• Broad commercial role spanning contracts, M&A and regulatory matters
• Build your capability through challenging and rewarding opportunities
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Our culture is underpinned by a commitment to our clients, people and communities, and our promise to ‘Reach for Remarkable’ by providing proven expertise, principled execution, and personalised experience.
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About this role
Grant Thornton Australia is seeking a Legal Counsel to join our National In-house Legal Team on a 14-month fixed-term contract.
This broad and highly engaging role will suit a commercial lawyer who brings strong stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills, sound commercial judgement and a pragmatic approach to legal solutions.
Key responsibilities
· Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts
· Advise and support Senior Legal Counsel and the General Counsel on M&A, property, litigation, employment and regulatory matters
· Identify and implement practical legal and process efficiencies
· Collaborate with Legal, Risk, Compliance and Independence to deliver commercially relevant advice
· Identify emerging legal and industry risks and recommend mitigation strategies
· Educate colleagues on legal and commercial risk through training, guidance, policies and manuals
Skills & experience
· Current Australian legal practising certificate
· 4-7 years’ post-qualification experience in private practice or in-house
· Commercial contract drafting, negotiation and advisory experience
· Strong stakeholder engagement, analytical and critical thinking skills
· Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver strong business outcomes
If you’re interested in this role but don’t feel that you match every single one of our requirements, we would still love to hear from you and explore the unique skillset and attributes that you can bring to the team.
Remarkable perks that put you first:
· Join a collaborative National In-house Legal Team
· Gain exposure to varied and complex commercial legal matters
· Work closely with senior legal and business stakeholders
· Build your confidence and capability through meaningful work
· And many more!
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Skills Required
- Current Australian legal practising certificate
- 4–7 years of post-qualification legal experience in private practice or in-house
- Commercial contract drafting, negotiation, and advisory experience
- Strong stakeholder engagement, analytical, and critical thinking skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver strong business outcomes
What We Do
Your business deserves remarkable support. No matter your industry, business lifecycle stage, market or growth plans, our experienced audit, assurance, tax and advisory professionals are dedicated to achieving the best outcome for you and your stakeholders. To us, care is as important as capability because we believe that your experience is as important as the outcome. Our culture is underpinned by a commitment to our clients, people and communities, and our promise to ‘Reach for Remarkable’ by providing proven expertise, principled execution, and personalised experience. Grant Thornton Australia is a member firm of the Grant Thornton global network – one of the world's leading independently-owned and managed accounting and consulting firms. Our brand is respected globally and recognised by capital markets, regulators and international standards setting bodies. In Australia, we have over 1,500 people across Tarndanya (Adelaide), Meeanjin (Brisbane), Gimuy (Cairns), Naarm (Melbourne), Boorloo (Perth) and Warrang (Sydney). Our business is based on transparency and independent governance of the highest standard, and our structure helps ensure accountability right through to our Board. Together, our purpose and values serve as our driving force and guidepost for all our interactions so that your business, our wider community and people within our own organisation have a strikingly different experience. Find out more: www.grantthornton.com.au
