Current Opportunities

The role

Are you an experienced 2-4 year PQE lawyer with a passion for commercial litigation? The role is a general commercial disputes role with an emphasis on contractual disputes, professional negligence, insolvency and regulatory proceedings. This is an excellent career opportunity to grow and progress in a fast-paced but rewarding environment.

The team is hard-working and high-performing, but collegiate, with a strong and unique pipeline of upcoming work. This role offers you many opportunities to apply your technical expertise to complex and challenging work and learn from a variety of highly experienced litigators.

The team

Our high performing, collegiate Dispute Resolution and Litigation team in Perth is growing and we are looking for a driven individual with commercial litigation experience to play a key role in our team. This practice group has been described in The Legal 500 Asia as "A top performer in the corporate and commercial litigation space" with the supervising Partner an internationally recognised dispute resolution and litigation lawyer with expertise in domestic and international arbitrations, mediations and expert determinations.

About you 

• You’ll have 2-4 years experience in a similar position, ideally supporting a team in a law firm or professional services environment.

• You have high attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You’re a team player with a collaborative approach.
• You have exceptional time management skills, the ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities.
• You’re highly proficient and experienced in performing critical analysis and solving problems.
• You’re experienced in dealing with highly confidential information and you have the ability to operate with discretion where required.
• You’re enthusiastic and personally motivated to perform continuous learning and self-improvement.
• You’re highly competent in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Filesite/Work 10 and Expert Aderant experience is desirable, but not required.

About Us

Piper Alderman is a premier commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve practical commercial outcomes, innovation in service delivery and deep engagement across multiple industries.

Piper Alderman prides itself on being a collaborative law firm where high achieving ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals whilst performing challenging and rewarding tasks.

At Piper Alderman we promote a culture of excellence, collaboration and teamwork. We recognise and support individuals and invest in their continued professional development.

Our perks

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

• A variety of health and wellbeing initiatives including our Thrive@PiperAlderman Wellbeing Program.
• Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
• An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
• Purchased annual leave options.
• A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible!
• A range of corporate discounts.
• Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.

Apply today

Piper Alderman is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where those people can be their authentic selves.  We value diversity of thought and experience and aim to ensure all our people are valued and respected.  People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Please submit an application by clicking the relevant link in this job advertisement. Please note, no applications will be accepted directly via email.

If you have questions or would like further information about this opportunity, please contact Lesley Woods on 07 3220 7703 or lwoods@piperalderman.com.au