Group General Counsel

5 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Avant Full time

About Avant

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Avant is a leading medical defence organisation dedicated to protecting Australian medical professionals. With a proud heritage spanning over 130 years, we strive to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.

We represent 90,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory in Australia, delivering market-leading products and services to meet their professional, personal, and practice needs.

In this role, you will lead the group legal team and be responsible for a range of strategic corporate and commercial matters. You will work closely with our business to develop trusted relationships with multiple stakeholder groups and provide expert legal advice across a broad range of areas.

Your Key Responsibilities

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  • Lead the group legal team and provide strategic guidance on corporate and commercial matters
  • Advise Avant on its legal rights and obligations and identify solutions to eliminate or mitigate legal and regulatory risk
  • Ensure that the Group Corporate Counsel and Legal Team are informed of new or proposed legislation or regulatory activity that may affect Avant's operations
  • Negotiate, draft, and settle all major client contracts, vendor contracts, and other commercial arrangements to safeguard Avant's interests

You Will Thrive Here If:

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  • You have a Bachelor of Laws degree or similar tertiary qualification
  • You hold a current NSW Corporate Legal Practitioner Practising Certificate
  • You have a successful track record in an in-house corporate legal capacity
  • You have private practice experience in providing commercial legal advice
  • You have previous experience working in an insurance and/or Australian financial services environment (desirable)

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