Environment & Planning Lawyer (3-6 PAE)

About the role

A leading international commercial law firm is recruiting an Environment & Planning Lawyer (3-6 PAE) for its Brisbane team, which sits inside an integrated Environment & Planning practice within a broader Commercial Real Estate group. The role suits someone who enjoys variety and wants to build deep expertise across advisory, transactional and strategic litigation work, supporting major renewables and complex approvals.

Key responsibilities

• Planning and environmental approvals for wind, solar, pumped hydro and transmission projects
• Due diligence and risk allocation on acquisitions, disposals, leasing and project development
• Advice on contaminated land, remediation frameworks and environmental incident response
• Regulatory strategy, regulator negotiations and stakeholder engagement
• Climate risk and sustainability issues, including reporting risk and greenwashing considerations
• Exposure to environmental markets such as carbon-related arrangements
• Disputes work including judicial review and merits review-style matters, enforcement and prosecutions where relevant

Required profile

• 3-6 years of PAE experience in environment and planning, major projects or related regulatory practice
• Experience with approvals pathways, conditions compliance and regulator negotiations
• Interest in the energy transition, infrastructure and complex developments
• Team-first approach and a genuine desire to keep learning

Required skills

• Strong drafting skills (advices, submissions, contract mark-ups and correspondence)
• Confident communication with clients and stakeholders
• Commercial mindset and ability to manage competing deadlines

What we offer

• Competitive remuneration with a generous bonus structure
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Structured learning programs and potential national or international secondments
• Wellbeing support, employee benefits and industry-leading parental leave settings