Principal Legal

3 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia BHP Full time

**Date**:10 May 2024**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia**Job State/Province**:Queensland**Job Location/Region**:Brisbane**About BHP**

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

**About the Team**

The Corporate Legal team provides legal support to the corporate, treasury and other head office functions in Melbourne and London, and supports material merger, acquisition & divestment transactions globally.**About the Role**
- This will involve liaising with Legal and PS&D personnel across BHP’s offices in Australia, London, Toronto, Singapore and Santiago. This necessarily involves telephone and videoconference calls outside of regular working hours.- The ability to travel within Australia and internationally will also be required, in particular to meet the requirements of M&A transactions.
- Reporting to Head of Legal Corporate, the core accountabilities include:
- Establish and maintain relationships with key internal client groups and stakeholders, with a particular focus on PS&D, Reporting and Group Governance
- Supports the Head of Corporate in leading Group Legal and Corporate projects as required.
- Assess, monitor and advise the Client Groups on commercial risks as they arise or potentially may arise on the matters raised with Corporate Legal by the Client Groups
- Lead legal workstreams for projects led by Client Groups (for example, internal reorganisations)
- Lead legal workstreams for material merger, acquisition & divestment transactions, such as:

- drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction documentation related to merger, acquisition & divestment transactions;
- coordinating legal due diligence, including coordination with transaction team on multi-discipline issues;
- coordinating merger filings with competition authorities; and
- preparing and managing internal approval documentation and management updates relating to those transactions.
- Accountable for identification and management of legal risks affecting BHP (including participation in risk reviews).
- Support the Head of Corporate in the coordination and preparation of relevant internal reports.

**About You**- Demonstrated experience in company and corporate law matters and in management of complex M&A transactions.
- Law degree.
- Admitted to practice in Australia (or qualified to do so).
- Desirable to have experience in:

- Advising on public and private corporate structures, and in particular public company regulation and reporting requirements.
- Cross-border and public M&A transactions across multiple jurisdictions and time zones, including leading key work streams and outputs, and negotiating transaction documentation (including multi-discipline issues such as bankability, competition, compliance, finance and tax).
- Knowledge of typical SPA, SHA and JVA structures and significant experience in their negotiation and interpretation.
- Regulatory knowledge in key jurisdictions (Australia, United States and England)
- Experience in the resources sector is desirable.
- Track record in significant and effective engagement with senior business stakeholders.
- Robust negotiation skills and able to take and hold firm positions.
Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with an ability to synthesise and concisely present legal positions and risks to executives and project team members.

Application close on **Friday, 24 May 2024**.**About Our Process**

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making

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