Senior Associate Commercial Litigation

William James; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct access to partners

Collaborative team environment

Progression opportunities

Boutique practice culture

Job summary

William James in Sydney, Australia, seeks a high-performing senior lawyer with substantial experience in large-scale and complex commercial litigation to join our specialist boutique practice and work directly with leading litigation partners on sophisticated disputes.

You will enjoy autonomy, a collaborative culture, mentoring responsibilities for junior lawyers, and opportunities to lead matters with clients and partners in a firm recognised for excellence and client-focused service.

Job description

Work directly with leading litigation partners on sophisticated, high-stakes disputes while enjoying the autonomy, culture and flexibility of a specialist boutique practice.

Who are we?

William James is founded on the vision that there is a better way to do law. Provide great clients with access to talented, passionate and, most importantly, happy people and then sit back and watch magic happen. Clients constantly tell us we aren’t like other law firms and we love that!

We don’t do everything – We are Specialists!

We only operate in those areas where we can deliver market leading performance - commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring. As a result, we say no to lots of work.

Our lawyers are top class lawyers from the big end of town. Both the Partners and the firm have been recognised for numerous awards, particularly the Doyles Guide as leading lawyers in the field of commercial litigation, restructuring and insolvency both in Australia and in the Asia Pacific.

We believe in high performance – Bring your “A” Game

We strive to be the firm of choice for high performing and passionate lawyers. That doesn’t mean crazy hours. Just creative solutions and quality work delivered with a caring touch to our clients. We want lawyers who don’t know how to operate any other way. With a firm full of talented lawyers, the awesome clients follow.

A culture worth joining

We invest heavily in our people and our culture.

Our team is collaborative, ambitious and genuinely supportive. We enjoy working together, sharing knowledge and celebrating success. We take our work seriously, but not ourselves.

We are selective about who joins our firm because culture matters. We want people who are aligned with our values and committed to helping build something exceptional.

The opportunity

We are seeking a high-performing senior lawyer with substantial experience in large-scale and complex commercial litigation. This role will suit someone who enjoys running sophisticated disputes, taking ownership of matters and working directly with clients and partners on strategically significant litigation.

We need someone senior enough to back themselves and the team with a fair amount of autonomy reporting directly to the partners. We also have a bunch of super smart, highly capable and ambitious young lawyers that need mentoring and training from the senior members of the firm including you. You are also really smart (in a normal, humble, not full of yourself sort of way) and very good at what you do – we will probably make you prove it somehow.

We anticipate successful candidates will have trained and practised within a recognised mid-tier, top-tier or specialist litigation practice and have developed strong technical, strategic and analytical skills through exposure to complex disputes.

What we offer

• High-quality, complex litigation work in a boutique environment
• Direct access to highly regarded partners - who are actually cool!
• A collaborative and supportive team environment
• Genuine opportunities for progression and leadership
• A strong culture built around excellence, trust and respect