Construction Lawyer - Senior Associate

Thomson Geer is a major Australian Corporate law firm with offices in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. The firm has more than 650 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients – their business success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomson Geer we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.The role:
We are currently looking for a Senior Associate to join our Construction & Infrastructure team in our Brisbane office. This role will see you working across front-end drafting and negotiation of construction procurement documents and building contracts, to back-end construction litigation resulting out of construction disputes. In this role you will be an integral part of an extremely busy but also close knit team working with an industry leading Partner. Yourskills and experience:
The ideal candidate will be looking for interesting, challenging work with significant client contact and responsibility. To be successful in this role, you will have the following attributes:

• Have at least 5-7+ yearsu0027 PAE working across construction law matters or in a well-regarded litigation practice
• Strong drafting skills and attention to detail
• Practical and client focused problem solving and research skills
• Sound technical legal ability and a genuine interest in working in the construction and infrastructure sector
• A professional, commercially-astute and proactive approach to matter management
• Ability to manage client expectations and run matters autonomously
• Conscientious and client-focused, and possess strong interpersonal skills

What we offer:
As a major corporate firm we pose an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: interesting and challenging pro-bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, corporate discounts, a variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability to get the best outcome for our clients and make sure our team are taken care of.