Disputes, Sydney, Global Elite firm 2-6 PQE

Litigation - Global top tier firm, 2-5 pqe

Litigation
Global Elite firm
2-5 PQE
Sydney


This is a great opportunity for a Litigator from a top tier Australian firm with 2-5 years PQE to join one of the top firms in the world in their Sydney offices.

If you are sick of being a small cog in a big machine and want to work directly with a partner or as part of a small high performance team on market leading work then this is the role for you.

This firm can offer a point of difference over the traditional Aussie top tier law firms

  • Access to global network - global support and clients

  • Access to great work - Cross Jurisdictional work

  • Work directly under and with some of the best lawyers in the country in a high performance low leverage model

  • Better leverage models mean more autonomy

  • The opportunity to relocate globally after a couple of years to any office in their network

The Role

Litigation, class actions and regulatory defence work for clients that are leading global and Australian corporates and financial institutions.
Newsworthy, significant litigation, and regulatory cases involving the Australia Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and other Asia Pacific regulators.

Examples of the work include:

Defending underwriters in a shareholder claim after a capital raising.
Acting for a global bank on its FX trading investigation in Asia Pacific.
Representing traders, analysts and company officers in ASIC investigations.
Advising a global institution on insider trading and self-reporting.
Defending an Airline in ACCC civil penalty proceedings.
An injunction against an FMCG client’s competitor for misleading conduct.
Advising a PRC consortium in a JV dispute with an Australian miner.
Advising on numerous M&A disputes at completion and post completion.


Candidate Requirements

The successful candidates will come from leading Australian or NZ firms with significant litigation experience.
They will have outstanding academics
Inter-personally you must thrive working in small teams and have a genuine passion for litigation work.

Chris MehargLegal, Litigation, Sydney