Senior Corporate Litigation Associate — Autonomy & Incentives

HarperLloyd Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly incentives

Clear progression path

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development

Job summary

HarperLloyd Recruitment is partnering with a national specialist litigation firm to recruit an Associate or Senior Associate to join its expanding Sydney team. The role focuses on sophisticated corporate disputes with high-value matters, offering direct client access and greater autonomy.

Candidates will have approximately 3+ years PAE in commercial or corporate litigation, strong drafting and research, and a collaborative approach across offices.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3+ years' PAE in commercial or corporate litigation.
• Experience handling complex commercial disputes.
• Strong drafting and legal research capability.
• Experience managing matters with an appropriate degree of autonomy.
• Confidence dealing directly with clients, counsel and other stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgement.
• Leadership and mentoring capability to assist in developing junior lawyers.
• The ability to manage competing matters and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Engage in shareholder oppression, corporate governance disputes and family enterprise disputes.
• Handle insolvency and other high-value commercial litigation.
• Manage matters with autonomy and direct client exposure.
• Collaborate with senior practitioners across Sydney, national offices and other jurisdictions.
• Assist in mentoring and developing junior lawyers.

Skills

3+ years PAE

Commercial litigation

Corporate litigation

Client facing

Drafting

Research

Autonomy

Leadership mentoring

Time management

Job description

HarperLloyd Recruitment is partnering with a national specialist litigation firm to recruit an Associate or Senior Associate to join its expanding Sydney team. The role focuses on sophisticated corporate disputes with high-value matters, offering direct client access and greater autonomy.

Candidates will have approximately 3+ years PAE in commercial or corporate litigation, strong drafting and research, and a collaborative approach across offices.