Environment & Planning - Senior Associate - Melbourne

at  Pinsent Masons

BRIEF

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate lawyer to join our national Environment & Planning team in our Melbourne office.

You will work directly with two leading Environmental & Planning partners in a rapidly growing practice advising on Australia’s largest energy, renewables and infrastructure projects. You will be given the opportunity to advise Australia’s largest energy and infrastructure developers and contractors on the full spectrum of environmental and planning issues including:

• optimising approval pathways for new projects;
• environmental assessments;
• planning appeals and planning panel hearings;
• biodiversity offsets;
• environmental licencing;
• secondary approvals;
• neighbour agreements; and
• environmental incident response.

You will also have the opportunity to work closely with the wider Property team, as well as the Corporate team on a range of market leading work.
You will be an important contributor to the success and growth of the team, with this role providing fantastic career development and mentoring opportunities.

CANDIDATE SUMMARY

At Pinsent Masons we do things a bit differently, and look for high-performers who are not afraid to try new things and question the status quo.

You will need to be a qualified lawyer with at least 5 years’ post-qualification experience gained in environment & planning law, along with the following skills and attributes:

• Bring energy and passion to the role!
• Strong interest in the energy and infrastructure sectors
• Commercially aware
• Strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced high-performing team and rapidly growing national practice

Please refer the Job description for details