Careers
Work alongside our exceptional team on a wide range of challenging and exciting work. Our team enjoy building deep and trusted relationships with our clients and working collaboratively to support one another.
Why Join Us
Join a workplace with an authentically human approach to legal practice. Hazelbrook’s founding principles were to build a law practice where people truly enjoyed the company of their colleagues, where the team supports one another to deliver exceptional results for their clients and where the work is interesting and rewarding.
There’s no secret to how we attract and maintain exceptional people: be kind and empathetic; foster a collaborative and supportive culture; provide work that is interesting and challenging and reward hard work. Hazelbrook offers you a brilliant environment to practice a diverse range of corporate law and develop your legal skills for a stellar future career.
Genuine Benefits
At Hazelbrook we have a genuine focus on employee training, development and wellbeing.
Our Health and Wellbeing Program includes:
- In-house mindfulness sessions;
- Whole-firm overseas offsites (our last one was in Queenstown New Zealand);
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours; and
- Discounted hotel and gym memberships.
We provide training and development benefits including:
- Paid study leave;
- Formal mentoring;
- Whole office strategy sessions; and
- Hazelbrook Career Acceleration program – bespoke training and personalised career planning with our Head of People & Wellbeing.
Be rewarded for your hard work and initiative with our innovative and fully inclusive bonus and reward scheme.
Hazelbrook Legal’s Career Acceleration Program
At Hazelbrook, we understand how important it is to be supported in your career development. As a firm genuinely committed to the wellbeing and development of its people, Hazelbrook Legal have established a bespoke and highly personalised career acceleration program (CAP) for legal professionals.
Our CAP encompasses a range of tools and resources, as well as being overseen and managed by our Head of People & Wellbeing. As a globally experienced top-tier and magic circle legal HR Professional, our Head of People & Wellbeing is passionate about working with lawyers and professionals at all levels to support them to achieve their career goals.
This Program provides you with:
- A dedicated and highly experienced career professional motivated to see you develop;
- A focus on strengthening essential soft skills that you need in order to reach the top of the profession;
- One-on-one coaching to help you achieve your individual career aspirations;
- Opportunity to gain fresh perspectives on the behind-the-scenes aspects of how to succeed in the industry, including culture and law firm operations;
- Mentoring by top lawyers and legal professionals in the industry; and
- A robust framework to provide transparency on pathways within the firm.
Clerkship Program
Our programs allow you to experience the full breadth of Corporate Law work from Day one.
At Hazelbrook we offer you a truly supportive working environment, where you will have direct client contact from the get-go, the opportunity to build deep relationships and networks, greater responsibility and genuine progression.
Cherkship Program
Ready to put theory into practice?
A clerk at Hazelbrook will experience what it’s like to work within a fast-paced corporate team where you will experience a broad range of practice areas including: corporate contracting; IP and data privacy; commercial litigation; funds (VC and PE), financial services and regulatory; and mergers and acquisitions.
In our program you will:
- Be part of a team working on complex corporate matters working with change makers of industry.
- Have fun in a supportive high-performance environment.
- Do real work assisting the team on a variety of corporate matters.
- Be empowered with a range of initiatives to position you for success.
- Learn the importance of commerciality and other soft skills alongside legal skills.
- Be mentored by top-tier lawyers who are friendly, smart and eager to see young lawyers excel.
- Experience what it’s really like to work in a market leading law firm.
High performing clerks may have the opportunity to progress to a graduate position with Hazelbrook Legal.
This program is most suitable for students in their penultimate year of law. However, we are willing to consider those in their final year.
Applications for our 2024 Clerkship Program will open in June 2024.
Opportunities
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Thank you for your interest in Hazelbrook Legal.
We are always on the lookout for fantastic Graduates to join our team. If you think you have the attitude, experience and expertise to work with the Hazelbrook Team, we are always interested in chatting to good people.
Reach out to us at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Legal Practitioners
Legal Practitioners
Thank you for your interest in Hazelbrook Legal.
We are not actively recruiting, but it you think you have the attitude, experience and expertise to work with the Hazelbrook Team, we are always interested in chatting to good people.
Reach out to us at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Legal Support Professionals
Legal Support Professionals
Accounts / Practice Manager
Seeking an experienced Practice Manager for a busy and growing corporate law firm.
- Are you a commercially focused person seeking a new opportunity with a friendly and high-performing team?
- Are you seeking an opportunity to do high value work, and be a critical and valued member of a team?
- If you care about outcomes and the people you work with, have a methodical and thorough approach and like to see things done well, this opportunity may be for you.
The Opportunity
Hazelbrook Legal is seeking an experienced practice manager or accounts manager to manage and take responsibility for our busy and growing practice.
As a business that prides itself on building strong relationships, your role is pivotal in ensuring strong and positive relationships with our clients and our team. Working closely with the leadership team, you will have responsibility for the billing, debtor and trust accounting functions as well as responsibility more broadly across the business operations.
This role will suit someone who has excellent attention to detail, enjoys a process driven approach and appreciates what it takes to deliver a high quality product. You will enjoy variety and a fast paced environment where your support is critical to the team.
