Solicitor - Environment, Planning & Native Title - Melbourne

About the role
Our Environment, Planning & Native Title team is looking for a Solicitor (2-4 PQE) to join its market-leading Melbourne practice. Working closely with Partners Mark Beaufoy and Emily Heffernan, you will join a collaborative, high-performing team with a strong reputation for advising on complex and high-profile environment, planning, and Aboriginal cultural heritage / native title matters. In this role, you'll advise major corporations and government entities across the energy, resources, industrial, infrastructure, telecommunications and real estate sectors. Working alongside recognised leaders in the field, you'll develop deep technical expertise and benefit from hands-on experience, mentoring and outstanding opportunities for professional growth.

This is an opportunity to build a broad and varied practice spanning advisory, projects, transactional and contentious work, with exposure to:

• All aspects of land use planning and environmental law including environmental impact assessment (EES, EPBC Act), contaminated land, native title, aboriginal cultural heritage, compulsory acquisition, telecommunications, biodiversity, NGERS, climate change, FOI, administrative law (merits & judicial review) and incident response; and

• Other Mallesons teams (esp. Energy & Resources, Real Estate, Projects, Construction, Disputes, M&A) and centres as we work collaboratively to support major projects connected with energy transition, digital infrastructure and mine / industrial closure.

About you

• Ideally 2-4 PQE with experience in a specialised environmental and planning law environment (including Government legal teams)

• Excellent analytical, communication and drafting skills

• A willingness to think creatively to tackle complex legal issues

• A strong commitment to client service and relationship-building

• A collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively within a busy and high-performing team

• An ability to embrace new technologies, including AI-enabled legal tools, as part of your ongoing professional development

Who are we?

We are Mallesons. The top-tier independent firm from Australia, a full-service firm trusted on the most complex and consequential matters across our region and around the world. We’ve been part of Australia’s story for almost 200 years and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of these lands and waters. Our independence gives us the flexibility to combine our extensive top tier full-service capability with the best advisers in every market. With deep expertise, collective judgment and genuine collaboration, we cut through complexity so our clients can move forward with confidence and make more happen.
 

Why work with us?

We build careers that go everywhere. Mallesons is a special place to work where anything is possible, ambitions are limitless and diversity and inclusion play an important role. It’s a place where you will collaborate with exceptional colleagues and clients, where you will sharpen your edge and support others to do the same, where you will make a difference you can be proud of. You will have access to a suite of wellbeing initiatives, benefits, policies and process that will support you to achieve your career goals.
 

Together we learn. Together we master. Together we lead.
 

Next Steps
Please click ‘Apply Now’ to apply online with your cover letter summarising why you’re applying and your resume to support your experience.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Steph McKenzie (Senior Resourcing Consultant) on steph.mckenzie@mallesons.com

If you are not an Australian citizen or permanent resident, you must hold all visas and other approvals necessary for you to work for the firm in Australia.
 

Diversity and Inclusion

Mallesons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from diverse backgrounds. We welcome, value, support and harness the positive benefits that people’s different life experiences bring, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you are unsure if you meet all criteria for this role, but have a passion for delivering high quality work, developing your skills and realising your full potential, then we encourage you to apply and have a further conversation about how you could fit at Mallesons.
We have a range of inclusive hiring practices – if you would like to seek workplace adjustments to complete your application please contact the Recruitment contact for this role or email careers@mallesons.com