Associate - Real Estate

Baker & McKenzie LLP
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    Associate - Real Estate - 3523 - Baker McKenzie

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    Baker McKenzie

    Associate - Real Estate

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    Job Information

    Posting Date

    14-Aug-2026

    Requisition ID

    3408

    States/Provinces/Cities

    Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney

    Location Type

    Hybrid

    Business Unit

    Practice

    Function

    Attorney

    Full Time or Part Time

    Full Time

    Description & Requirements

    Think Opportunity, Think Baker McKenzie!

    We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate to join our Real Estate practice in either our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office.

    Our practice

    Our Real Estate Group assists major local and international clients in relation to their real estate investments and requirements throughout Australia, the Asia Pacific and beyond.

    We advise private equity and institutional investors, fund and asset managers, property developers and financiers doing business across Australia and in offshore markets. Our practice encompasses a range of real estate asset classes and clients in industry sectors including technology, life sciences and renewables. We have also built a reputation for assisting large corporations and luxury brands to undertake and meet their specialised accommodation and facility requirements as well as developing outsourcing solutions. We are also renowned for our hotels practice and have acted on most of Australia's largest hotel transactions.

    Working closely with our global offices and our Hotels Resorts & Tourism, Construction, Corporate and Financial Services, Banking and Finance and Tax groups, we provide comprehensive legal services to our clients in Australia and across the globe.

    About you

    We are looking for talented lawyers with 2-4 years' PQE gained at a top-tier or leading international law firm.

    To succeed in this role, you will bring:

    • minimum 2 years' property law experience in commercial sales and acquisitions, commercial and retail leasing, and real estate due diligence;
    • relevant experience in a top tier or leading international firm preferred;
    • a strong client service orientation;
    • strong technical, drafting and commercial skills;
    • excellent analytical, communication, and research skills;
    • a commitment to high work standards and strong attention to detail;
    • an ability to demonstrate initiative and proactivity;
    • an ability to develop strong relationships with clients and to take responsibility for this relationship;
    • an ability to work well in a team environment (including across Australian offices and internationally);
    • relevant legal qualifications; and
    • a willingness to learn. The role will involve developing your ability to advise on matters throughout Australia, focusing especially on delivering advice on Queensland matters and in the renewables space.

    About us

    At Baker McKenzie, we are different in the way we think, work and behave. The first local, truly global law firm in Australia, we commenced operations in Sydney in 1964, in Melbourne in 1982 and in Brisbane in 2014. With our breadth of experience in the local market and global connectivity, we are the law firm of choice for Australian and multinational companies. We have 6,500 lawyers globally who work seamlessly together - across practice groups, sectors and markets - to provide our clients with the connected perspectives, integrated solutions and seamless guidance they need to succeed in an increasingly interconnected global market.

    Baker McKenzie Australia can offer you access to complex, market-leading matters working with some of the world's best legal minds - people who know the law and who understand business. We have an unrivalled ability to provide training and secondment opportunities across our global network. Locally, we have an inclusive culture of learning, coaching and opportunity where you will work as part of teams on matters that often cross borders. We value people who think ahead and get noticed.

    At Baker McKenzie, our flat structure means you will have direct exposure to our clients, responsibility for meaningful involvement across a broad range of matters, and opportunities for progression. You will also regularly work with our extensive network of global colleagues and clients.

    Additional Information

    Our benefits

    • Financial: competitive remuneration package, generous bonus scheme, salary continuance insurance, life insurance, salary sacrifice options, employee discounts, referral rewards, and travel insurance for you and your immediate family.
    • Learning & development opportunities: client and international office secondments and regional and global development programs.
    • Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to balance your work and lifestyle.
    • Leave: 26 weeks' paid parental leave for parents/carers (with no minimum service) with access to an external coaching service, ability to purchase additional annual leave, flexible public holidays and volunteer leave.
    • Health & wellbeing programs: Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling and wellbeing and financial coaching for you and your immediate family, flu vaccinations and discounted health insurance.

    Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

    Baker McKenzie is committed to providing a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture for all of its employees, with equal opportunity for all to progress and have a meaningful career with our Firm. As part of our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from people of all genders (including if you identify as transgender or gender diverse), sexual orientations, abilities, cultural backgrounds, as well as First Nations peoples and people with caring responsibilities, neurodivergent lived experiences and disabilities. We want all applicants to be given the best possible opportunity to succeed in our recruitment processes, so invite you to let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require to equitably participate in our recruitment processes or in performing the requirements of a role at Baker McKenzie.

    We appreciate that everyone's needs are different. Please contact us so that we can work with you to best support you in our recruitment processes. We are happy to share accommodations we've made in the past and are keen to work with you personally, to set you up for success.

    Apply today!

    If you are interested in the above role, we would love to hear from you! Please click "Apply".

    If you would like to find out more or have a confidential chat, please contact me by email on mitch.barreca@bakermckenzie.com

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