Commercial Law Graduate

2 weeks ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Anderson Lloyd Full time

Kick start your career at Anderson Lloyd
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Engaging and supportive team culture

**About us**
Anderson Lloyd is a large New Zealand law firm founded more than 160 years ago. The firm now has 29 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 carbonzero accreditation and is a certified Living Wage Employer. We are also recognised by NZ Lawyer as a 5-Star Employer of Choice.

Anderson Lloyd is also a regular award winner at the New Zealand Law Awards.
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**
This is a rare opportunity to kick start your legal career as you become involved in all aspects of our premium Corporate Commercial practice.

Working alongside Josh Williams, David Goodman and Ben Johnston, you will be exposed to a wide variety of interesting work, including a broad range of commercial contracts, M&A transactions, capital raisings, shareholder arrangements, corporate advisory and company law, financing and banking.

You will have the benefit of building close relationships across the firm, with our people who openly encourage a culture of shared knowledge and expertise, development and mentorship. You can be confident you will be given opportunities to grow and develop, with the support and guidance to be a successful Corporate Commercial lawyer.

We take pride in delivering high quality work while being responsive, flexible and pragmatic in our approach, to find the best solutions for our clients.

**What you will bring**
To be successful you will have great levels of self-awareness and interpersonal skills and can build strong, influential relationships based on trust.

You may have already completed university, or you will finish by March 2025. You will have a strong academic background, with good technical skills and a passion for Corporate Commercial Law, as well as a genuine interest in living and working in Christchurch.

**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.



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