- Resourceful National Law Firm with 20% Annual Growth
- Prominent Government Panel | State and Commonwealth
- Circa $250K (SC), $350K+ Bonuses (SP), to $1.5M++ (EP)
- Deferred Start Date Negotiable
With the average age of its Partners in their early 40's, it is a firm with a deep level of technical capability while also being a relatively young and highly collaborative partnership.
Our client has a strategic plan of expanding further with the appointment of an additional Partner in their Construction & Major Projects practice. The appointment will also accommodate a Special Counsel looking to step up to Salaried Partner level on commencement subject to the strength of their profile.
The firm is on Local Government, State Government, and Commonwealth Government Panels and is looking to increase its service levels having an acute understanding of the financial, ethical, legislative and policy frameworks relevant to their clients' needs.
THE ROLE
The firm is now seeking a talented lawyer ideally of 10 to 20 years experience to join their highly-regarded Construction & Major Projects practice group. You will work closely with 3 Partners in the Projects & Infrastructure space, while collaborating with several Partners from other practice groups who service the Government sector.
The preferred candidate will have a primary focus on at least 2 of the following practice areas to supplement the firm's existing capabilities:
- Major Projects & Infrastructure - road, rail, airports, renewable energy, hospitals, schools;
- Construction contract drafting;
- Competitive tendering and procurement;
- Project Management.
The expectations are genuinely for 10-20 years post-admission experience, in at least 2 of these service lines. A fair portion of that experience must have been recently obtained in Brisbane in a mid-tier or a large national practice where your skills have been developed advising on PPP Projects.
Indicative of your skillset in servicing these demographic clients, you will have a quantifiable practice by way of having existing relationships at various levels within State/Commonwealth Government departments or with Tier 1 or Tier 2 Contractors.
In addition, you will have well-developed team management skills and a high level of commercial acumen and a strong client focus.
WHAT YOU GET
This is a lateral appointment into Partnership. For entry level Partners they offer generous salaries, plus bonuses on modest KPI's. For Equity Partners their earnings are well in excess of industry benchmarks without the need to compromise on prestige or resources.
While other firms are cost-shedding to maintain their profit pool, this firm maintains an extensive local and national back-office infrastructure that underpins the very success of each partner.
OUR EXPERIENCE
In challenging times, there has been the need for law firms to recalibrate in order to maintain a competitive advantage and a sustainable profit pool for its Partners. Those that have managed this have emerged as magnets to other partners looking to transition their clients to a more innovative and profitable platform.
With 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).
THE NEXT STEPS
We offer meetings over Teams, or a lounge room setting for a relaxed confidential discussion over coffee/tea, allowing you to comfortably provide us with an understanding of your considerations in that next move.
For a uncompromisingly confidential discussion, please quote MPP220324 and contact either:
- Craig Ashton-Sward (Director & Senior Client Advisor)
- craig@lawstaff.com.au
- 0413 743 838 (8:00 am to 8:00 pm 7 days)
- Trudy Reading (Senior Client Advisor)
- trudy@lawstaff.com.au
- 0401 504 203 (8:00 am to 8:00 pm 7 days)
Feel free to maintain your anonymity in the first instance if you choose.
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