Senior Associate Advocate

4 days ago


Canberra, ACT, Australia Hall & Wilcox Full time
Company Overview

Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent Australian law firm, delivering outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients. Our purpose is to enable our clients, our people and our communities to thrive.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate to join our Dispute Resolution - Public Law team in Canberra, working with a highly regarded Partner. This role will suit a lawyer with significant experience in privacy and freedom of information (FOI) matters for the Commonwealth government.

This is an exceptional opportunity to work on a breadth of matters in the public law space, including advising on data protection and retention, developing privacy compliant schemes and preparing Privacy Impact Assessments.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Advise on data protection and retention;
  2. Develop privacy compliant schemes that involve digital products and IT infrastructure;
  3. Prepare Privacy Impact Assessments and advise on and draft privacy policies and guidelines;
  4. Act in merits and judicial review proceedings;
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

  • Between 5 and 8 years of post-admission experience working in or for the public sector/service on Commonwealth government matters;
  • Significant experience in privacy and FOI matters;
  • An interest in contributing to the growth and success of our Commonwealth government practice;
  • Excellent legal drafting and analytical skills, with outstanding attention to detail;
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills;
  • The ability to work autonomously as well as part of a supportive and collaborative team;
  • The ability to confidently run matters, as well as the ability to handle a busy workload with competing timelines;


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