Environment & Planning Lawyer (4yrs- Senior Associate/Special Counsel)
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 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 and supported by a paralegal/junior lawyer, you will love resolving a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating and 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 and regular pay reviews (subject to performance);
* Genuine long‐term career growth path including partnership potential 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
* Admitted as a solicitor in NSW;
* Minimum 4 years or more hands‐on environmental/planning/local government law 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;
* 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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