Align Law Clerkship Application
Boutique Melbourne firm founded by top-tier lawyers for corporate and transactional work
Program Overview
- Structure: Two four-week clerkship intakes across university holiday periods - Structure: Penultimate and final-year students eligible - Structure: Hands-on involvement in corporate advisory and transactional matters - Mentoring: Direct mentorship from founders and senior lawyers - Mentoring: Small cohort ensures high partner-to-clerk ratio and genuine access - Development: Real client work — drafting, research, and deal support from day one - Development: Exposure to the full lifecycle of M&A and commercial transactions - Pathway: Strong conversion pathway to graduate and junior lawyer positions
Practice Areas
- Corporate Advisory: Governance, structuring, and strategic corporate advice - Mergers & Acquisitions: Buy-side and sell-side M&A for private and public companies - Private Equity: Fund investments, portfolio advisory, and exits - Venture Capital: Early-stage and growth equity transactions - Commercial Transactions: Commercial contracts, joint ventures, and partnerships - Compliance: Regulatory compliance and corporate governance advisory
Locations
- VIC
Firm Values
- - Identity: Boutique Melbourne corporate law firm founded by lawyers trained at Australia's largest firms
- - Identity: Focused on transactional and compliance work for private and public company leadership teams
- - Values: Commercial
- solutions-oriented advice delivered with big-firm quality
- - Values: Entrepreneurial approach combined with technical excellence
- - Values: Genuine partnership with clients — accessible senior lawyers on every matter
- - Culture: Small-team environment where clerks receive direct mentorship from founders
- - Culture: Flat structure with high autonomy and real responsibility from day one
- - Differentiator: Founded by top-tier trained lawyers who left to build a client-centric boutique
- - Differentiator: Deep corporate advisory expertise without the overhead of a full-service firm
- - Differentiator: Two four-week clerkship blocks with exposure to live transactions
Awards & Recognition
- - Recognition: Founded by lawyers recognised at Australia's leading corporate law firms
- - Matter: Ongoing corporate advisory and M&A mandates for ASX-listed and private companies
Community & Pro Bono
- Focus: Boutique firm with community engagement through pro bono corporate advice - Initiative: Support for start-ups and social enterprises through accessible advisory