Finance Disputes Lawyer (3+PQE)
HAYS
via hays.com.au
- Location
- New South Wales
- Type
- Full-time
About the role
Your new company
This is an opportunity to join a highly regarded Australian law firm with an established Commercial Disputes practice and a strong client base across the financial services sector. The firm combines sophisticated legal work with a genuinely approachable culture, offering lawyers close access to experienced partners, meaningful responsibility and clear opportunities to progress their careers. The Finance Disputes team continues to grow and works closely with major financial institutions on a broad range of disputes, mortgage enforcement and recovery matters.
Your new role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate or Senior Associate to join the firm's Finance Disputes & Recoveries practice in Sydney. You will work directly with institutional clients and take responsibility for the progression of matters, providing practical and commercially focused advice across a varied finance litigation practice. Your work will include:
- Mortgage enforcement matters
- Possession proceedings
- Secured and unsecured debt recovery
- Enforcement proceedings
- Finance-related litigation
- Court proceedings across multiple jurisdictions
- Advising financial institutions on recovery strategies
- 3+PQE
- Experience in mortgage enforcement, finance litigation, recoveries or debt recovery
- Strong knowledge of relevant court processes and enforcement procedures
- Experience managing matters with a good level of autonomy
- Strong drafting and technical legal skills
- Commercially focused problem-solving abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to manage multiple matters and competing deadlines
- Confidence dealing directly with sophisticated institutional clients
- A strong pipeline of finance disputes and recoveries work
- Exposure to major financial institution clients
- Significant autonomy and ownership of your matters
- Direct client contact and relationship-building opportunities
- Support and mentoring from experienced senior practitioners
- Clear opportunities for professional development and career progression
- Flexible and remote working opportunities
- Performance-based incentives
- Professional learning and development initiatives
- Health, wellbeing and social benefits
- A collaborative and supportive team environment
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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