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Form of workDescription of Role
We are an award-winning national law firm that specialises in property law, property development and strata and community titles. As the leading legal practice in this area in Victoria, our Melbourne office is looking to recruit a junior lawyer to join our team, ideally someone at Solicitor level, looking to move towards Associate soon. You will have at least 1 years PAE, but we welcome more experienced lawyers to apply for the role.
You will join a busy, high performing and collaborative team and will work with industry leading property developers, property investors and strata stakeholders. You will be joining a national law firm with its own innovative technology and partners who are true global leaders in their field.
The role is full time and based in our Melbourne office at 500 Collins Street. Our firm has a flexible “family-first” approach to working, so after your probationary period, you may want to move towards a hybrid way of working after discussing this with your manager.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will act on property-related commercial disputes and litigation, and general advisory work, across a range of issues such as development, rules, leasing and general property, construction and contractual disputes, insurance and debt collection. Specifically, your key matters will be focused on strata and community title matters in Victoria. You will be involved in running significant matters including drafting correspondence, preparing advices, day to day management of files, attending hearings, briefing and liaising with counsel, preparing witness and expert evidence and assisting with the preparation of final and interlocutory hearings.
Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Minimum 1-3+ years PAE
- Property law experience
- Strata and communities experience (preferable)
- Commercial and/or Property Litigation experience (commensurate with PAE)
- Familiarity with VCAT, Magistrates Court / Supreme Court litigation (commensurate with PAE)
- Strong academic achievements
- The ability to work independently and autonomously and a strong work ethic
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; required for building client relationships and maintaining a positive team environment
In addition to this, we are looking for a resilient, self-starter; someone who is focused on attention to detail and providing an outstanding service to their clients.
Our firm
Bugden Allen Graham Lawyers is a national law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and the Sunshine Coast. You will be lucky enough to work under the guidance and support of undoubtedly Australia’s leading experts in property development and strata title law. Our reputation in this specialist and growing area of law is second to none. Our clients include leading property developers, banks, insurance companies, Government departments, strata companies, strata managers and listed and private companies.
Our group includes a PropTech company that has built three technology systems including our LevyCollect debtor management system that we use to streamline to process of collecting outstanding strata levies.
For more information on Bugden Allen Graham Lawyers including our team, please visit www.bagl.com.au or follow us on LinkedIn.
Package
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the right candidate. Along with a competitive base salary, our fee earners are also offered an incentive based on billable targets in accordance with our Staff Incentive Program. We have some of the most conservative, and achievable billing targets in the industry as we recognise the importance of striking a balance between our employees work and life commitments.
Further information
We prefer to work directly with candidates, so if you are interested in this role, please respond via the Careers option on our web site or email us ****@bagl.com.au for more information.
Agency submissions
Agencies - please note that we are not currently accepting applications from agencies for this role unless you have been approached by us.
