Lawyer/Associate - Real Estate

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.

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

Our team 

MinterEllison has a market-leading Real Estate team consistently recognised for exceptional client service and the calibre of our work.

The Brisbane Real Estate team is led by partners Adrian Rich and Euon Williams, offering comprehensive property-related legal services for developers, investors, owners, landlords, tenants, property funds managers, listed property trusts and government.

In this role, you will work with Adrian and Euon and their high-performing team. As leading practitioners in the Brisbane real estate market, they have developed deep relationships with some of Australia's largest corporate vendors, purchasers, developers, landlords and tenants.  Adrian is the Business Unit Leader for the national Real Estate team. The team acts advises on large-scale real estate transactions and renewable energy projects, advising on covering all facets of commercial, industrial, retail, state leased land and residential property, including due diligence, acquisitions, disposals, development and leasing.

Your role 

A great opportunity currently exists for a Lawyer with experience in a reputable real estate practice who is interested in the following range of work, to assist with our growing practice:

• complex real estate transactions around Australia and across all asset classes 

• development of residential flat land subdivisions, multi-story apartment projects and master planned communities 
• tenure advice and transactions for grid-scale renewable energy projects, including wind farms, solar farms, BESS and pumped hydro facilities

• general commercial advice work

• helping to leverage the breadth of our expertise within and across the firm's other lines of business

What you need 

You will also have:

• 2 + years of experience
• a commercial approach to all matters 

• excellent business acumen and a desire to strengthen existing and help cultivate new client relationships 

• superior drafting ability and a strong attention to detail 

• the ability to work in a highly cohesive and fast-paced team and to lead and mentor a cohort of talented lawyers and legal professionals 

• excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 

• resilience and a commitment to excellence that matches our own and a commitment to personal growth, innovation and the delivery of exceptional results

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 Danielle.Miller@minterellison.com.