Grow with us

In Australia, Baker McKenzie lawyers have the opportunity and support to grow and develop their careers in many different ways. Whether it is building knowledge and skills around local and international transactions or litigious matters or participating in client or business development initiatives, Baker McKenzie provides its lawyers with real responsibility and meaningful work to strengthen the foundation for their careers. Beyond day-to-day work in their practice areas, we offer our lawyers opportunities to undertake client secondments, manage their own pro bono files, and undertake secondments with our other offices.

The experience you receive as a lawyer is complemented by the support and mentoring of your supervising partner and senior lawyers – who are experts in their fields and invested in your on-the-job learning and development.

Learn with us

At Baker McKenzie, we have a global approach to development. Because we've been global from the beginning, we have well-established regional/global programs and a deeply embedded culture of knowledge sharing, support and mentoring – within and across offices.

Our global development roadmap, the Development Framework, clearly explains what success looks like at each career stage at Baker McKenzie. It shapes the way we recruit, select, develop, manage and promote our lawyers. For you, it means always having a clear career roadmap, empowering you to plan and drive your development – formally and on-the-job – at every stage.

Our lawyers benefit from both Australian and global learning opportunities based on the Development Framework – with sessions on different areas of law and industries, new legal developments or landmark cases, practice-specific skills, and business development sessions at the local, regional and global levels.

Our lawyers also have the opportunity to attend regional/global training programs relating to their practices to develop networks and legal skills. And all lawyers also attend regional transition programs at each career stage which provide development in the key skills our lawyers need – including people leadership, business development and project management – and which enable them to foster relationships with international peers.

We also provide our lawyers with opportunities to attend USA summer school courses and scholarships for full-time legal study overseas, and support them to undertake further study locally – both financially and with study leave.

Experience a unique culture with us

Many of our people say one of the key reasons they join us is because of our people and culture. Our people are genuinely friendly and diverse, and enjoy coming to work everyday. Our social and sports committees contribute to the Firm's social glue – offering regular Firm drinks, events and sporting activities.

We also offer a range of social and financial benefits (including travel insurance for you/your immediate family, study assistance, corporate discounts, etc.)

At Baker McKenzie, we want everyone to reach their full potential, benefit from an unparalleled local and international network of colleagues, and feel comfortable being who they are and bringing every part of themselves to work.

Undertake leading work with us

Locally and globally, Baker McKenzie works on significant and high profile matters, for leading local and global clients. We have the experience, knowledge and expertise, both at a local and global level, to meet complex demands from our clients.

In Australia, Baker McKenzie advises many of Australia's top 200 listed businesses, multi-national corporations, government bodies and non-profit sectors on a vast range of legal and business challenges. Working in both transactional and litigious practice areas, we service industries such as banking and finance, healthcare, technology and mining. We also consistently work with our clients on cross-border transactions – everything from leading corporate transactions and financing to high-stakes commercial disputes.

Our lawyers and legal teams are consistently highly ranked in guides such as Chambers and Best Lawyers too, and Baker McKenzie is part of the work panels of many major corporate and public sector entities across Australia.

Our key areas of practice in the Australian offices are:

• Banking & Finance
• Corporate Markets (including Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Capital Markets)
• Commercial Real Estate
• Construction
• Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Insolvency
• Employment & Industrial Relations
• Energy, Resources, Infrastructure & Corporate
• Environmental Markets
• Funds
• IPTech (including Intellectual Property; Technology, Communications & Commercial; and Media)
• Tax

Create an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace with us

As the first truly global law firm, Baker McKenzie's origins are rooted in the respect for and appreciation of difference. Inclusion, diversity and equity are in our DNA, and are foundational to our culture, values and strategic vision. Since our beginning, the diversity of our people has allowed us to work fluently across borders, cultures, and practices.

Baker McKenzie is committed to providing a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture for all its employees, with equal opportunity for all to progress and have a meaningful career with our Firm. Our mission is to foster an environment where individuals of every ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, age, disability, carer status, and working style may succeed professionally and fully contribute to the goals of the Firm.

As part of our inclusive culture, we encourage applications from all genders (including if you identify as transgender or gender diverse), sexual orientations, abilities, cultural backgrounds, as well as First Nations people and people with caring responsibilities, neurodivergent lived experiences and disabilities. We also provide information and support relating to the recruitment process for trans and gender diverse candidates.

We understand that organisations work best when people with different backgrounds and multiple points of view are brought together. Our own diversity mirrors our commitment to exploring multiple perspectives to develop the best possible solutions for our clients and to fostering a culture of respect and inclusion that celebrates diversity.

We have more than 13,000 employees in 45 countries who speak 80+ languages, and we strive to ensure that all of our people feel included and empowered.

Our inclusion, diversity and equity agenda is championed at the highest level by our Global Chair and our Global Executive Committee whose members each have KPIs around diversity. And we have a Global Inclusion Diversity & Equity Committee who actively works to drive forward the Firm's inclusion, diversity and equity strategy and monitor progress through regular meetings and leadership accountability.

In Australia, our award-winning inclusion, diversity and equity strategy, initiatives and programs are focused in five key areas, in which all of our people can participate:

• BakerWomen – gender diversity and equity, including the implementation of our gender diversity strategy to support the progression of women as a strategic priority for the Firm
• BakerDNA – ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity
• BakerWellbeing and BakerBalance – mental health and wellbeing, workplace flexibility, and supporting parents and carers
• BakerPride & Allies – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex diversity
• BakerIndigenousEngagement – commitment to engagement with our Indigenous community – achieving better social, economic and cultural outcomes for First Nations peoples, and to making a real difference in the lives of them and their communities.

Our bAgile program also encourages a range of flexible work opportunities for all.