Lawyer or Associate | Real Estate

 

Location: Sydney

 

Contract Type: Permanent

 

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

 

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

 

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

 

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf)

 

Your Role

 

A great opportunity exists for a property Lawyer or Associate to join our award winning, market leading Sydney Real Estate team. As well as building your legal knowledge, you will develop strong client relationships, deepen your understanding of, and involvement in, the real estate industry across the entire real estate life cycle and gain exposure to the development, leasing, sale, and acquisition of commercial, industrial, residential, and retail developments

 

We would like to hear from Lawyers or Associates with experience or an interest in, the following types of work:

 

• real estate transactions across all asset classes
• leasing of commercial, industrial, and retail property
• development of all types of real estate assets, including large scale residential communities
• general property or commercial advice work

 

What you need

 

We welcome applications from lawyers with generalist experience in a reputable property team.  You will also have:

 

• strong business and commercial acumen  
• excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• a strong commitment to client service
• the ability to work in a highly cohesive and fast paced team
• a passion for the real estate industry, their clients and their team
• resilience and a commitment to excellence that matches our own

 

Our Team

 

The Sydney Real Estate team is led by Partners Alice Langham, Julie Purbrick, Rachel McNaught, Owen Kiely, Joanne Moore and Jakob Paartalu. The team offers a comprehensive range of property-related legal services for developers, investors, owners, landlords, property fund managers, listed property trusts and government.

 

In this role you will work closely with partners Alice Langham, Julie Purbrick, Rachel McNaught and Joanne Moore and their teams, who are sought after for their experience in advising on large and complex real estate and hotel transactions and developments. There will also be close contact with other leading lawyers working in the broader national real estate team and other specialist areas across the firm. The team's focus is on capital transactions, property development including title structuring and complex leasing and delivering an end-to-end solution to national and international industry-leading real estate and hotel owners, developers, financiers and government clients, including clients such as Dexus, EVT, Gurner Group, Lendlease, Mirvac, Salter Brothers and Stockland.

 

How to apply

 

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

 

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

 

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

 

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Jess.Brown@minterellison.com.