Special Counsel, Legal & Governance

About the role

Indara, an owner and operator of shared digital infrastructure, is hiring a Special Counsel, Legal & Governance in St Leonards, Sydney. Reporting to the Executive Director, Legal & Governance, this senior legal generalist provides pragmatic, commercially focused legal and governance support across the business. The role acts as a trusted adviser to executives on corporate and commercial matters, governance obligations, policy and regulatory compliance, disputes, company secretary duties and strategic initiatives, while supporting governance frameworks, company secretariat activities and legal risk.

Key responsibilities

• Give timely, practical and commercially focused advice on corporate, commercial, regulatory, governance and operational matters.
• Partner with executives on strategic initiatives, projects, organisational change and operational decisions.
• Lead the review, drafting and maintenance of corporate policies, governance documents and compliance frameworks.
• Support company secretarial activities, including Board and Committee documentation, resolutions, corporate records and governance registers.
• Manage corporate disputes, claims, litigation and regulatory matters, coordinating external legal advisers where required.
• Support legal and governance work on procurement, vendor and stakeholder engagements, and on the Enterprise & Government accounts for the Sales team.
• Draft, review and negotiate agreements, identify risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and advise senior management on business, policy and governance responses.
• Manage day-to-day legal enquiries and manage external counsel and counterparties' solicitors.
• Develop legal and risk management processes, governance frameworks and delegations, and draft governance papers and resolutions under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
• Support internal investigations and enterprise risk matters.

Required profile

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB or JD) and admission as an Australian legal practitioner with a current practising certificate.
• Minimum 15 years' post-admission experience in private practice and/or in-house legal roles.
• Demonstrated experience advising on corporate and commercial matters, governance frameworks and policy development.
• Experience managing disputes, claims, litigation or regulatory matters and working with senior leaders.
• Infrastructure, telecommunications, technology or another complex regulated industry experience is desirable; company secretarial, governance or in-house legal leadership experience is also desirable.

Required skills

• Corporate, commercial and governance legal knowledge applied in a practical business context.
• Advanced legal drafting, negotiation, analysis and dispute resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to explain complex legal issues simply.
• Strong stakeholder management, autonomy, multitasking and mentoring skills.

What we offer

• Hybrid and flexible work solutions.
• Birthday leave and health and financial wellbeing programs.
• Internal career and secondment opportunities, and formal and informal training and development.