Graduate - Junior Resource Management Lawyer (Christchurch)

Graduate - Junior Resource Management Lawyer (Christchurch)

Anderson Lloyd – Christchurch, South Island

About us

Anderson Lloyd is a large New Zealand law firm founded more than 160 years ago. The firm now has 31 partners and over 150 staff. Anderson Lloyd's success is thanks to the quality of our people. It is our expertise and passion that delivers great results for our clients. Our values define us and we are looking to align with like-minded people to help lead the legal profession into a brighter, more sustainable future.

Anderson Lloyd is the first large law firm to earn Toitū net carbon‑zero accreditation and is a certified Living Wage Employer. We are also recognised by NZ Lawyer as a 5‑Star Employer of Choice.

We do everything in our power to develop, encourage and support our people. Within our offices in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Ōtepoti Dunedin and Tāhuna Queenstown, we take pride in our culture of high‑quality work, flexibility, inclusivity and collaborative achievement.

About the role

We have one of New Zealand's leading Environment, Planning and Resource Management practices. This role presents an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate or junior Resource Management lawyer to join our Ōtautahi office, working with Partners Sarah Eveleigh, Alex Booker, Ben Williams and Jo Appleyard. You will be part of a collaborative and supportive team working across a wide variety of matters, including :

• Large‑scale urban, commercial and renewable energy infrastructure developments
• Coastal, climate and environmental litigation
• Freshwater and nutrient management
• Iwi engagement and strategy
• Agribusiness and forestry projects
• Aquaculture and marine farming
• Green and other mineral mining
• Regional and district planning processes

What you will bring

Successful candidates will have recently completed their Bachelor of Laws or have 1–3 years' post‑qualification relevant experience. Applicants will need to be ambitious, have excellent academic qualifications and be able to engage confidently with clients. You will have exceptional levels of self‑awareness and interpersonal skills, a proven ability to build strong, influential relationships based on trust, and will be highly responsive, organised and able to manage a wide variety of tasks.

Why Anderson Lloyd

Anderson Lloyd is committed to providing equitable employment opportunities. We recognise that people from varying backgrounds bring valuable diversity through a range of worthwhile ideas and innovations to our working practices and business. Encouraging everyone at the firm to respect the individuality of their colleagues and to feel comfortable in making their own contribution is part of our values and critical to our business success. We seek to provide equal opportunities to people from all backgrounds in recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment (including pay, promotion and training) and in our approach to every other aspect of employment.

If you would like to apply for this position, please select APPLY below and attach a copy of your CV, cover letter and Academic Transcript.

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