Lawyers - Australia

Herbert Smith Freehills are interested in talking to talented legal professionals in the UK and Ireland who are keen to explore career opportunities in Australia.

Herbert Smith Freehills have opportunities across New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, and Victoria in all of its practice groups in Australia, including:

■ Corporate M&A, ECM, energy & resources, financial services, private equity, private funds, TMT
■ Finance- project finance, real estate finance, acquisition finance, restructuring, turnaround and insolvency
■ Projects
■ Competition, Regulation and Trade
■ Dispute resolution
■ Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety
■ Environment & planning
■ Real estate
■ Alternative Legal Services

Herbert Smith Freehills 2017-18 highlights include:

Herbert Smith Freehills 2017-18 highlights include:

■ Industry-leading client work on some of the most significant matters of the year, including advising Santos, Origin, Yancoal, Tabcorp, Wesfarmers and Macquarie Group.

■ Herbert Smith Freehills, CSIRO's Data61, and IBM have formed a consortium to build Australia's first cross-industry, large-scale, digital platform to enable Australian businesses to collaborate using the IBM Blockchain Platform and blockchain-based smart legal contracts. Known as the Australian National Blockchain (ANB), the new platform will represent a significant new piece of infrastructure in Australia's digital economy, enabling companies nationwide to join the network to use digitised contracts, exchange data and confirm the authenticity and status of legal contracts.

■ Diversity & Inclusion achievements:

• Employer of Choice for Gender Equality - Australia's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (2016 - 2017)
• Stonewall Top 12 global employers for LGBT inclusion (2015 - 2018)
• Pride in Diversity Australian Workplace Equality Index Silver Tier employer (2018)

■ Our pro bono and citizenship work including donating $1m to our focus areas, sending our 50th Jawun secondee to support Indigenous organisations in Western Australia and contributing to cross-border projects such as working with Anti-Slavery International, Focus on Labour Exploitation and Justice Without Borders.

■ Herbert Smith Freehills is undoubtedly the leader in Australian M&A. We have advised on more deals in Australia in 2017 than any other firm (92 announced deals, total value over USD 54 billion).

Sponsorship opportunities available for those without working rights in Australia.

If interested you're interested, please contact Dugald Locke based in our Robert Walters London office on or +44 (0) 207 509 8258.