Native Title & Resources Partner or SC

Location: Brisbane
Discipline: partner & special counsel
Job type: Permanent
Salary: Exceptional work-life balance
Contact name: Craig Ashton-Sward

Contact email: craig@lawstaff.com.au
Job ref: NTP041024
Published: 3 months ago
  • Preeminent National Law Firm 
  • Cohesive and Stable Partnership
  • Role is attached to a Progressive Energy & Resources Team
  • Market Leading Remuneration
  • Make Your Enquiry with 100% Confidentiality 
This large national firm has an impeccable reputation and an extremely stable partnership. What this firm does, it does exceptionally well, having specialist expertise in dedicated areas of commercial practice and has extensive resources in their Brisbane office.  

If you're looking for partnership in a more cohesive environment, or you're not being recognised for your technical capability and partnership eludes you, then this is an opportunity not to be missed. 

THE ROLE

This national team has an abundance of work and a clearly defined business case for an additional Partner to service its national clients. Here you will gain access to cutting edge legal matters while maintaining a reasonable work life balance in a dynamic and inclusive environment with gender equity.  

You will work closely with other industry leaders on advisory and litigious matters including: 
  • Drafting and negotiation of cultural heritage and native title agreements for the energy and resources sectors.
  • Drafting landowner agreements, land access agreements, compensation agreements, and mining lease applications.
  • Providing strategic advice on State & Federal environmental processes, land acquisition, overlapping tenure, and regulatory approval processes.
  • Complex litigation including Land Court issues as well as advice, mediations and negotiation in relation to native title applications and determinations in the Supreme, Federal, Full Federal, High Court and Court of Appeal.
ABOUT YOU 

To secure this role, you will have:
  • a strong industry profile as an Energy & Resources Lawyer with a specialist capability in Native Title and Cultural Heritage Law.
  • an ability to work effectively both autonomously and in a large collaborative team environment.
  • as well as currently be at Partner or Special Counsel level (or equivalent) in a prominent or respected specialist practice.
REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS 

With a strong commitment to their partner and staff engagement, this firm offers an extensive range of employment benefits which are both generous and unique to the individual team members. You will also be rewarded with a highly competitive salary at the upper end of the market, all while working with senior practitioners who are recognised nationally as experts in their area of practice.

THE NEXT STEP
 
We go to great lengths to preserve your current position and will not action anything until you have provided written confirmation of your interest in advancing to a meeting with the National Managing Partner. In the interim, we would enjoy answering all of your questions while assuring you of our total and uncompromising commitment to confidentiality! 

Law Staff offers all lawyers a lounge room setting for a relaxed confidential discussion over coffee/tea, allowing you to comfortably provide us an understanding of your skillset and interests. 

To request a confidential meeting, please click APPLY or email Craig Ashton-Sward (Director & Senior Client Advisor), or Trudy Reading (Senior Client Advisor), both of whom have a market-leading reputation for the lateral appointment of Partners and Teams:
  • Craig Ashton-Sward - craig@lawstaff.com.au
  • Trudy Reading - trudy@lawstaff.com.au
If this role is not entirely suitable then we would still enjoy the opportunity of hearing from you. We often work on roles that are not advertised, with a range of positions across private practice and in-house.
 
LawStaff | L 22 HSBC Blg | 300 Queen St | Brisbane (07) 3221 1229