitor in NSW;
- Minimum 2 years of hands‑on environmental, planning, local‑government law and litigation experience (essential) – preferably acting for applicants (developers/private entities);
- Strong communication, research, negotiation, advocacy and client‑management skills;
- Practical, adaptable, commercial, deadline‑driven and results‑oriented;
- A hunger to advance your career long‑term as a specialist environmental/planning lawyer with a top premier specialist firm.
REFERENCE: MARIA YUN (0403322119)
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