At a Glance
- Tasks: Advise high-net-worth clients on complex legal matters and family office structuring.
- Company: Premier Australian commercial law firm with a strong reputation for innovative advice.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work, subsidised gym membership, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for career growth in Melbourne or Sydney.
- Why this job: Join a leading practice and make a real impact on influential families and individuals.
- Qualifications: 5+ years' experience in private practice with strong analytical and communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 121500 - 148500 $ per year.
A bit about us
Arnold Bloch Leibler is a premier Australian commercial law firm with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. We provide strategic legal and commercial advice to a diverse range of Australian and international corporations, high-net worth individuals and some of Australia’s most prominent family businesses. We have developed a reputation for our innovative, commercially focused advice and we are regularly involved in some of the most important landmark transactions in the country, helping clients with their most important or difficult legal matters - when their reputation is at risk, in crisis situations or before embarking on key initiatives.
Our Private Clients and Family Office practice
For more than 70 years, ABL has advised some of Australia’s most influential individuals and families. Today our market leading national practice works with high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices across the full range of their personal, commercial and philanthropic interests. We advise on wealth and trust structuring, asset protection, family governance and agreements, intergenerational wealth transfer, succession and estate planning and philanthropy. We also advise on the establishment and operation of family offices and on the acquisitions, disposals, investments and restructures undertaken by families and family offices. Our work sits at the intersection of law, business, family and capital. There is often much more at stake than the immediate legal issue, and our clients look to us as trusted advisers who understand their broader objectives and can bring together the right expertise across the firm.
The practice is entering an important period of investment and growth. We are expanding our team in Melbourne and Sydney and are looking for talented people who want to help shape the next stage of one of Australia’s leading private clients and family office practices.
The opportunities
We have multiple opportunities across a range of levels, from Lawyer through to Senior Associate and Special Counsel, in Sydney or in Melbourne. You will work directly with high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices on complex and sensitive matters concerning their personal, financial, philanthropic and business interests. Depending on your background, your work may include:
- family office structuring and governance;
- the acquisition, sale and restructuring of family and privately owned businesses;
- private capital investments and other M&A transactions;
- trusts, asset protection and wealth structuring;
- family agreements and succession planning;
- estate planning and intergenerational wealth transfer;
- philanthropic structures, foundations and social investment;
- coordinating legal, tax and commercial advice across a family's broader affairs.
You will have the opportunity to take ownership of matters, work closely with senior practitioners and specialists across the firm and build direct, long-term relationships with clients and their advisers. You will also contribute to the continuing development and growth of the practice.
About you
We are interested in hearing from candidates with a range of professional backgrounds. You may already practise in private clients or family office advisory, or you may bring complementary experience that would translate well into this work. Experience in corporate transactions or M&A or philanthropy would be particularly valuable. We would also welcome applications from lawyers with a tax background, as our team works closely with our tax team.
You will have:
- 5 + years' post-admission experience in private practice;
- strong experience advising high-net-worth individuals, family owned businesses and/or family offices;
- strong technical skills, commercial judgement and attention to detail;
- the ability to manage matters independently, with appropriate supervision;
- superior analytical, communication and drafting skills;
- the discretion, sensitivity and interpersonal skills required to advise on complex and confidential matters.
We welcome applications from candidates interested in working in either our Melbourne or Sydney office.
Benefits
We offer our lawyers competitive remuneration, a high level of responsibility and autonomy. Our flexible approach means we reward based on merit and performance. We also offer a wide range of social and health related benefits to support your wellbeing, such as a fully subsidised corporate gym membership, generous social activities and health and wellbeing programs, outstanding professional and career development opportunities and free legal advice for wills, estate planning and conveyancing.
Private Clients and Family Office Lawyer/Senior Associate/Special Counsel in Melbourne employer: Arnold Bloch Leibler
Arnold Bloch Leibler is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Sydney's CBD. With a strong commitment to professional development and employee well-being, the firm provides ongoing training, a fully subsidised gym membership, and a wellness program, ensuring that you thrive both personally and professionally. Joining ABL means being part of a collaborative culture that values excellence and innovation, while working on high-profile matters alongside experienced partners and a diverse range of clients.
