PERTH - Senior Associate - Corporate Energy & Natural Resources

Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Perth; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks of annual leave

Parental leave – 26 weeks

Wellbeing program

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Pro bono & community engagement

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm, seeks a high-calibre Senior Associate for its Perth team to work on significant energy and natural resources transactions. You will advise on large domestic and cross-border deals, including private and public M&A, JVs, royalties, and offtake transactions.

The role offers exposure to top-tier energy & natural resources work, with opportunities to lead junior team members and participate in business development.

Qualifications

• Approximately five years' post-qualification experience at a leading top tier firm.
• Strong generalist corporate M&A capability across public and private transactions.
• Genuine interest in developing expertise in energy and natural resources transactions.
• Outstanding drafting skills and analytical capability.
• Ability to manage matters and lead junior team members.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a desire to build lasting client relationships.
• Willingness to participate in business development activities and build your profile in the energy and natural resources sector.
• Desire to grow as both a lawyer and a leader.

Responsibilities

• Private and public M&A across the energy and natural resources sectors.
• Joint ventures, royalties and offtake transactions in mining and oil and gas sectors.
• Energy and natural resources project development and operations.

Skills

Corporate M&A

Energy & Natural Resources

Team leadership

Client relationship management

Business development

Job description

Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.

Our nationally recognised Corporate Energy & Natural Resources practice is expanding, and we are seeking a high-calibre Senior Associate to join our Perth team. This is a great opportunity for an ambitious corporate lawyer looking to work alongside some of Australia's leading corporate resources lawyers - Tracey Greenaway, Russell Phillip, Christian Owen and Oliver Carrick - on the most significant and complex transactional matters in the energy and natural resources sector.

At Corrs, we help you achieve your ambition - at every stage of your career.

About the Role

Corrs Chambers Westgarth's Corporate Energy & Natural Resources practice is consistently recognised as one of the best in Australia. We are at the forefront of the country's most high-profile and high-value transactions in the mining, oil and gas, and critical minerals sectors.

This role offers the chance to deepen your expertise in energy and natural resources M&A while maintaining a broad transactional capability. You will advise on some of the largest and most complex deals in the market, across both domestic and cross-border mandates. The scope of our work includes:

• Private and public M&A across the broader energy and natural resources sectors.
• Joint ventures, royalties and offtake transactions in the mining and oil and gas sectors.
• Energy and natural resources project development and operations.

About You

We are looking for a motivated, technically excellent lawyer with the following attributes:

• Approximately five years' post-qualification experience at a leading top tier firm.
• Strong generalist corporate M&A capability across public and private transactions.
• Demonstrated experience in, or a genuine interest in developing expertise in, energy and natural resources transactions.
• Outstanding drafting skills and superior analytical capability.
• An ability to effectively manage matters and lead junior team members.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a desire to build lasting client relationships.
• A willingness to participate in business development activities and build your profile in the energy and natural resources sector.
• A desire to grow as both a lawyer and a leader.

About us

Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia's leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients’ most challenging issues.

Corrs' culture is characterised by our values of excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a supportive and inclusive workplace, and we are focused on creating opportunities for our people and supporting a diverse workforce.

• Flexible working as standard - we have established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
• Bonus leave - we provide an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total)
• Parental leave - we offer 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months)
• Wellbeing program - we support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
• Diversity and Inclusion - we set meaningful goals and take action to improve diversity and foster an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
• Responsible business approach - we have an active pro bono and community engagement program and we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact. We are also a member of AusLSA, which works to promote and increase sustainable practices across the legal sector.
• Learning and development opportunities - including our Australian-first international study scholarship, a national training program and mentoring initiative.