The Opportunity We are seeking a Real Estate Solicitor/Senior Solicitor to join our leading Digital Legal Delivery team to be based in either Sydney or Melbourne. You will be responsible for managing Digital’s real estate legal work, including high-volume leasing matters across commercial, industrial, and retail sectors, as well as supporting due diligence and transactions. As a key client contact, you will build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple clients. Collaboration is central to this role, and you will work closely with colleagues in both the Sydney and Melbourne offices, as well as with our global network, to deliver high-quality work on complex and large-scale deals. As part of the broader Digital team, you will serve as a key contact for Real Estate in Australia and across our global network. You will also provide assistance on client matters and related tasks as required. This role offers exposure to a wide range of blue-chip clients, innovative legal technology, and global strategic projects. Senior Solicitors will also supervise and mentor junior team members, providing regular feedback through structured coaching sessions. To be successful in this role, you will have: 2 years' of property/leasing experience. A current unrestricted practicing certificate. Leasing experience to include drafting and negotiating leases and related documents. Experience working in a high volume leasing practice will be highly regarded. Solid technical legal skills, including drafting, negotiation and matter management skills. The team: Our Digital Legal Delivery combines the best analytical legal minds backed by investments in cutting-edge tools and technologists. Continuing to support our clients, we deliver a holistic response to clients and our problem solvers support businesses needing invention and fresh thinking from their legal advisers alongside the technical excellence you expect from a leading global law firm. Leveraging experience to map the intersections where people and tech deliver results, our group supports businesses undergoing their own digitisation projects and those who seek freedom from the manual and inefficient processes of traditional legal services delivery. Experienced at delivering large and complex legal services, we are experts in the delivery of data-intensive mandates. Imagining possibilities, our Digital Legal Delivery group is implementing the best solutions today, while experimenting with emerging tools to understand their practical applications for tomorrow. Evolving through design thinking, legal project management, advisory and new law frameworks, generative AI came as no surprise to HSFKramer’s digital team, neither will the next big digital transformation. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is proud to be awarded Number 1 ‘Attraction Firm’ (Lawyers Weekly Legal Firm of Choice 2022-23), Law Firm of the Year (Australasian Law Awards, 2021) and Most Innovative International Law Firm, Asia Pacific (Financial Times Awards 2020). What you can expect from us: We’re a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 6,000 professionals across 26 offices. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation. We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions. We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you. We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals. We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you’ll have it and we’ll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control. For more benefits on offer such as our 26 weeks paid parental leave, holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please click/ copy this link into your browser - https://marketing.hsfkramer.com/20/33497/landing-pages/hsf-kramer-australia-benefits-brochure.pdf . Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia’s market leading law firm. We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding. For any questions or a confidential discussion, please contact Lindsay Kay, Senior Recruitment Adviser on [email protected] or 0428 281 117. This vacancy is being managed directly by the HSF Kramer Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you. Team Digital Legal Delivery Working Pattern Full time Location Melbourne, Sydney Contract type Permanent Contract Diversity & Inclusion We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.