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Do you love property? We do! We are looking for an experienced and motivated Special Counsel (10+ years' PAE) to join the Melbourne Real Estate team at Gadens, a particular interest in property development would be amazing, but not essential.
Your role Gadens is recognised as one of Australia's leading real estate law practices. The team is dynamic, collaborative, supportive and high performing.
The role will enable you to work for developers on significant mixed use, residential, greenfield, and industrial developments – from concept to completion. You will also work on strategic transactions, including large acquisitions and disposals of commercial property for our property clients, many of which are listed or institutional clients. We are on the panel for Stockland, Mirvac, Dexus – just to name a few.
You will be working directly with a Partner and their team to advise on property and development transactions.
This position would suit a Special Counsel with 10+ years of post-admission experience who has a broad property skillset with experience and an interest in property development. You will enjoy working collaboratively across the team and with our clients.
While taking guidance and leadership from experienced practitioners, you will need to use your initiative and will have direct client contact. We also offer regular training and professional development activities presented by senior lawyers and leading academics.
About you To be considered for this role, you will possess:
demonstrated working experience in a broad range of property transactions, with preference given to any property development experience ability to communicate effectively and professionally (written and verbal) exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport with colleagues and stakeholders ability to work with and mentor junior lawyers and support staff to ensure quality output and effective matter management demonstrated ability to be curious about your client's industries and develop knowledge quickly demonstrated skillset to manage timeframes and proactively manage priorities within a team collaborative working style with a solutions-oriented mindset About us Gadens is a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of.
develop and inspire our people do the right thing and make an impact work with quality clients in our chosen markets solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together are a widely recognised and respected brand. We are always on the lookout for star performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit
We offer:
A friendly, down-to-earth, and supportive team environment. Truly flexible work practices. Progressive and market-leading Parental Leave support including: Superannuation contributions while on Parental Leave, for up to 52 weeks (based on 5 days/week, regardless of your working days) An external coach to support our people through the various stages of the parental leave journey (Launch, Leave and Landing) A supported and staggered return Budget relief for fee earners upon landing/return Support and paid leave for Surrogacy and IVF treatment Health and wellbeing initiatives. And much more! At Gadens, we engage with all of our people to create a work environment that encourages and promotes inclusion and diversity, while instilling pride in the firm and our values of excellence, collaboration, stewardship, positivity, responsibility and integrity. Our values and culture assist us in creating a cohesive environment in which we are committed equally to professionalism and personal fulfilment. We strive to create a culture where the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility are embraced and lived by our people every day. This includes respecting and connecting with First Nations people and providing access to justice to those in need through our pro bono practice. This is what makes Gadens a great place to work.
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