Principal - Employment Law

Partner Equivalent Level Role | Lead a Team

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About the Firm
Our client is an elite, employment law firm with a reputation for excellence across Australia. The firm focuses on innovative, high-quality problem solving and a preventive approach to employment, safety, and industrial law. 

This firm represents major ASX 100 corporations and senior executives and have been known to be involved in ground-breaking test cases that reshape employment law. 

The Opportunity
Our client is an outstanding employment lawyer at the Principal level (Partner-equivalent level).
In this senior leadership role, you will take ownership of sophisticated client relationships and steer complex, high-stakes matters across the full employment lifecycle. This role will offer freedom and autonomy and part-time options (3 or 4 days a week) are welcome.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory & Litigation: Deliver high-level counsel on, for example, complex industrial relations, post-employment restraints, work health & safety litigation, and high-profile discrimination or harassment disputes. 
• Client Relationship Management: Act as a trusted adviser to corporate entities, human resource directors, and senior executives. 
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Guide, mentor, and collaborate with talented junior and mid-level lawyers to foster their professional growth.
• Firm Contribution: Play an active role in strategic practice development.

About You

• Experience: You are a senior practitioner (likely 8+ years PQE) currently operating as a Partner, Special Counsel, or high-performing Senior Associate in a respected workplace relations practice.
• Technical Excellence: Superior technical expertise across Australian employment and industrial relations law, with a strong track record in both contentious and non-contentious matters.
• Leadership & Vibe: A collaborative mentor who aligns with the firm's core values.
• Portability (Optional but respected): A portable practice is not strictly required, but an ability to nurture and expand corporate client networks is highly valued.

Why Our Client?

• Uncompromised Quality: Handle top-tier, legally significant matters within a highly specialized, focused team.
• Genuine Flexibility: Active structural support for part-time leaders to ensure a sustainable, rewarding executive career.
• Value-Driven Culture: Work alongside market leaders in a firm celebrated for diversity and corporate social responsibility

Apply
For a confidential discussion regarding this role or to explore other career opportunities please contact:
Marianna Tuccia BA, LLB 
Ref No:           MT1688704
Email:             marianna.tuccia@empiregroup.com.au (click to reveal email)
Phone:            0422 671 673 (click to reveal mobile)
  
Please send your CV in Microsoft Word format. 

I am a former lawyer and Legal Professional Recruiter at empire group. With over 18 years of experience placing lawyers in law firms, I connect candidates to the roles that truly support their needs and their wants. I am passionate about helping lawyers at all stages of their careers and understand the complexity of navigating recruitment in this current market. If the above role isn’t what you are looking for, please reach out so I can assist you with finding the right one.
Reference number: 1688704
Profession:Legal professional

Company: empire group
Date posted: 28th Sep, 2026