Commercial Property Partner | National Firm

Location: Brisbane
Discipline: partner & special counsel
Job type: Permanent
Salary: high Profitability
Contact name: Trudy Reading & Craig Ashton-Sward

Contact email: trudy@lawstaff.com.au
Job ref: 3219429
Published: about 3 years ago
  • Commercial Property Partner – Lateral Appointment
  • Extremely Profitable Firm resulting in High Partner Earnings 
  • Full-time or Part-time Opportunity – Brisbane/Queensland  
Are you struggling to retain your client base under a restrictive fee model set by national or international management, particularly in Brisbane where local clients are reluctant to pay top tier charge out rates?
  
We have over 30 years of experience facilitating Partner lateral moves across the full spectrum of firms. This new Partnership opportunity is offering something exciting. It is a firm that is mixing things up and providing an attractive alternative to other firms in the Australian legal market. 

Contact Craig Ashton-Sward on 0413 743 838 or Trudy Reading 0401 504 203 to arrange an uncompromisingly confidential discussion and to find out more about whether this is the right opportunity for you.
    
THE FIRM AND ITS GROWTH TRAJECTORY
  
Law Staff has been engaged by the Board of this emerging firm. It has a national footprint, international affiliations, and it offers an extremely profitable business model, such that its Partners are taking up to double the earnings of the more profitable CBD law firms.
  
This firm is highly engaged with their clients and is seeking similarly minded highly driven individuals to achieve their strategic growth plans over the next 5 years.
  
ABOUT YOU
  
First and foremost, you will enjoy and be passionate about the practice of law. Ideally you will have developed a loyal client following that you will be confident will transition to this firm because of your reputation for delivering exceptional service which is commercial and technically accurate. 
  
Whilst there is some flexibility in terms of your current work mix, experience in these areas is not essential, yet to be compatible you will ideally have experience across any 3 of the following areas:  
  • acquisitions and disposals of commercial properties;
  • community titles work and property development including industrial parks, shopping centres, and residential towers;
  • land resumptions; 
  • negotiation and drafting of ancillary contracts;
  • commercial, industrial and residential leasing;
  • acting for real estate investment trusts; and or
  • other general commercial property work.
You will be responsible for the ongoing management and development of client relationships, as well as supervising staff to meet your client needs.
  
You may currently be part of an existing Partnership but feeling like a number rather than being in control of your practice. This firm offers a platform to perform and get on with the practice of law while they take care of the back-end management of the business. It is inclusive and cohesive, with a management team that works with you complementing your own style of client management. 
  
You may also be looking to increase your earning capacity, without having to work longer hours. This firm is about working smarter, not harder.
  
In stark contrast to other national practices, the firm promotes true work-life balance. As such, they are able to accommodate reduced hours and/or a blended 'office+remote' engagement to suit the individual's personal circumstances.
  
In terms of your earnings, you can expect to be remunerated in accordance with the profile you carry in your area of practice and the relationships you can bring to the table. 
  
Our client is looking for practitioners with leading technical expertise as well as the confidence to back themselves - which is why the firm has been so incredibly successful.
  
OUR EXPERIENCE
  
In challenging times, there has been the need for law firms to re-calibrate in order to maintain a competitive advantage and a sustainable profit pool for its Partners. Those that have managed this expertly have emerged as magnets to other partners looking to transition their clients to a more innovative and profitable platform. 
  
With over 30 years as specialist consultants to the legal profession, Law Staff has an impressive history of facilitating discreet moves for partners, and whole teams, to specialist, mid or top tier practices, all while providing critical intelligence on:
  • Individual profitability of the relevant firms;
  • Partnership structures and equity distribution;
  • Strategic growth plans;
  • Intra/Cross practice compatibility;
  • Historical transitions;
  • Performance expectations; as well as
  • Partnership culture and idiosyncrasies (trust us when we say that no one firm is perfect).
In addition, our Senior Client Advisors have assisted hundreds of partners in writing detailed business plans that identify only relevant information including key practice components as well as transitioning requirements, and less of the white noise. We advise you when the appropriate time is to table this information to ensure your commercial interests are preserved. Most importantly, we will only ever confer with the relevant Board or Managing Partner after you have done your research and at a time when you have expressed in writing to us that you are ready to take that cautious next step. Absolutely everything stays in the vault until that time. A list of partner references on Law Staff's performance can be made available at your request.
  
THE NEXT STEPS
  
At Law Staff we offer a lounge room setting for a relaxed confidential discussion, however during Covid-19 we are available over FaceTime or Zoom, allowing you to comfortably provide us with an understanding of your considerations in that next move. 
  
For an uncompromisingly confidential discussion, please contact Craig Ashton-Sward (Director & Senior Client Advisor) by email craig@lawstaff.com.au or by mobile 0413 743 838 (8:00 am to 8:00 pm, 7 days) OR Trudy Reading (Senior Client Advisor) by email trudy@lawstaff.com.au or by mobile 0401 504 203 (8:00am to 8:00pm) and quote REF: PR120221. Feel free to maintain your anonymity in the first instance if you choose.
  
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