Senior Litigation Lawyer

Opportunity for a Senior Litigation Lawyer to manage the Melbourne-based team of this national practice Your new company
This national law firm has offices along the east coast of Australia and provides legal services mainly to businesses, investors, and individuals across different areas of commercial and corporate law matters.

Your new role
This opportunity will see you taking a leading role in the management of commercial litigation and insolvency matters for the firm's Melbourne office. While managing a small team, you will run substantial matters independently while keeping Principals informed of strategic risk.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• conducting and managing complex disputes across various court jurisdictions;
• drafting and settling complex pleadings, applications and submissions;
• instructing and strategically brief Counsel;
• appearing in interlocutory and appropriate final hearings;
• supervising and mentoring junior team members;
• contribute to business development initiatives.

What you'll need to succeed
You will have 4-8+ years' PAE with a strong commercial litigation background and demonstrated insolvency law experience. You must have proven ability to run matters autonomously, advocacy experience (at least at the interlocutory level) and strong drafting and strategic analysis capabilities. Being a leadership role, this role requires a lawyer who is performance-driven with a commercially pragmatic and strategic approach.

What you'll get in return
This is an excellent opportunity for a high-performing Senior Litigation Lawyer looking for an opportunity to step up into a leadership role and work autonomously on a range of complex disputes within a collaborative and supportive firm environment. While the focus will be on Victorian-based matters, there is also an opportunity to support inter-jurisdictional work. There is clear career progression on offer also, with a pathway to Special Counsel or Partnership, in addition to a competitive salary package and performance-based bonus structure.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, you can email your CV to Tina Kokkalis at [email protected] or call her on (03) 8602 9844 for a confidential discussion.

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