Lead Property Counsel
- Lead and mentor a team of 8+ property lawyers
- Provide strategic legal advice across property development lifecycle
- Manage complex property matters and stakeholder relationships
- Global renewable energy leader
- Exposure to stakeholders across APAC
- Sydney CBD - High Impact role
A beloved household name has a rare opportunity for a Lead Property Lawyer to join its established in-house legal team.
This is a genuine people leadership opportunity, with responsibility for mentoring, coaching and developing an established team of 8+ property lawyers, supporting performance and capability uplift, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
Alongside the leadership remit, you’ll remain hands-on across a significant national property portfolio, acting as a senior escalation point on complex matters and providing strategic, commercially focused advice across the full property development lifecycle.
The role will include:
- Leading and advising on freehold and leasehold acquisitions, agreements for lease, development agreements and complex leasing arrangements
- Providing end-to-end legal support across development, planning, construction, design, portfolio and asset management
- Advising on construction contracts and associated disputes
- Acting as a senior escalation point on complex property matters, balancing legal risk with commercial outcomes
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to provide pragmatic advice that supports growth and speed-to-market
- Mentoring and developing lawyers, driving capability uplift, knowledge sharing and consistent legal standards across the team
- Identifying opportunities to improve legal processes, templates, policies and governance
- Supporting new ways of working and the use of technology to improve efficiency and consistency across the team
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive remuneration package including bonus and long-term share incentives
- Private health insurance
- Five weeks’ annual leave
- Genuine hybrid and flexible working
- Paid parental leave and additional family support
- Additional birthday and volunteer leave
- Investment in professional development and leadership programs
- A broad range of employee benefits and wellbeing initiatives
- Modern, newly refurbished offices with excellent collaborative spaces and facilities
- The opportunity to build your leadership credentials within a large, sophisticated and highly recognisable organisation
Consultant
sasha@bluefinresources.com.au
Reference number: BH-62506
Profession:LegalIn-house
Company: Bluefin Resources
Date posted: 18th Aug, 2026
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