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 2023 Clerkship Program are now closed. Applications for our 2024 Clerkship Program will open in June 2024.
Opportunities
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Graduate Lawyer - Canberra Office
Who we are?
Hazelbrook Legal is a strategic legal advisory firm specialising in complex corporate, financial services, funds and mergers & acquisitions law, with offices in Sydney and Canberra. We work alongside some of the most innovative and exciting businesses across Australia and offshore. We have developed a nationally awarded practice, with a high performing team who, most importantly, are genuinely kind and supportive.
In 2019, 2020 and 2022 Hazelbrook 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.
The Important Stuff
Working within our dynamic, tightly knit team in our Canberra office, you will work across a broad range of practice areas including corporate contracting; IP and data privacy; commercial litigation; funds including assisting private equity and venture capital, financial services and regulatory; and mergers and acquisitions. Work at the top end of town, with deals and clients who are regularly in the AFR and transactions with significant ramifications, and work alongside industry recognised lawyers.
At Hazelbrook you will have direct client contact from the get-go and the opportunity to build deep client relationships and networks, greater responsibility, and genuine progression. We wholeheartedly believe in ‘growing our own’ and have clear and transparent paths to partnership. We have a truly supportive working environment, excellent training and mentoring from top-tier lawyers/professionals who are friendly, smart, and eager to see young lawyers excel.
Desired Skills and Expertise
Ideal candidates will be about to graduate or a recent graduate of law.
We look for individuals seeking a high-performing and rewarding work environment, who are ready to roll their sleeves up and get things done. Our team members have excellent technical skills and are passionate about performing high quality and sometimes demanding work with sophisticated clients.
To be successful at Hazelbrook Legal you will be commercially minded and want to truly understand the drivers of your clients and the environments in which they operate. You must be interested in genuinely getting to know your clients, team members and professional partners, and have the social skills and attitude to deliver exceptional service.
You will know the importance of immaculate presentation and attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
Why Hazelbrook?
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, challenging 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.
We believe actions speak louder than words and are proud to have always maintained a gender balanced workforce (including leadership team), as well as genuine progression opportunities for our valued team.
In our program you will:
- Be immersed in complex corporate matters working with change makers of industry.
- Have client contact from the get-go.
- Be empowered with a range of initiatives to give you the best start to your career.
- Do real work assisting the team on a variety of corporate matters.
- Be equipped with all the programs you need to succeed through our intensive induction program, as well as experiencing our firm strategy, culture and legal insights.
- Have access to tailored and comprehensive career development initiatives including training and workshops as well as our capability framework and KPI’s so you clearly know how to succeed and progress.
- Join our health and wellbeing program (yoga, mental health awareness, socials).
- Be invited to contribute to our ongoing inhouse and external learning modules with the opportunity to present CLEs.
- Be allocated a formal mentor (our mentors rotate every six months to experience our whole team and different working backgrounds and styles).
- Take part in our wide-ranging fun firm activities throughout the year.
We are genuinely focussed on:
Health and Wellbeing
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Whole-firm overseas offsites
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours
- Discounted hotel and gym memberships
Training and Development
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Hazelbrook Career Acceleration program – bespoke training and personalised career planning with our Head of People & Wellbeing
Eligibility
- All applicants must be Australian Citizens or hold Australian Residency
- Direct applicants only
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter, CV and transcript addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a suitable applicant is found.
Legal Practitioners
Legal Practitioners
Senior Associate - Canberra or Sydney Office
Who we are?
Hazelbrook Legal is a strategic legal advisory firm specialising in complex corporate, financial services, funds and mergers & acquisitions law, with offices in Sydney and Canberra. We work alongside some of the most innovative and exciting businesses across Australia and offshore. We have developed a nationally awarded practice, with a high performing team who, most importantly, are genuinely kind and supportive.
In 2020, 2022 and 2023 Hazelbrook 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.
The Important Stuff
Working within our dynamic, tightly knit team in either our Canberra or Sydney office, you will work across a broad range of practice areas including corporate contracting; IP and data privacy; commercial litigation; funds including assisting private equity and venture capital, financial services and regulatory; and mergers and acquisitions. Work at the top end of town, with deals and clients who are regularly in the AFR and transactions with significant ramifications, and work alongside industry recognised lawyers.
