Senior Associate - Family Law

Senior Associate — Family Law & Commercial

5+ Years PQE  |  Sydney CBD, NSW

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our client is a well-established, full-service Sydney law firm with a strong reputation built over more than three decades. Operating from premium CBD offices, the firm acts for individuals, businesses and industry leaders across a broad range of practice areas, and has built a genuinely collegial culture around technical excellence and client care.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our client is seeking an experienced Family Lawyer to join at Senior Associate level within a well-regarded Family Law practice that regularly handles complex, high-net-worth matters. A distinguishing feature of this practice is its close connection to the firm's commercial team: many family law matters involve a business or corporate structure, and navigating the division of matrimonial assets without damaging the value of the underlying business is a regular and interesting feature of the work.

This is a genuine hybrid role. While your primary focus will be Family Law, you will also spend a meaningful portion of your time - starting at around 25% and potentially more, depending on workflow - working on General Commercial matters, predominantly transactional and advisory in nature, with some exposure to commercial litigation.

KEY DETAILS

• Practice split: approximately 75% Family Law / 25% General Commercial (may vary with demand)
  

• Commercial work: mainly transactional and advisory, with some litigation
  

• Reporting lines: to the firm's joint CEOs, with commercial matters also reporting via a senior associate in the Commercial team; overall supervision of the Family Law practice is provided by the practice head
  

• Caseload: includes high-net-worth matters
  

• Billable expectation: in the order of 7 hours per day (can include business development activities such as writing articles)
  

• Remuneration: competitive, benchmarked to market for the successful candidate's level of experience
  

ABOUT YOU

• Minimum 5 years' post-qualification experience in Family Law (NSW)
  

• Comfortable working at the intersection of family and commercial law, including matters involving business assets and structures
  

• Strong technical and drafting skills, with sound commercial judgement
  

• Confident managing high-net-worth and sometimes complex matters
  

• A collaborative team player, willing to contribute to the firm's profile through business development and thought leadership
  

WHAT'S ON OFFER

• Exposure to sophisticated, high-net-worth family law matters with genuine commercial complexity
  

• The opportunity to broaden your skill set into general commercial work
  

• Supervision and mentorship from experienced practice leaders
  

• A competitive salary that reflects your experience
  

• Sydney CBD offices
  

TO APPLY

This search is being managed on a confidential basis by Hooker Heijden Legal Recruitment. For a confidential discussion in strict confidence, please contact Niki Kunovski at niki@hookerheijden.com.au.