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About the Role
Join our Band 1 and award-winning dispute resolution team in Sydney. You will work closely with senior lawyers on construction and infrastructure disputes, focusing on the Australian and Asia-Pacific region. Your work will span the full project lifecycle, including risk management, advising on complex delivery issues, and dispute resolution processes like litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
Responsibilities
- Work with clients involved in delivering projects across infrastructure, energy, and property sectors.
- Manage risk from the early stages of projects.
- Advise on complex project delivery issues.
- Engage in dispute resolution processes including litigation, arbitration, adjudication, expert determination, facilitation, mediation, and commercial negotiation.
- Contribute to identifying and resolving complex issues and disputes.
- Shape practical, commercial outcomes for clients.
Requirements
- Admission as a Lawyer in Australia or New Zealand.
- 2–5 years of post-qualification experience.
- Strong technical and analytical skills.
- An excellent academic record.
- A commitment to developing as a construction disputes specialist.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Collegiality within a team.
- An innovative mindset.
- Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies.
Skills
- Construction disputes
- Infrastructure disputes
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Adjudication
- Expert determination
- Facilitation
- Mediation
- Commercial negotiation
- Risk management
- AI and emerging technologies
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full time
- Permanent Contract
Experience Level
- 2-5 years post-qualification experience
Education Level
- Admission as a Lawyer in Australia or New Zealand
Benefits
- Holistic wellbeing fund
- Home office allowance
About the Company
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm committed to helping clients achieve their goals through exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence.
- We are a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm with an extensive footprint across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres, and major growth hubs.
- We excel at tackling complexity and navigating change, working on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work, and complex public and private market transactions.
- We are recognised leaders in energy, infrastructure, resources, and other areas of growth.
- We support the growth of our people, aligning their development with the firm's ambitions.
- We are a world-leading international law firm with a global team of over 6,000 professionals across 26 offices.
- We are the market leader in Australia, committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity, and digital innovation.
- We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives.
- This commitment is essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance.
- Our Values are Human, Bold, and Outstanding.