New Job Opening: Senior Associate/Special Counsel: Corporate/Health & Aged Care in Sydney, New Sout

Job Description

What’s in it for you?

• One of the lowest billable targets (6 per day) you’ll find at a national firm, without compromising on the quality or complexity of the work.


• Take on a senior position within a highly regarded corporate team, with real autonomy, direct client contact and room to keep progressing.


• Gain exposure to health, aged care, retirement living, commercial, property and regulatory matters.

About your new employer:

• Join a high-performing national firm team that is in genuine growth mode, with strong workflow and a clear mandate to keep building.


• Work with Partners who are well known in the health, aged care and retirement living space, with direct access to quality clients and sector-leading matters.


• The group is lean, busy and well connected, giving senior lawyers real visibility, client contact and a proper seat at the table.


• A strong platform for someone who wants national firm backing, specialist sector exposure and a realistic pathway to keep progressing to Partner.

About the role:

Working closely with a highly regarded Partner and the wider team, the successful candidate will advise clients across a broad range of health, aged care and retirement living matters.

The work may include:

• Advising aged care providers, retirement village operators and health sector clients on commercial and regulatory issues.


• Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, service agreements and operational documents.


• Assisting with acquisitions, disposals, restructures and broader corporate transactions in the sector.


• Advising on compliance, governance, resident agreements, village contracts and legislative obligations.


• Supporting clients on operational issues, regulatory change and risk management.

The ideal candidate:

• Have at least 4+ PQE, with a genuine interest in the health and aged care sector.


• Strong drafting, advisory and client management skills.


• A commercial and practical approach.


• Excellent attention to detail.


• The ability to work both autonomously and as part of a collaborative team.

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 has been trusted by Australia’s legal profession for over 25 years, working exclusively across the legal market.


• Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector. 

Contact Tianna today!Please quote reference number TW/52348.

• Call or text: 0480 042 590


• Email: tward@naimanclarke.com.au


• LinkedIn message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianna-ward/