Senior Lawyer: Litigation (Wills & Estates)

Job Description

Senior Lawyer: Litigation (Wills & Estates)

What’s in it for you?

• Work closely with senior practitioners without heavy hierarchy
• Varied practice involving complex estates, equity, succession and trustee matters
• Modern law firm with genuine work life balance and collegiate culture

About your new employer:

• Highly regarded, award-winning law firm with a modern and flexible operating model.
• National platform with 60+ partner-level lawyers across Australia and 20 practice areas.
• Appointed to multiple government panels, reflecting the firm’s strong reputation and trusted client base.
• Lawyers recognised across major legal directories, including The Legal 500, Chambers, Doyle’s Guide and Best Lawyers.
• Known for high-quality legal work, a non-hierarchical structure and a genuinely collegiate culture.

About the role:

This role will suit a confident litigation lawyer who enjoys complex matters, client contact and working closely with senior practitioners.

You will work directly with one of the firm’s Sydney-based Partners across a broad mix of equity, estates, succession, trustee and litigation matters. The role offers meaningful responsibility, direct client exposure and the opportunity to build genuine expertise in a fast-growing area of litigation.

The work will include:

• Litigation relating to contested wills and estates
• Acting on complex equity claims involving trusts
• Handling claims involving elder abuse, trustees and estate-related disputes
• Drafting court documents, pleadings, affidavits and evidence
• Supporting litigation strategy across complex disputes and contested estate matters
• Liaising directly with clients, counsel, experts and other key stakeholders
• Assisting with tax, superannuation and structuring issues as they arise

The ideal candidate:

• 5–7 years’ PQE in litigation, estates, succession or a related disputes area
• strong experience in drafting pleadings, affidavits, correspondence and court documents
• an interest in trusts, companies, estates and complex structures
• confidence managing matters with increasing autonomy
• strong client communication skills
• high attention to detail
• a personable, reliable and organised approach

Experience in trusts and estates litigation would be highly regarded, although lawyers from related areas such as insolvency, commercial litigation or complex disputes are also welcome to apply.

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.

Why work with us?

• We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
• You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
• We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
• Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year. Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector. 

Contact Elvira today!

Please quote reference number EN/56679

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• Email: enaiman@naimanclarke.com.au
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