Legal Counsel

About the role

As Legal Counsel, you will provide professional legal services primarily for Australia, and for New Zealand and Singapore on an as-needed basis. The role offers broad exposure to different areas of the business, including healthcare, technology and food and agriculture.

Key responsibilities

• Negotiate and draft documentation for local vendor agreements.
• Negotiate, draft and review customised transactional documents for non-standard transactions, including finance agreements, security agreements and priority agreements.
• Standardise local documentation and keep it up to date.
• Assist the collections and recoveries team on dispute resolution and insolvency.
• Help with compliance tasks, including AML/CTF, privacy and review of marketing materials.
• Work with Credit and Compliance to ensure internal policy requirements are met for transactions.
• Contribute to and maintain the document and contract library.
• Instruct and manage external lawyers as required.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in Law, admitted to practise in an Australian state or territory.
• At least two years of post-qualification experience in a corporate or finance environment, from private practice or in-house.
• Past experience in the PPSA, AML/CTF, privacy and/or Australian Consumer Law is required.
• Knowledge of or experience in New Zealand or Singapore transactions is not essential but helpful.
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders such as sales managers, credit analysts, compliance officers, lawyers, asset managers and vendors.

Required skills

• Strong drafting skills for commercial cooperation, finance, security and priority agreements.
• Experience with finance agreements, commercial contracts and the PPSA.
• Ability to set your own agenda and manage your workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.

The selection process may include an assessment; applications must be submitted through the company's online career site, and hiring is subject to a background check.