Hall & Wilcox

Profile Industry : Legal

Location : New South Wales Australian Capital Territory Victoria Queensland Western Australia Northern Territory

SECTOR : Private

INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS : Pride in Diversity

Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent Australian law firm. We are a firm of around 750 people delivering outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia. We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects our people, our clients and our community.

Our collegial culture, shaped by our ‘Hallmarks’ (values), guides the way everyone at Hall & Wilcox works every day. We live up to these Hallmarks – we are honest and transparent (‘stay true’); we strive for excellence (‘be remarkable’); we value each other as people and professionals, and our respect goes both ways (‘respect respect’). We are constantly growing/upskilling as the market moves forward (‘evolve always’). Taking care of each other, and collaborating effectively firm-wide is incredibly important to us – we are ‘better together’. Our people are accountable for living the Hallmarks to ensure our outstanding culture is upheld and our people are happy and proud to work here.

Our commitment to contributing to our communities is embedded in our firm culture. We deliver this through a range of areas, including our substantial pro bono work, community initiatives and partnerships, sustainable environmental and supply chain practices and our Emerging Artists Program.

We work with clients across sectors who lead, challenge and reshape their own industries. Our areas of expertise include: financial services, insurance, commercial law including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), employment and workplace relations, property and construction law, insolvency and reconstruction, litigation and dispute resolution, competition and consumer law, technology and the digital economy including tech M&A, intellectual property, media rights, data privacy, cyber and fintech, Wills and estates, defamation, superannuation and tax.

Our inclusive culture enables us to recognise and celebrate individual differences and create a workplace environment in which both individuals and groups feel welcome, respected and valued. Key focus include: our Reconciliation Action Plan to increase Indigenous employment and our ongoing commitment to flexibility, cultural diversity, disability, LGBTIQA+ and gender equality.

Who we’re looking for:

We are looking for people who are eager to learn and jump outside their comfort zone. Obviously, we search for the right skillset to be successful in the role, however we also believe that attitude is such an important factor in being successful. We believe in hiring people whose approach aligns with our core values and people who add to our organisational culture.

Where we are located:

We have offices in VIC (Melbourne), NSW (Sydney and Newcastle), QLD (Brisbane), WA (Perth), the ACT (Canberra) and the NT (Darwin).

Key professions in our organisation:

The key professions at Hall & Wilcox include:

law;
software development and client solutions;
marketing, business development, communications and events;
people and culture;
software development and information technology;
knowledge management;
client systems and database management;
learning and development;
risk management;
administrative assistance; and
office services (eg catering, reception, mailroom and word processing).

Opportunities:

We have a variety of corporate services, legal practitioner, and support roles available. To see what we currently have on offer, please see below the link to our careers page.

Qualifications required:

Qualifications needed will depend on the role and level of experience required.

Size of organisation:

We are a firm of around 750 people, including approximately 100 partners.

Organisational benefits:

At Hall & Wilcox, we are proud of our inclusive and supportive workplace culture. We work hard to nurture our culture and to ensure it is integrated across the firm.

We are committed to the wellbeing of all of our people and offer a range of benefits and initiatives to support all of our people, both in and outside the workplace, with initiatives across five wellbeing focus areas.

Career wellbeing – structured learning and development programs for all career levels.
Social wellbeing – mentoring, virtual morning teas, in-person Friday night drinks, our daily trivia quiz and more.
Physical and psychological wellbeing – an extensive health and wellbeing program, including our healthy-start breakfast program, mindfulness training, subsidised fitness, team sports and health checks.
Financial wellbeing – salary continuance insurance, financial seminars and access to financial coaching.
Community wellbeing – pro bono practice and our engagement with not-for-profit community groups, individuals and charities. Recognising that there is a compelling unmet need for these legal services in our community, we encourage and give full credit for pro bono work to everyone at the firm.