Law Squared
Mid-Level Compulsory Acquisition Lawyer
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaRemote available15 days ago
MidFull TimeEN
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Law Squared is a leading Human Centred Law firm, founded in 2016 to provide an innovative, compelling, true alternative to traditional law firms – for clients and lawyers alike.
We work exclusively on an upfront, fixed-fee model, prioritising our client’s success over billable hours and ensuring transparency and strategic control over their legal spend. By focusing on outcomes and value, rather than time and task-based inputs, Law Squared seamlessly bridges the gap between legal expertise and commercial impact.
Trusted by ASX listed entitles, multi-national clients, General Counsels, in-house teams, and business leaders across a broad range of industries, Law Squared focuses on those areas crucial to business success, including Corporate, Commercial, Employment + Workplace Relations, Property + Projects and Disputes + Litigation, as well as those seeking dual jurisdictional support in Australia, the UK and/or NZ.
Law Squared has offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland and London.
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team engaged for the legal delivery of a major compulsory acquisition program in the renewable energy and critical infrastructure sector with the role based in either Brisbane or Melbourne. Working within our Property + Projects (Energy & Infrastructure) Team, you will be embedded in a complex, high-stakes project requiring deep statutory expertise, project management discipline, and the ability to drive large portfolios of landholder matters to resolution.
The key responsibilities of this role include:
Legal Service Delivery: Working within the Project Team embedded on a major energy infrastructure project, executing the legal delivery of a large-scale compulsory acquisition program from mobilisation through to settlement or, where required, preparation for the Disputed Claims Phase. This includes:
Client Management: Nurturing our current clients and assisting to attract new clients. This is a people first role, and you will be building relationships with current and new clients every day.
Business Development: Supporting Law Squared’s clients, both current and future, by working closely with our Brand + Engagement Team with events, campaigns and executing new ideas to reach new clients in the Renewable Energy space.
At Law Squared, we hire for mindset as much as skillset. We’re looking for commercially minded, client-focused people who take ownership, communicate well, and genuinely care about doing great work. Our best people are proactive, adaptable, collaborative, and always looking for smarter ways to create impact. If you value high standards, human-centred relationships, and being part of a business building something different, we’d love to hear from you.
The ideal candidate will be:
We don’t have a partnership model, so it is important that becoming a partner isn’t your main priority. We are looking for someone who is passionate about working in a collaborative firm that values whole team success over individual accolades.
Law Squared is on a mission is to create a more innovative, collaborative, human centred experience for clients and employees alike.
We don’t track billable hours, no financial budgets for individuals (we have team-based budgets), and we’ve embraced a ‘work from anywhere’ policy since day one. This means that whilst you will be based in one office, we have a flexible work from anywhere policy.
Free from the barriers of time, tenure and ego, and aligned by team-oriented goals, we believe the best outcomes result for our clients, and each other.
Our numerous employee benefits include:
If you’re ready for a more human centred way of working, experience the Law Squared difference for yourself.
To submit an application, please apply directly with your CV and cover letter.
If you have any further questions, please contact: careers@lawsquared.com
