Disputes & Litigation Lawyer
Day One Recruitment
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Job summary
Day One Recruitment is seeking a Litigation Associate for a specialist disputes practice in Brisbane, offering hybrid or mostly remote flexibility. You will handle a varied workload spanning construction, commercial disputes, insolvency, and debt recovery, under close partner mentorship.
You should have associate-level experience, strong drafting and research skills, and a proactive, organised approach with autonomy.
Qualifications
- Experience in litigation, ideally with exposure to construction or commercial disputes.
- Strong drafting, research and analytical skills.
- Proactive, organised approach and ability to manage matters with autonomy.
- Interest in legal technology and efficient ways of working.
- Admission to practice in Queensland.
Responsibilities
- Assist on construction and commercial disputes and related matters.
- Support senior lawyers with drafting and research tasks.
- Contribute to efficient workflows and use of legal tech tools.
Skills
Education
Job description
Our client is a specialist disputes firm based in the Brisbane CBD with a growing reputation for quality litigation work. The firm offers genuine flexibility: depending on the candidate, the role can be hybrid or mostly remote. It also uses modern legal technology, including CoCounsel and Smokeball, and is keen to adopt more smart tools.
Join a small, collaborative team as a Litigation Associate, working on a varied disputes practice with a particular focus on construction law and building disputes. You’ll also run matters across commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring litigation, and debt recovery and enforcement.
The leading partner has a strong track record of mentoring and developing lawyers, and the firm plans to grow over the next couple of years. You’ll get close guidance, real responsibility and a clear path to progress.
An Associate‑level lawyer is ideal. However, the firm is happy to speak with lawyers from 12 months to 5 years PAE who are looking for their next step. You will bring:
- Experience in litigation, ideally with some exposure to construction or commercial disputes
- Strong drafting, research and analytical skills
- A proactive, organised approach and the ability to manage matters with appropriate autonomy
- An interest in legal technology and efficient ways of working
- Admission to practice in Queensland
Our client is a specialist disputes firm based in the Brisbane CBD with a growing reputation for quality litigation work. The firm offers genuine flexibility: depending on the candidate, the role can be hybrid or mostly remote. It also uses modern legal technology, including CoCounsel and Smokeball, and is keen to adopt more smart tools.
Join a small, collaborative team as a Litigation Associate, working on a varied disputes practice with a particular focus on construction law and building disputes. You’ll also run matters across commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring litigation, and debt recovery and enforcement.
The leading partner has a strong track record of mentoring and developing lawyers, and the firm plans to grow over the next couple of years. You’ll get close guidance, real responsibility and a clear path to progress.
An Associate‑level lawyer is ideal. However, the firm is happy to speak with lawyers from 12 months to 5 years PAE who are looking for their next step. You will bring:
- Experience in litigation, ideally with some exposure to construction or commercial disputes
- Strong drafting, research and analytical skills
- A proactive, organised approach and the ability to manage matters with appropriate autonomyAn interest in legal technology and efficient ways of working
- Admission to practice in Queensland
- Hybrid working arrangements to suit you
- Hands-on mentoring from an experienced litigation partner
- Varied, high-quality disputes work
- Modern technology and a forward-thinking approach
- Career progression as the firm grows
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