At Hazelbrook you will have the opportunity to build deep client relationships and networks, greater responsibility, and genuine progression. We wholeheartedly believe in ‘growing our own’ and have clear and transparent paths to partnership. We have a truly supportive working environment, excellent training and mentoring.
Desired Skills and Expertise
Ideal candidates will be a Corporate or Financial Services lawyer with approximately 5+ years PQE.
We look for individuals seeking a high-performing and rewarding work environment, who are ready to roll their sleeves up and get things done. Our team members have excellent technical skills and are passionate about performing high quality and sometimes demanding work with sophisticated clients.
To be successful at Hazelbrook Legal you will be commercially minded and want to truly understand the drivers of your clients and the environments in which they operate. You must be interested in building deeper relationships with clients, team members and professional partners, and have the social skills and attitude to deliver exceptional service.
You will be prepared to mentor and develop other team members in addition to managing competing priorities and deadlines.
Why Hazelbrook?
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, challenging 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 and initiative. Hazelbrook offers you a brilliant environment to practice a diverse range of corporate law and develop your legal skills for a stellar future career.
We believe actions speak louder than words and are proud to have always maintained a gender balanced workforce including at our most senior levels, as well as genuine progression opportunities for our valued team.
We are genuinely focussed on:
Health and Wellbeing
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Whole-firm overseas offsites
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours
- Discounted hotel and gym memberships
Training and Development
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Hazelbrook Career Acceleration program – bespoke training and personalised career planning with our Head of People & Wellbeing
Eligibility
- All applicants must be Australian Citizens or hold Australian Residency
- Direct applicants only
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a suitable applicant is found.
Legal Support Professionals
Legal Support Professionals
Thank you for your interest in Hazelbrook Legal.
We are not actively recruiting, but if you think you have the attitude, experience and expertise to work with the Hazelbrook Team, we are always interesting in chatting to good people.
Reach out to us at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com.
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Graduates & Junior Lawyers
Graduate Lawyer - Canberra Office
Who we are?
Hazelbrook Legal is a strategic legal advisory firm specialising in complex corporate, financial services, funds and mergers & acquisitions law, with offices in Sydney and Canberra. We work alongside some of the most innovative and exciting businesses across Australia and offshore. We have developed a nationally awarded practice, with a high performing team who, most importantly, are genuinely kind and supportive.
In 2019, 2020 and 2022 Hazelbrook 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.
The Important Stuff
Working within our dynamic, tightly knit team in our Canberra office, you will work across a broad range of practice areas including corporate contracting; IP and data privacy; commercial litigation; funds including assisting private equity and venture capital, financial services and regulatory; and mergers and acquisitions. Work at the top end of town, with deals and clients who are regularly in the AFR and transactions with significant ramifications, and work alongside industry recognised lawyers.
At Hazelbrook you will have direct client contact from the get-go and the opportunity to build deep client relationships and networks, greater responsibility, and genuine progression. We wholeheartedly believe in ‘growing our own’ and have clear and transparent paths to partnership. We have a truly supportive working environment, excellent training and mentoring from top-tier lawyers/professionals who are friendly, smart, and eager to see young lawyers excel.
Desired Skills and Expertise
Ideal candidates will be about to graduate or a recent graduate of law.
We look for individuals seeking a high-performing and rewarding work environment, who are ready to roll their sleeves up and get things done. Our team members have excellent technical skills and are passionate about performing high quality and sometimes demanding work with sophisticated clients.
To be successful at Hazelbrook Legal you will be commercially minded and want to truly understand the drivers of your clients and the environments in which they operate. You must be interested in genuinely getting to know your clients, team members and professional partners, and have the social skills and attitude to deliver exceptional service.
You will know the importance of immaculate presentation and attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
Why Hazelbrook?
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, challenging 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.
We believe actions speak louder than words and are proud to have always maintained a gender balanced workforce (including leadership team), as well as genuine progression opportunities for our valued team.
