Living and working in Australia: a guide for New Zealand Lawyers

Author Sean Murphy
November 15, 2021

Are you an overseas qualified lawyer looking for a career move to Australia?

For more than 18 months Australia has had its international borders closed to the world. That is all about change, with the border set to open soon.

Whether you are seeking to move to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, or Canberra, Taylor Root’s international career management team can provide you with an in-depth insight into the Australian legal landscape as well as assist you with visa, immigration, and relocation information.

Taylor Root is Australia’s leading legal recruitment firm. We have over 30 years of experience assisting international lawyers and expats transition back into the Australian legal market and we are the preferred recruitment partner to all the major Australian law firms for the supply of international lawyers. We are proud to have partnered with the leading firms across Australia throughout our history and will continue to do so in the years ahead.

Right now is the perfect time to consider that career move. Our clients are actively seeking internationally qualified lawyers to relocate to Australia in 2022.

Whether this is definitely the next move you wish to make or you are simply interested in hearing more about Australia, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Australian Private Practice team.

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Employment Associate/ Senior Associate

About The Role Our client, a leading Australian law firm is looking to grow its highly regarded Melbourne Employment practice. You will play a key role on high-profile and sensitive industrial relations and employment law advisory and disputes matters. You will provide advice on workplace contracts, perform workplace investigations, undertake due diligence reviews and advise […]
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Employment & Industrial Relations Senior Associate

About The Role Our client, a leading international law firm is looking to grow its premier Melbourne Employment practice. This role will see you working closely with leading Partners and Lawyers across local and national teams. You will undertake a range of work that supports and advises blue chip clients across multiple sectors on employment […]
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Contract Lawyer/ Document Reviewer – Melbourne

We are assisting a top tier international firm find lawyers who are immediately available and looking for work. You’ll work exclusively on document review projects supporting their Litigation team on large scale litigation matters. The initial project is 3-6 months but this is likely to be extended given their pipeline of work. Ringtail or Relativity […]
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Lawyer/Associate – Restructuring & Insolvency

Role Our client, a top-tier Australian law firm, is looking to add a Lawyer or Associate to its high performing Restructuring & Insolvency team. This team has front-end restructuring and back-end insolvency capability and is open to meeting with Associates who have either front-end restructuring or back-end insolvency experience (or a mix of both). In […]
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