We are offering the right candidate the opportunity to join a successful and growing legal practice, working within a tight-knit, supportive and kind team.
Desired Skills and Expertise
The successful candidate will have key responsibilities in:
Accounts
- Billing/ invoicing including updating timesheets, preparing accompanying emails and amending and sending bills
- Managing special billing arrangements (secondments, retainers etc)
- Trust accounting (record keeping, journal entries, banking, annual and spot audits)
- Debtor management (we have very good relationships with our clients, so this requires a very personal approach)
- Managing day to day billing queries from clients and staff
- Monthly and Weekly reporting (WIP Updates, Monthly billing summaries) Monthly staff budget meetings
Office and Matter Management
- Matter management (opening, conflict checks, closing)
- Onboarding and offboarding employees
- Law society compliance and insurance management
- Organising staff and client events including CPDs
- Management and smooth running of office
Company Description and Benefits
We are proud to offer our staff unrivalled career development opportunities and provide them with a chance to work with Australia's most exciting and innovative companies and leaders.
We are leaders in corporate law, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions and funds and financial services law. We offer the benefit of top-tier work in a boutique environment.
In 2023 we were awarded Boutique Diversity firm of the year at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law awards. In 2019 , 2020, and 2022 we were a finalist for Australian Law Firm of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, alongside only a handful of Australia’s largest and most respected law firms.
We believe actions speak louder than words, and have always maintained a gender balanced, culturally diverse workforce including at our most senior levels.
Join us and be rewarded for your hard work and initiative with an innovative and fully inclusive bonus and reward scheme.
We have a genuine focus on Health and Wellbeing through:
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours.
- Paid parental leave
Training and development through:
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Ongoing personalised career planning support
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a successful candidate is found.
Salary negotiable and will be commensurate with experience.
Senior Legal PA
Are you thinking of changing law firms this year? Why not consider a firm with an authentically human approach to legal practice?
Hazelbrook’s founding principles were to build a law practice where people truly enjoyed the company of their colleagues, where the team supports one another to deliver exceptional results for their clients and where the work is interesting and rewarding.
We are seeking a Senior Legal PA to support our growing leadership team, as well as provide wider support to the whole team and the Canberra office. This is an exciting time to be joining Hazelbrook and your work will be varied and interesting given the high calibre work undertaken, the genuinely good people that make up our team and the growing nature of the business.
Desired skills and expertise
We are looking for individuals who are proactive, good at problem-solving, value discretion and who can be trusted to deliver high quality work. This role will suit individuals who have excellent attention to detail, who like to take responsibility for their output and who enjoy working in a fast paced environment.
In this role you will:
- Handle appropriate correspondence directed to Partners (coordinate further actions, draft replies etc).
- Have responsibility for calendar and diary management, including coordinating meetings, making travel arrangements and detailed travel itineraries.
- Proof reading emails, drafting responses and other relevant correspondence and documentation.
- Assist with general administrative duties for the wider team, document production, review and finalising.
- Have full responsibility for email inbox management for Partners.
- Prepare proposals, reviewing documents and drafting responses to clients.
- Document and contract production, formatting, reviewing and finalising (including document protection).
- Assist Partners with billing management.
- Work closely with the wider support team to manage team deliverables.
- Assist with other functions essential to the efficient running of matters.
- Office management tasks.
Company Description and Benefits
We are proud to offer our staff unrivalled career development opportunities and provide them with a chance to work with Australia's most exciting and innovative companies and leaders.
We are leaders in corporate law, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions and funds and financial services law. We offer the benefit of top-tier work in a boutique environment.
In 2023 we were awarded Boutique Diversity firm of the year at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law awards. In 2019 , 2020, and 2022 we were a finalist for Australian Law Firm of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, alongside only a handful of Australia’s largest and most respected law firms.
We believe actions speak louder than words, and have always maintained a gender balanced, culturally diverse workforce including at our most senior levels.
Join us and be rewarded for your hard work and initiative with an innovative and fully inclusive bonus and reward scheme.
We have a genuine focus on Health and Wellbeing through:
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours.
- Paid parental leave
Training and development through:
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Ongoing personalised career planning support
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a successful candidate is found.
Salary negotiable and will be commensurate with experience.
Please note this is a full time role so is not suitable for students - we are looking for a dedicated professional Legal PA
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Thank you for your interest in Hazelbrook Legal.
We are always on the lookout for fantastic Graduates to join our team. If you think you have the attitude, experience and expertise to work with the Hazelbrook Team, we are always interested in chatting to good people.
Reach out to us at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Legal Practitioners
Legal Practitioners
Thank you for your interest in Hazelbrook Legal.
We are not actively recruiting, but it you think you have the attitude, experience and expertise to work with the Hazelbrook Team, we are always interested in chatting to good people.
Reach out to us at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Legal Support Professionals
Legal Support Professionals
Accounts / Practice Manager
Seeking an experienced Practice Manager for a busy and growing corporate law firm.
- Are you a commercially focused person seeking a new opportunity with a friendly and high-performing team?
