In-house Counsel – Commercial 5-10 PQE

Job Description

Use your interpersonal skills in a commercially focused manner. Suit general commercial lawyer. Blue-chip brand. Great culture and mentoring!

  • Use your commercial nous!
  • Use your commercial nous!
  • Intellectually stimulating work in a dynamic environment

Our client operates a $multi-billion business with a significant presence and blue-chip brand. It seeks to add a commercial lawyer to its high performing in-house team.

The role will suit a quality lawyer with training gained in a quality law firm, and/or a in-house team. Suited to a lawyer with 5-10 years of experience, this hands-on role will involve you in contracts and contract negotiations and broad commercial and project advice. 

A blue-chip business, this role will attract lawyers with a mix of honed technical skills, evolved interpersonal skills, and commercial acumen. It will allow you to make the most of your commerciality and non-legal skills and contribute to the business.

The benefits

You will enjoy tossing out your timesheets, working directly with the business and helping it to achieve its goals, as you apply your non-legal commercial skills and are rewarded for results, rather than just billings.

Our client offers a great environment and hours, flexible working conditions, including some work from home, a reporting line into a senior lawyer, together with autonomy and a mature approach. It offers a professional environment with a collegiate culture, and the team is made up of quality lawyers. Located in the South East of Melbourne, not too far from the city.

To be considered

While the majority of the work on offer is commercial in nature, lawyers from some other practice areas with good commercial exposure may also be considered. To be apply in confidence for this opportunity, email a CV to [email protected]