Senior Associate / Special Counsel - Compulsory Acquisitions

Job Description

\n Senior Associate / Special Counsel - Compulsory Acquisitions\n

Legal - Public Law | Melbourne

About us\n

We are a modern Australian law firm with a leading reputation.We focus on exceptional service, operational excellence and beingat the forefront of employee experience. We work closely withAustralian and international businesses, organisations andgovernments.

About the role\n

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate/ Special Counsel to join our well-regarded Public Law team. Thisrole involves providing advice and conducting disputes for clientsin both government (local and state) and the private sector, with aparticular focus on compulsory acquisition, compensation, planningmatters, land valuation and local government rating.

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This is a unique opportunity to join a collaborative team thatdoes quality work on high-profile projects in a multidisciplinaryenvironment, and where you will be well supported with yourtraining and development. The right candidate will have theopportunity to supervise and mentor junior lawyers.

About you\n

In order to be considered for this role you will have thefollowing skills and experience:

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• 6+ years’ experience in privatepractice/government
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• Exposure to or experience in compulsoryacquisition/compensation, valuation and/or planning andenvironment law will be well regarded but is notessential
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• Disputes experience at VCAT and/or the Supreme Courtwill be well regarded.
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• You will have experience in the supervision of juniorlawyers.
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• You will have strong drafting skills, excellentcommunication skills and a collegiate approach.
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Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is proactive,driven and enjoys working in a wider team. In turn you will haveaccess to excellent mentoring, technical training and careerprogression.

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Maddocks is simply a great place to do great work. We foster aculture of collaboration, learning and engagement where you willexperience:

A diverse and inclusive workplace:\n

We have beennamed an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WorkforceGender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since 2004 along withbeing named a Silver Employer at the Australian Workplace EqualityIndex's 2024 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. We promote diversityinternally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, MaddocksCALD, Maddocks Disability Inclusion and Maddocks Pride groups.

Career Development:\n

Learn and develop throughstructured learning and development programs at each stage of yourcareer and study support programs.

Community involvement:\n

give back to thecommunities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono andgrants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.

Work flexibly:\n

work in a hybrid way with partof your week in the office and support to set up your homeoffice.

Wellbeing & Benefits:\n

access to up to 20 weekspaid parental leave, discounted gym memberships & health insurance,salary continuance insurance, Employee Assistance Program andparents and carers wellbeing programs.

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Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is aresult of our inclusive culture and focus on complex andinteresting work.

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To be eligible for this role you must be legally permittedto work in Australia. Please note that unsolicited applicationsfrom agencies will not be considered at this time.

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As part of our commitment to protecting your privacy, yourapplication information will onlybe retained for a period of24 months after the submission of yourapplication. After this period, your Maddocks job seeker profilewill remain active, however all application details will be permanently deleted from Big Red Sky. Should you wish to deleteyour job seeker profile, you can do so in your account settings(under the 'Change Login' menu option).

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