- Are you seeking an opportunity to do high value work, and be a critical and valued member of a team?
- If you care about outcomes and the people you work with, have a methodical and thorough approach and like to see things done well, this opportunity may be for you.
The Opportunity
Hazelbrook Legal is seeking an experienced practice manager or accounts manager to manage and take responsibility for our busy and growing practice.
As a business that prides itself on building strong relationships, your role is pivotal in ensuring strong and positive relationships with our clients and our team. Working closely with the leadership team, you will have responsibility for the billing, debtor and trust accounting functions as well as responsibility more broadly across the business operations.
This role will suit someone who has excellent attention to detail, enjoys a process driven approach and appreciates what it takes to deliver a high quality product. You will enjoy variety and a fast paced environment where your support is critical to the team.
We are offering the right candidate the opportunity to join a successful and growing legal practice, working within a tight-knit, supportive and kind team.
Desired Skills and Expertise
The successful candidate will have key responsibilities in:
Accounts
- Billing/ invoicing including updating timesheets, preparing accompanying emails and amending and sending bills
- Managing special billing arrangements (secondments, retainers etc)
- Trust accounting (record keeping, journal entries, banking, annual and spot audits)
- Debtor management (we have very good relationships with our clients, so this requires a very personal approach)
- Managing day to day billing queries from clients and staff
- Monthly and Weekly reporting (WIP Updates, Monthly billing summaries) Monthly staff budget meetings
Office and Matter Management
- Matter management (opening, conflict checks, closing)
- Onboarding and offboarding employees
- Law society compliance and insurance management
- Organising staff and client events including CPDs
- Management and smooth running of office
Company Description and Benefits
We are proud to offer our staff unrivalled career development opportunities and provide them with a chance to work with Australia's most exciting and innovative companies and leaders.
We are leaders in corporate law, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions and funds and financial services law. We offer the benefit of top-tier work in a boutique environment.
In 2023 we were awarded Boutique Diversity firm of the year at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law awards. In 2019 , 2020, and 2022 we were a finalist for Australian Law Firm of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, alongside only a handful of Australia’s largest and most respected law firms.
We believe actions speak louder than words, and have always maintained a gender balanced, culturally diverse workforce including at our most senior levels.
Join us and be rewarded for your hard work and initiative with an innovative and fully inclusive bonus and reward scheme.
We have a genuine focus on Health and Wellbeing through:
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours.
- Paid parental leave
Training and development through:
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Ongoing personalised career planning support
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a successful candidate is found.
Salary negotiable and will be commensurate with experience.
Senior Legal PA
Are you thinking of changing law firms this year? Why not consider a firm with an authentically human approach to legal practice?
Hazelbrook’s founding principles were to build a law practice where people truly enjoyed the company of their colleagues, where the team supports one another to deliver exceptional results for their clients and where the work is interesting and rewarding.
We are seeking a Senior Legal PA to support our growing leadership team, as well as provide wider support to the whole team and the Canberra office. This is an exciting time to be joining Hazelbrook and your work will be varied and interesting given the high calibre work undertaken, the genuinely good people that make up our team and the growing nature of the business.
Desired skills and expertise
We are looking for individuals who are proactive, good at problem-solving, value discretion and who can be trusted to deliver high quality work. This role will suit individuals who have excellent attention to detail, who like to take responsibility for their output and who enjoy working in a fast paced environment.
In this role you will:
- Handle appropriate correspondence directed to Partners (coordinate further actions, draft replies etc).
- Have responsibility for calendar and diary management, including coordinating meetings, making travel arrangements and detailed travel itineraries.
- Proof reading emails, drafting responses and other relevant correspondence and documentation.
- Assist with general administrative duties for the wider team, document production, review and finalising.
- Have full responsibility for email inbox management for Partners.
- Prepare proposals, reviewing documents and drafting responses to clients.
- Document and contract production, formatting, reviewing and finalising (including document protection).
- Assist Partners with billing management.
- Work closely with the wider support team to manage team deliverables.
- Assist with other functions essential to the efficient running of matters.
- Office management tasks.
Company Description and Benefits
We are proud to offer our staff unrivalled career development opportunities and provide them with a chance to work with Australia's most exciting and innovative companies and leaders.
We are leaders in corporate law, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions and funds and financial services law. We offer the benefit of top-tier work in a boutique environment.
In 2023 we were awarded Boutique Diversity firm of the year at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law awards. In 2019 , 2020, and 2022 we were a finalist for Australian Law Firm of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, alongside only a handful of Australia’s largest and most respected law firms.
We believe actions speak louder than words, and have always maintained a gender balanced, culturally diverse workforce including at our most senior levels.
Join us and be rewarded for your hard work and initiative with an innovative and fully inclusive bonus and reward scheme.
We have a genuine focus on Health and Wellbeing through:
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours.
- Paid parental leave
Training and development through:
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Ongoing personalised career planning support
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a successful candidate is found.
Salary negotiable and will be commensurate with experience.
Please note this is a full time role so is not suitable for students - we are looking for a dedicated professional Legal PA