Family Lawyer (Sydney CBD)

About the role

A specialist family law boutique in the Sydney CBD, working entirely on referral, is looking for a family lawyer with 3-5 years' post-qualification experience, ideally with a commercial background. The firm handles complex financial matters, including corporate trust structures, superannuation and property portfolios worth hundreds of millions. It is a small team of a senior partner, three solicitors, a paralegal and an experienced legal secretary.

Key responsibilities

• Run your own caseload, from complex financial property matters through to consent orders and contested parenting matters
• Draft complex property advices involving corporate trust structures and superannuation
• Liaise with forensic accountants and specialist tax lawyers on complex financial issues
• Prepare briefs to counsel (including Senior Counsel for substantive hearings) and mediation position papers
• Draft applications for consent orders, initiate documents and draft affidavits
• Appear at directions and procedural hearings
• Work in LEAP for document management and time recording

Required profile

• 3-5 years' post-qualification experience, including family law experience
• A commercial background (commercial, corporate or commercial litigation experience) is strongly preferred
• Comfortable working with complex financial and corporate structures
• Confident taking carriage of files, working independently and collaboratively
• Based in, or able to work from, the Sydney CBD

What we offer

• Salary guide of $110,000-$160,000 depending on experience
• Direct carriage of your own files from day one, with an open-door senior partner as mentor
• Admin-heavy tasks such as indexing disclosure, briefs, client intake and billing handled by the paralegal and legal secretary
• Individual performance bonus, LEAP software and a workload-managed culture