Junior Lawyer

Overview

Job Type: Permanent - Part-Time or Full-Time

Location: Unley

Job Category: Corporate

LMS Energy is Australia’s largest emissions reducer and the national leader in biogas-to-energy and solar on landfill. LMS requires the services of a full-time or part-time Junior Lawyer in Unley, South Australia.

Role

As part of our team, you will work closely with the Senior Legal Counsel, providing support across a broad range of legal functions. Your role will primarily involve assisting with the review, drafting, and negotiation of commercial contracts, supporting corporate transactions, contributing to governance and compliance activities, and helping improve internal legal processes and templates. You will also gain exposure to regulatory and compliance matters, company secretarial duties, and managing external legal counsel. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated lawyer looking to kick-off an in-house legal career in a dynamic, supportive environment.

Why LMS Energy?

Be a part of an inclusive team, where everything we do is inspired by our vision to be the leading bioenergy and methane abatement company, powering the circular economy. Our people are supported by management with an open-door policy, while training and development opportunities means we enjoy an unrivalled level of personal progression and growth. At LMS, we have an average staff tenure of five years. In our Engagement Survey for 2024, 94% of employees either agreed or strongly agreed that they would recommend LMS as a place to work. Why? We truly value our people. Without our people, we would not be the great business we are today

Our commitment to you

- Health and wellbeing options, including the opportunity to work from home, flexible start and finish times, a weekly wellbeing hour and access to our holistic EAP.

- Learning and development in supportive team environment with professional, safety and technical training opportunities and growth pathways.

- Community impact with participation in various charitable activities and volunteering opportunities using a "Give Back Day".

- Diversity, equity and inclusion committee and focus groups, ensuring a workplace where every individual feels valued, included and empowered.

- Leave entitlements, including prorated long-service leave, study leave and employer-paid parental leave.

- Rewards and recognition for length of service and cultural and safety excellence.

Responsibilities

- Assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts

- Support corporate transactions, including joint ventures, project investments, and mergers and acquisitions

- Provide guidance on company governance, board documentation, and maintain statutory registers

- Support compliance with regulatory obligations, including WHS, privacy, and modern slavery reporting

- Coordinate and manage external legal counsel when required

- Contribute to the development and improvement of legal templates, processes, and matter management tools

- Stay up to date with legal and regulatory developments relevant to LMS’ business

- Provide general legal support across the business as required.

Requirements

- Completed Bachelor of Law with a current practicing certificate

- 1–2 years of experience in private practice or in-house legal role

- Experience in contracts, or in litigation, corporate, or property law

- Commerce or business degree and/or experience at an accounting firm are highly regarded

- Strong understanding of contract law and willingness to learn under supervision

- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills

We are continuously searching for passionate individuals that value the environment, have a caring outlook, and want to work towards a brighter future. If this sounds like you, please click apply, we’d love to hear from you Check out our website to learn more about what we do https://www.lms.com.au/ .

LMS Energy (LMS) does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. LMS considers any resume (CV) or biography received from an agency without prior approval from a member of our HR team to be unsolicited and gratuitous, and such submissions will not be recognised by LMS for purposes of “ownership” of the candidate. Agencies are requested not to contact any employee at LMS with recruiting enquiries. LMS does not consider candidates received by the company until they are received by the HR team directly from the agency after approval has been given and a fee agreement is in place. LMS will not pay a fee to any agency that does not follow these guidelines. Any questions, please contact employment@lms.com.au.

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