Senior Associates

By the time you have reached senior associate level, you most probably have made certain decisions on the direction of your career. You may have chosen to pursue partnership appointment or be more interested in securing a better work/life balance, while still expecting high calibre work, attractive career progression prospects and excellent remuneration.

We will take the time to understand your career goals and provide you with quality advice on your options and then work with you to achieve those goals.

Many senior associates choose to work with Mahlab because of our long running success in placing senior lawyers. Our 40 year track record of success in legal recruitment, our market knowledge and network of senior contacts throughout Australia and overseas is unrivalled.

Having access to our network of contacts will maximize your chance of identifying and securing the best possible role for you, whether it be at a boutique, small, mid tier or top tier firm in Australia or overseas.

We are committed to providing quality, impartial career advice to all job seekers. We understand the value of your legal experience and this enables us to provide you with highly constructive assistance on career moves and with salary and benefit negotiations. Only a legal recruitment agency with the experience and knowledge that we have, can really help you to consider all your options.

If you would like to send us your CV, you can Register With Us. Alternatively, call us to learn more about current vacancies:

In Sydney T: 02 9241 1199 E: syd@mahlab.com.au

In Melbourne: T:03 9629 2111 E: melb@mahlab.com.au

About the Market

Mahlab's Survey 2010 The New Legal Landscape reports the demand for newly appointed senior associates and senior solicitors continued over the past 12 months mainly in construction, property, planning & environment, energy/resources, insurance, workplace relations and litigation/insolvency. The path to partnership for experienced senior associates has slowed even further and, in many cases earlier in the financial year they faced retrenchment. If they managed to hold on to their positions they face a longer, slower path to partnership, conservative pay increases and the threat of a reduction in billable work, particularly in corporate/mergers & acquisitions, tax, IP/IT and until recently, banking & finance.

For a comprehensive analysis of the new legal landscape including salary and employment experience view Survey

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