Senior Associate - Environment

Enjoy life and your career

Join a firm that offers abundant career opportunities and an enviable lifestyle, where you will be supported to achieve your own definition of success, and to a role where you can make a real impact. 

Our promise to you

At MinterEllisonRuddWatts we celebrate exceptional talent, drive, energy and ambition. Join us and we promise to:

  • Support your personalised professional development
  • Create flexibility that suits you
  • Celebrate your talent
  • Care for your wellbeing

The opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Associate to join our Environment team in Auckland.
This is a great opportunity for kiwis looking to return to New Zealand to a firm where you will be supported to achieve your own definition of success, and to a role where you can make a real impact.

You’ll be working with a diverse range of corporate, central government and private clients from numerous sectors including infrastructure, industrial, healthcare, property, forestry, and retirement villages, and many more. The team are involved in a broad range of work including planning and consenting, submissions on draft policies and plans, environmental compliance, monitoring and enforcement, regulatory compliance and advice on new legislation, climate change and sustainability issues. The team also work with our property, corporate and banking and financial services teams to advise on the environmental implications of property and corporate transactions and undertake all specialist environmental litigation. It’s a very happening space in Aotearoa – a huge change to grow your skillset and have an enviable lifestyle too!  

Our ideal candidate

Our ideal candidate will be NZ-qualified and have:

  • 7+ years’ Environmental law experience (at least some of which is NZ experience)
  • a desire to mentor and support junior and intermediate members of the team
  • able to work autonomously on files, and have strong technical, written and analytical skills
  • litigation experience would be a plus
  • drive, enthusiasm, and passion for delivering excellent work to clients. 

Join us

Enjoy life without compromising your career. We are a top tier legal and business advisory firm, with offices in Auckland and Wellington. Awarded New Zealand Law Firm of the Year in both 2017 and 2020 by Chambers Asia Pacific, we have a proud 130 year history. Connected to an international network through the MinterEllison Legal Group, we are a New Zealand law firm with a truly global outlook and reach.

You will have an opportunity to shape Aotearoa New Zealand’s future

We are passionate about helping shape Aotearoa New Zealand’s future, and believe in using our collective skills, time and resources to make a positive and sustainable impact for our people, our clients, our communities, and our planet. Join us on our journey as we work towards a more sustainable future.

You will be part of a firm whose culture is built on empowerment, diversity and inclusion

Our values are embedded into everything we do. We live our value of waka eke noa by creating an environment where we all feel safe, empowered and encouraged to bring our authentic selves to work. We foster a culture that embraces individual differences and diversity of thought. Our team comes from a broad range of backgrounds, bringing a unique mix of skills and experiences. We appreciate individual cultural perspectives and understand that these differences help us to better support our clients by seeing risks and opportunities from different angles. 

In 2021, the fifth consecutive year, MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ commitment to progressing diversity and gender equality in the legal profession was recognised by the prestigious Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of leading women in the legal profession, as well as progressive initiatives for gender diversity, mentorship, minority women, talent management, and work-life balance.

Get in touch

If this sounds like you and you are looking for the next exciting step in your career, with a top New Zealand law firm, then apply today! Please contact Adele Holden, HR Manager on [email protected] or you can visit minterellison.co.nz to apply online.

We also have several other exciting opportunities in our Auckland and Wellington offices, particularly for Construction solicitors (transactional / advisory and litigation) and M&A Corporate lawyers. Please get in touch if you’re interested to learn more.  

All applications treated in confidence.