▷ Urgent Search Associate General Counsel

4 days ago

City of Brisbane, Australia Peabody Energy, Inc. Full time

Title: Associate General Counsel

State: QLD

Country/Region: AU

Postal Code: 4000

About the job

Peabody is a leading global coal producer, providing essential products for the production of affordable, reliable energy and steel. The company offers significant scale, high-quality assets, and diversity in geography and products. Peabody is guided by seven core values: safety, customer focus, leadership, people, excellence, integrity and sustainability.

About The Role

Reporting to the General Counsel based in St Louis, you will lead the Australian legal team and work with senior leaders and project teams to deliver strategic legal advice and solutions that support Peabody’s commercial and operational goals. This role is based in Brisbane and offers the opportunity to work on high impact matters.

Key responsibilities

- Oversight and management of legal services for the Australian Platform
- Advise operations, finance, marketing, procurement, and infrastructure teams.
- Advise on competition law issues and litigation.
- Assist with other legal matters as directed by the General Counsel.
- Advise management on policies and practices to minimize claims and litigation and assist in managing and defending asserted claims and lawsuits.

The lifestyle

This position is offered on a Monday to Friday basis, working from our Fortitude Valley office with work from home options. Peabody offers flexible start / finish times and a “redistributed working week” giving employees flexibility to finish at noon on Fridays.

About You

We are looking for a pragmatic, commercially minded and collegiate lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced, hands on role. The successful candidate will have:

- A degree in Law with a current Queensland practising certificate.
- 15+ years of legal experience.
- Previous legal team leadership
- Experience in complex corporate transactions.
- Project management skills and ownership of the work being performed.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders and clients.
- Strong business acumen, be solution focused and commercially minded.
- Strong organizational, time management skills and attention to detail.
- Work on a variety of high value matters that have a tangible impact on the business.
- Competitive salary package with an excellent short term incentive plan.
- Unlock more than 2,000 health and wellness perks with WHEREFIT
- Contemporary office in Fortitude Valley, complemented by flexible work options.
- Access tax benefits with our novated vehicle leasing program
- Exclusive discounts on private health insurance.

About Peabody

Peabody is a leading coal producer, providing essential products for the production of affordable, reliable energy and steel. We employ approximately 5,500 people across our operations in the United States and Australia, serving customers in 26 countries. Our commitment to sustainability underpins everything we do and shapes our strategy for the future. We offer an inclusive work environment that engages, recognises, and develops our employees. We strive to create a safe and healthy work culture where all employees are treated with fairness and respect.

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