The Opportunity
Join a leading energy infrastructure organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.
- Duration: 6-12 months
- Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
- Location: Brisbane
About You
You are an experienced commercial lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.
Your Experience & Expertise:
- Experience advising on major energy, infrastructure or resources projects, with a particular focus on land access, approvals and project development matters
- Strong experience advising on land tenure issues, including easements, licences, access arrangements, tenure rights and landholder negotiations
- Proven experience advising on native title matters, including Indigenous Land Use Agreements, future act processes and stakeholder engagement requirements
- Experience supporting cultural heritage matters, including compliance obligations, heritage agreements and Aboriginal cultural heritage considerations for infrastructure projects
- Strong understanding of environmental and regulatory approvals frameworks relevant to major energy and infrastructure developments
- Experience supporting the development and delivery of linear infrastructure projects such as gas pipelines, transmission lines, renewable energy projects or transport infrastructure
- Ability to provide practical legal advice on land access strategies and approvals pathways to support project delivery and operational objectives
- Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating land access, tenure, heritage, project and commercial agreements
- Experience working closely with project development, approvals, land access, environmental and operational teams
- Ability to identify and manage legal, regulatory, environmental and stakeholder risks associated with major infrastructure projects
- Commercial and construction law experience, including advising on project delivery, procurement and contractor engagement arrangements
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with landholders, Traditional Owners, regulators, government agencies and project stakeholders
Attributes:
- Strong commercial judgement with the ability to balance legal risk against project and operational outcomes
- Pragmatic and solutions-focused, with a strong focus on enabling project delivery
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build productive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage effectively with landholders, Traditional Owner groups, regulators and project teams
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear, practical and commercially focused advice
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining focus on broader project objectives and strategic outcomes
- Proactive and responsive, identifying issues early and helping project teams navigate challenges efficiently
Requirements:
- Current Australian practising certificate
- Right to live and work in Australia
About Reach
Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.
Why join Reach?
Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.
Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:
- Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
- A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
- The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.
Interested?
Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Adam Saunders, our Talent Solutions Advisor, at [email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.
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