Hybrid Real Estate & Projects Lawyer — 5 Weeks Leave

Lander & Rogers; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

5 weeks annual leave

Wellness allowance

Job summary

Lander & Rogers in Brisbane is seeking a junior Real Estate & Projects lawyer to build your real estate experience on matters involving large Australian and APAC property portfolios.

You will work closely with Partners and senior lawyers to deliver frontline legal services across a broad range of real estate matters while developing skills in due diligence, leasing, acquisitions and land titling, within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Suitable applicants will be 1-2 years PAE.
• Admitted as an Australian lawyer and eligible to hold a current practising certificate in Queensland.
• Previous experience working in a law firm environment is preferred.
• Exposure to real estate or property law will be viewed favourably but is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Sales and purchases of land across all land asset classes.
• Complex agreements for lease and/or lease transactions involving commercial, industrial, retail and agricultural land.
• Simple lease transactions involving leases of commercial offices and retail premises.
• Asset management work associated with client lease portfolios such as renewals, variations, assignments and surrenders of lease.
• Land subdivisions, consolidations, easements and covenants.
• Drafting documents or reviewing documents prepared by other firms.
• Advising clients on the documents and amending and negotiating them as required.
• Liaising with clients, counterparties' lawyers, internal stakeholders and other practice groups where required.
• The use of appropriate internal technological solutions, such as document automation software, online data rooms, status reporting software and approved artificial intelligence platforms.
• Working in teams on due diligence and drafting due diligence reports for capital transactions, including large real estate acquisitions, disposals and the real estate aspects of merger and acquisition transactions.
• Working with lawyers from the construction and environment and planning sub-teams within the Real Estate & Projects group to support those teams with the real estate aspects of their matters.
• Undertaking legal research;
• Drafting formal advices to clients;
• Attending to registration of documents and general land titles enquiries;
• Working in partnership with senior practitioners and other team members;
• Assisting graduates and seasonal clerks throughout their rotations;
• Building client relationships at a corresponding level;
• Attending internal and external training and development sessions;
• Assisting senior practitioners to prepare responses to requests from clients for a fee proposal or a capability statement;
• Assisting senior practitioners to prepare and present internal continuing legal education presentations; and
• Assisting senior practitioners to prepare external presentations.

Job description

Lander & Rogers in Brisbane is seeking a junior Real Estate & Projects lawyer to build your real estate experience on matters involving large Australian and APAC property portfolios.

You will work closely with Partners and senior lawyers to deliver frontline legal services across a broad range of real estate matters while developing skills in due diligence, leasing, acquisitions and land titling, within a collaborative team.