Jobs at Allens

A First Nations university student internship providing hands-on experience in corporate business teams such as operations, finance, IT, digital services, knowledge services, marketing, and people development. Interns work on real projects, receive mentoring and support, build professional networks, and explore career pathways beyond legal practice across Allens’ Australian offices.

The First Nations Legal Internship provides Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander law students with practical experience in a commercial legal environment. Interns join a practice group, work alongside lawyers on real matters, participate in community and pro bono activities, and receive mentoring from a partner and junior lawyer. The program also provides exposure to career pathways, clerkship recruitment, networking, and professional development across Allens’ Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth offices.

Supports legal and business research, current awareness, training, and management of physical and digital library resources for a law firm. The role involves responding to research requests, maintaining collections, working with information providers, monitoring emerging technologies including AI, supporting legal research platform training, and improving research workflows and user experience.

Manage early careers recruitment and development programs, including university engagement, careers events, clerkship and graduate campaigns, candidate experience, onboarding, and emerging talent relationships. Partner with senior stakeholders across the firm, lead attraction and social media initiatives, and use data and technology to improve recruitment outcomes. This is a 12-month maximum-term contract based in Melbourne with hybrid working.

Lead the strategy, planning, delivery, and evaluation of premium client events and national engagement programs. Manage stakeholders, use CRM and client data to target campaigns, support webinars and digital engagement, adopt technologies to improve efficiency, and strengthen client relationships and brand presence. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on event management in a fast-paced, stakeholder-heavy environment.

Advise energy and infrastructure clients on project development transactions, including power purchase, construction, operations, development, acquisition, disposal, and energy trading agreements. Conduct legal due diligence and regulatory analysis, manage matters, support business development, develop client relationships, and contribute to mentoring and internal networks.

Lead general ledger maintenance, month-end and year-end close, reconciliations, statutory reporting, audit coordination, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting. The role also communicates results to senior stakeholders and drives process improvements to enhance accounting accuracy and efficiency. This is a full-time, 12-month hybrid contract based in Sydney.

Provides proactive administrative and business support to Partners, Practice Executives, and senior legal staff. Responsibilities include matter financial administration, billing and e-billing support, client reporting, timesheet and cost estimate tracking, matter closure, event coordination, client requirements, document preparation, and practice management guidance. The role also supports operational excellence, stakeholder management, process improvement, and continuity during Practice Executive absences.

Qualified lawyers will draft and review legal documents, manage matters and transactions, conduct due diligence, provide complex legal advice, negotiate with clients, develop business, manage junior lawyers, and oversee discovery and e-discovery. Practice areas include litigation, M&A, banking and finance, technology, funds, employment, projects, competition, tax, and intellectual property. The role is permanent, full-time, and hybrid across Australian offices.

The Senior Associate will advise on investment funds, assist with establishing and operating funds, and provide client service while collaborating with other practice groups.

You will work with partners on M&A and capital markets transactions, providing corporate advisory and governance across various sectors.

Join Allens as an Associate or Senior Associate in their Corporate M&A and Capital Markets team, advising on major M&A deals in a collaborative environment.

The role involves advising on complex project development transactions in the Infrastructure and Energy sector, managing client relationships, and contributing to business development.

As a Workday Reporting Consultant, you will deliver advanced reporting and analytics, maintain security, support compensation activities, and resolve Workday queries.

Allens Adapt connects legal experts with flexible contract opportunities, providing support and training to align with their career goals while offering various benefits and networking opportunities.

As an Associate/Senior Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets team, you will handle various M&A transactions, manage smaller matters, and support broader corporate advisory work while gaining exposure to multiple sectors.

As a Funds Lawyer, you'll advise clients on complex fund transactions, including fund establishment, investments, and regulatory compliance, while working with senior lawyers across various sectors.

Provide dedicated knowledge management support to the Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets team: curate precedents, track legal developments, create user resources and training, pilot and implement AI/legal-tech solutions, and project-manage KM initiatives to improve lawyer productivity and client outcomes.

Support and maintain the firm's infrastructure and cloud platforms. Assist in deploying and managing Azure using IaC/Terraform, implement cloud governance and security controls, troubleshoot infrastructure issues, participate in operational projects and out-of-hours maintenance, and document operational procedures while working with senior engineers and other IT teams.

Provide complex legal advice, draft and review documents, manage matters and transactions, conduct due diligence, lead client negotiations, supervise junior lawyers, support business development, and manage discovery/e-discovery across multiple practice areas.