The role

An exciting opportunity to join Canberra's pre-eminent Projects (Real Estate) working with Partners Alfonso del Rio, Adam Peppinck & Ed Campbell in Canberra's leading and largest real estate advisory team with unmatched scale and expertise. 

You will work for both public and private sector clients on a wide range of real estate, planning and environmental and construction law matters involving:

• Acquisitions and disposals of going concerns and vacant land including strategies, portfolio rationalisation, due diligence advice and reports, site consolidation, subdivision and land management, planning and structuring.
• Leasing (retail, commercial and industrial) covering transaction strategies and routine and complex documentation. This may involve advising on complex negotiations of leases and related transaction documents such as AFLs, fitout and incentive deeds, subleases, licences and on issues such as rent reviews, first rights or refusal, options, expansion and contraction rights and other lease management issues.
• Property development and conveyancing advice including risk analysis, project structuring, joint ventures and syndicates, mixed-use developments including stratum and community title schemes. This may involve assisting the team with stamp duty, planning, environmental and construction advice.
• Retirement village advice and transactions. We are the clear market leader in legal services for the RV industry in Canberra. Our services include acquisition and disposal of operating villages, establishing villages (including acquisition of sites, establishing operator arrangements and village contracts), regulatory and compliance advice and retirement village conveyancing.

Our team enjoys the benefits of a collaborative and progressive culture where we support each other, accommodate flexible/hybrid work, and celebrate our successes.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• experience with & exposure to transactional real estate matters
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• an ability to pay attention to detail
• a strong client service focus and work ethic.
• a positive attitude which prioritises respect for peers and collaborative working.

What sets us apart?

• Our team is the only Canberra real estate practice that is recognised as “Tier 1” by both Best Lawyers Australia and Doyle’s Guide. We provide comprehensive real estate advisory services to an unrivalled portfolio of government and private sector clients.  
• our specialist government knowledge provides our Government clients peace of mind. We provide and robust legal advice that will stand up to political, media and parliamentary scrutiny that can sometimes occur in high-value, high-profile projects.
• Law firm of choice for large major projects including urban renewal, major development, sustainability, sale and leaseback and joint ventures translates to minimal learning curve which saves our clients both time and money.
• We assist clients with the full spectrum of property law throughout Australia.

How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Shibanni Dave, (02) 6279 3543

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to [email protected].

For more information on Clayton Utz, please visit www.claytonutz.com or follow us on LinkedIn here.

Agency submissions

Clayton Utz does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Clayton Utz Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to Clayton Utz partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and Clayton Utz will not be liable for a fee.