Lawyer - Property

Location: Brisbane 

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.

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 www.minterellison.com/-/media//Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-2025.ashx)

Your Role

A great opportunity exists for a junior property lawyer to join our Brisbane office on a permanent full time basis. You will have between 1-3 years post admission experience in a high performing property team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in a booming and interesting area of the law while being well supported with state of the art technology and systems. While this role is physically based in Brisbane, you will work across multiple jurisdictions supporting national clients.

At MinterEllison, we are leading the way in AI-powered legal innovation with pioneering technology. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI-driven innovation and shape the future of work.

The Team

This role sits in our retirement living team which is part of our broader Real Estate team. Our retirement living practice is the most successful in Australia and has been named by Best Lawyers 2026 as Best Law Firm of the Year for Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law.  Our practice continues to grow from strength to strength, working with the largest retirement village owners and operators nationally. The Brisbane team is led by Partners Robin Lyons and Tammy Berghofer.

In this role, you will assist clients in achieving their compliance and business objectives within Australia's retirement living sector. You will be involved in a broad mix of commercial, transactional and/or regulatory work across most Australian jurisdictions, depending on your experience and preference, such as:

• Assisting with capital transactions of retirement villages, land lease communities, rental villages and aged care portfolios
• Providing regulatory advice on the application of a range of real estate and retirement living legislation
• Supporting our clients to ensure their resident contracts and disclosures are compliant across their portfolio
• Assisting and supporting our involvement in peak industry bodies representing the retirement and aged care sector.

Our clients are diverse and range from charitable organisations to private and ASX listed operators, including the top 5 retirement village operators in Australia.

More About You

We welcome applications from candidates who have:

• 1–3 years PQE
• general property law experience
• exceptional client service skills and responsiveness
• keen eye for detail and exceptional time management and organisational skills
• strong IT skills
• a commitment to excellence that matches our own
• a proactive approach and positive attitude.

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.