In our program you will:
- Be immersed in complex corporate matters working with change makers of industry.
- Have client contact from the get-go.
- Be empowered with a range of initiatives to give you the best start to your career.
- Do real work assisting the team on a variety of corporate matters.
- Be equipped with all the programs you need to succeed through our intensive induction program, as well as experiencing our firm strategy, culture and legal insights.
- Have access to tailored and comprehensive career development initiatives including training and workshops as well as our capability framework and KPI’s so you clearly know how to succeed and progress.
- Join our health and wellbeing program (yoga, mental health awareness, socials).
- Be invited to contribute to our ongoing inhouse and external learning modules with the opportunity to present CLEs.
- Be allocated a formal mentor (our mentors rotate every six months to experience our whole team and different working backgrounds and styles).
- Take part in our wide-ranging fun firm activities throughout the year.
We are genuinely focussed on:
Health and Wellbeing
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Whole-firm overseas offsites
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours
- Discounted hotel and gym memberships
Training and Development
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Hazelbrook Career Acceleration program – bespoke training and personalised career planning with our Head of People & Wellbeing
Eligibility
- All applicants must be Australian Citizens or hold Australian Residency
- Direct applicants only
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter, CV and transcript addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a suitable applicant is found.
Legal Practitioners
Legal Practitioners
Senior Associate - Canberra or Sydney Office
Who we are?
Hazelbrook Legal is a strategic legal advisory firm specialising in complex corporate, financial services, funds and mergers & acquisitions law, with offices in Sydney and Canberra. We work alongside some of the most innovative and exciting businesses across Australia and offshore. We have developed a nationally awarded practice, with a high performing team who, most importantly, are genuinely kind and supportive.
In 2020, 2022 and 2023 Hazelbrook 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.
The Important Stuff
Working within our dynamic, tightly knit team in either our Canberra or Sydney office, you will work across a broad range of practice areas including corporate contracting; IP and data privacy; commercial litigation; funds including assisting private equity and venture capital, financial services and regulatory; and mergers and acquisitions. Work at the top end of town, with deals and clients who are regularly in the AFR and transactions with significant ramifications, and work alongside industry recognised lawyers.
At Hazelbrook you will have the opportunity to build deep client relationships and networks, greater responsibility, and genuine progression. We wholeheartedly believe in ‘growing our own’ and have clear and transparent paths to partnership. We have a truly supportive working environment, excellent training and mentoring.
Desired Skills and Expertise
Ideal candidates will be a Corporate or Financial Services lawyer with approximately 5+ years PQE.
We look for individuals seeking a high-performing and rewarding work environment, who are ready to roll their sleeves up and get things done. Our team members have excellent technical skills and are passionate about performing high quality and sometimes demanding work with sophisticated clients.
To be successful at Hazelbrook Legal you will be commercially minded and want to truly understand the drivers of your clients and the environments in which they operate. You must be interested in building deeper relationships with clients, team members and professional partners, and have the social skills and attitude to deliver exceptional service.
You will be prepared to mentor and develop other team members in addition to managing competing priorities and deadlines.
Why Hazelbrook?
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, challenging 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 and initiative. Hazelbrook offers you a brilliant environment to practice a diverse range of corporate law and develop your legal skills for a stellar future career.
We believe actions speak louder than words and are proud to have always maintained a gender balanced workforce including at our most senior levels, as well as genuine progression opportunities for our valued team.
We are genuinely focussed on:
Health and Wellbeing
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Whole-firm overseas offsites
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours
- Discounted hotel and gym memberships
Training and Development
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Hazelbrook Career Acceleration program – bespoke training and personalised career planning with our Head of People & Wellbeing
Eligibility
- All applicants must be Australian Citizens or hold Australian Residency
- Direct applicants only
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV addressed to Simone at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a suitable applicant is found.
Legal Support Professionals
Legal Support Professionals
Thank you for your interest in Hazelbrook Legal.
We are not actively recruiting, but if you think you have the attitude, experience and expertise to work with the Hazelbrook Team, we are always interesting in chatting to good people.
Reach out to us at careers@hazelbrooklegal.com.