Senior In-House Legal Counsel

7 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia GrainCorp Full time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior In-House Legal Counsel to join our medium-sized in-house legal team at GrainCorp Limited. As a trusted advisor, you will partner with our business leaders to provide expert strategic legal advice and counsel on legal matters affecting the operations of GrainCorp Limited and its subsidiaries.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner and engage proactively with business leaders to understand business priorities and objectives, challenges and risks
  • Provide trusted and respected advice with strong and effective relationships with key stakeholders, including the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Leaders
  • Support improved ways of working for the legal team through process improvement, enabling team members to focus on value-add, high-impact work
  • Proactively approach subsidiary compliance activities
  • Partner with the business to deliver value in alignment with GrainCorp's functional and divisional strategic goals
  • Provide considered and pragmatic expert legal advice, managing legal risks, with a focus on commercial outcomes

About Your Experience

Our successful candidates will come to us with the following experience and attributes:

  • Tertiary qualifications in law and current practicing certificate in NSW or other Australian state or territory
  • Dependent on role, 5-8 years' experience post-admission in-house, in a commercial environment or in private practice with secondment exposure
  • Specialized knowledge of contract law, competition and trade practices legislation, privacy legislation, Corporations Act, knowledge of ASX Listing Rules and other laws and codes of practice as applicable to the sector
  • Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills
  • Advanced drafting and writing skills
  • Advanced negotiation and strong organization skills
  • Strong stakeholder engagement legal skills in corporate and commercial law
  • Experience in a variety of matters which could include food safety, property, commercial law, trademarks/copyright law and IP transactions or other
  • A team player with the ability to act autonomously


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