Environment & Planning Lawyer (4yrs- Senior Associate/Special Counsel)
NOTHING COMPARES Premier specialist firm. Industry-leading mentors. Enviable growth path. Life friendly/Flex/WFH. Delightful team/culture. $100,000-$250,000. Sydney.
YOUR NEW EMPLOYER
Our client is a STAND-OUT fast-growing specialist law firm with flourishing practices across environment/planning & construction law:
* Led by industry-leading specialist partners (ex top-tier partners);
* Highly respected & acclaimed by multiple superior court Judges;
* Engaging in high-end quality work with quality diverse clients;
* With enviable close-knit TEAM dynamics without the politics;
* With a vibrant, flexible, inclusive culture that values and supports staff fulfilling their potential/ambitions.
YOUR NEW ROLE
Reporting to an industry-leading specialist partner & supported by a paralegal/junior lawyer, you will love resolving a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating +interesting disputes (Superior level & Land & Environment Courts) relating to:
* all aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and related legislation;
* development applications (DAs), complying 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 the 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+cutting-edge high quality cases;
* Full spectrum dispute resolution/litigation including appeals, prosecutions, judicial review and civil enforcement;
* Have your own practice and direct client contact;
* 1:1 mentorship by a top specialist E+P partner;
* Ongoing professional development+ regular pay reviews (subject to performance);
* Genuine long-term career growth path including potential for partnership in the future (subject to your desire, ambition & performance);
* Free food/fully stocked kitchen;
* Healthy work/life+ flexibility (incl part work from home).
WHO YOU ARE
We are interested in hearing from you if you:
* are admitted as a solicitor in NSW;
* have minimum 4 yrs or more hands‑on environmental/planning/local government law litigation experience (essential) preferably acting for applicants (ie developers/private entities);
* have strong communication, research, negotiation, advocacy and client management skills;
* are practical, adaptable, commercial, deadline driven and results-oriented;
* are hungry to advance your career LONG-TERM as a specialist environmental/planning lawyer with a top premier specialist firm.
REFERENCE: MARIA YUN (**********)
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