Senior Associate - Leasing

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 https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf)

Your Role

A great opportunity exists for a Senior Associate with passion for leasing to join our Brisbane office working either 4 or 5 days per week, with the flexibility to work from home 2 days per week.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in a core area of our real estate business 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 as part of our collaborative national leasing team.

Some of our major leasing clients include Abacus, Alceon, Charter Hall, Cromwell, Haben, IFM Investors, Lendlease, Reading, Stockland, Suncorp and Woolworths.

The Team

Our Brisbane leasing team is led by partner Tanya Sciasci. In this role you will also work closely with our national network of leasing specialists including other partners, senior lawyers, lawyers, paralegals and administrative support staff.

Our leasing team are well known for our commercial and pragmatic approach to leasing transactions, delivering a whole of lifecycle service offering for our clients and focusing on facilitating a partnership between landlord and tenants, leading to optimal outcomes for our clients.

More About You

We welcome applications from lawyers with 4+ years PQE who have experience in retail, commercial and/or industrial leasing and a passion for this area of law. You will have an ability to manage client relationships and leasing transactions with minimal supervision and have the ability to provide guidance and mentoring to more junior members of the team.

You will also have: 

• • a commercial approach to your advice
  • a very strong client focus and demonstrated ability to form enduring relationships with peers and clients
  • superior drafting ability and a strong attention to detail
  • the ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
  • excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

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 lisa.fleming@minterellison.com.