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Form of workWho we are?
Hazelbrook Legal is a strategic legal advisory firm specialising in complex corporate, financial services, funds and mergers & acquisitions law, with offices in Sydney and Canberra. We work alongside some of the most innovative and exciting businesses across Australia and offshore. We have developed a nationally awarded practice, with a high performing team who, most importantly, are genuinely kind and supportive.
In 2019, 2020 and 2022 Hazelbrook were a finalist for Australian Law Firm of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, alongside only a handful of Australia’s largest and most respected law firms.
The Important Stuff
Working within our dynamic, tightly knit team in our Canberra office, you will work across a broad range of practice areas including corporate contracting; IP and data privacy; commercial litigation; funds including assisting private equity and venture capital, financial services and regulatory; and mergers and acquisitions. Work at the top end of town, with deals and clients who are regularly in the AFR and transactions with significant ramifications, and work alongside industry recognised lawyers.
At Hazelbrook you will have direct client contact from the get-go and the opportunity to build deep client relationships and networks, greater responsibility, and genuine progression. We wholeheartedly believe in ‘growing our own’ and have clear and transparent paths to partnership. We have a truly supportive working environment, excellent training and mentoring from top-tier lawyers/professionals who are friendly, smart, and eager to see young lawyers excel.
Desired Skills and Expertise
Ideal candidates will be a recent graduate of law or have 1 year PQE.
We look for individuals seeking a high-performing and rewarding work environment, who are ready to roll their sleeves up and get things done. Our team members have excellent technical skills and are passionate about performing high quality and sometimes demanding work with sophisticated clients.
To be successful at Hazelbrook Legal you will be commercially minded and want to truly understand the drivers of your clients and the environments in which they operate. You must be interested in genuinely getting to know your clients, team members and professional partners, and have the social skills and attitude to deliver exceptional service.
You will know the importance of immaculate presentation and attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
Why Hazelbrook?
Join a workplace with an authentically human approach to legal practice. Hazelbrook’s founding principles were to build a law practice where people truly enjoyed the company of their colleagues, where the team supports one another to deliver exceptional results for their clients and where the work is interesting, challenging and rewarding.
There’s no secret to how we attract and maintain exceptional people: be kind and empathetic; foster a collaborative and supportive culture; provide work that is interesting and challenging and reward hard work. Hazelbrook offers you a brilliant environment to practice a diverse range of corporate law and develop your legal skills for a stellar future career.
We believe actions speak louder than words and are proud to have always maintained a gender balanced workforce (including leadership team), as well as genuine progression opportunities for our valued team.
In our program you will:
- Be immersed in complex corporate matters working with change makers of industry.
- Have client contact from the get-go.
- Be empowered with a range of initiatives to give you the best start to your career.
- Do real work assisting the team on a variety of corporate matters.
- Be equipped with all the programs you need to succeed through our intensive induction program, as well as experiencing our firm strategy, culture and legal insights.
- Have access to tailored and comprehensive career development initiatives including training and workshops as well as our capability framework and KPI’s so you clearly know how to succeed and progress.
- Join our health and wellbeing program (yoga, mental health awareness, socials).
- Be invited to contribute to our ongoing inhouse and external learning modules with the opportunity to present CLEs.
- Be allocated a formal mentor (our mentors rotate every six months to experience our whole team and different working backgrounds and styles).
- Take part in our wide-ranging fun firm activities throughout the year.
Health and Wellbeing
Training and Development
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Whole-firm overseas offsites
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Ongoing tailored training sessions - practical and technical; and
- Ongoing personalised career planning support with our Head of People & Wellbeing
- All applicants must be Australian Citizens or hold Australian Residency
- Direct applicants only
Please send a cover letter, CV and transcript addressed to Simone at (email: careers@hazelbrooklegal.com)
- Applications will close as soon as a suitable applicant is found.*
Hazelbrook Legal
CONTACT NAME
Simone Gigg
EMAIL ADDRESS
careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
JOB LEVEL
Graduate - Pre-admission, Post-admission
SECTOR
Legal services
COUNTRY
Australia
STATE
Australian Capital Territory
