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Solicitor, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions

2 months ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time
About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world's leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Corporate Lawyer to join our premier Band 1 Capital Market Transactions team in Melbourne. The team undertakes both capital markets work and public and private M&A, and is currently advising Chemist Warehouse on its landmark merger with Sigma.

Working closely with our leading and highly awarded partners, you will have exposure to some of the best and highest profile initial public offerings, capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions in Australia, as well as a significant volume of cross-border transactions.

Our team is high performing and highly engaged with a significant focus on teamwork and learning.

Your day could typically involve:

  • Being involved in all aspects of corporate ECM and public and private M&A transactions, including drafting and negotiating key transaction documents and providing advice on all areas of the transaction to clients.
  • Working closely with our clients, their other advisers and regulators.
  • Ensuring key deadlines are met, including working closely with other legal teams across the firm to deliver an integrated service to our clients.
  • Assisting in building external client relationships, including business development activities for key existing clients and new clients.

To be successful in this role, you will:

  • Be an admitted Lawyer in Australia or New Zealand.
  • Possess at least 3 years' experience in a leading corporate M&A practice or equivalent, with exposure to ECM transactions.
  • An excellent academic record, and a high level of attention to detail.
  • A proactive approach and desire to be an integral member of, and contributor to, our leading and supportive team.
  • An ability to work to tight timeframes, collaboratively and at times autonomously.
  • A curiosity about our clients, and an eagerness to create an exceptional experience for them.
  • A genuine passion for corporate law, with a natural desire for continuous learning.
The Team

Our firm has been recognised as having the leading Equity Capital Markets and public and private M&A teams in Australia.

We are consistently ranked as a leading firm in these areas when measured against international benchmarks. Our award-winning ECM team covers the full spectrum of work from pre-IPOs, IPOs and secondary offers to hybrid security transactions. With extensive experience in Australia's landmark equity and hybrid capital raisings and domestic and international capital markets funding, our award-winning team is committed to ensuring outstanding outcomes for our clients.

We have secured our status as the leading legal adviser in Australian mergers and acquisitions, topping three different M&A league tables after acting on more deals than any other firm during the 2023 calendar year.

The firm ranked:

  • 1st by deal count and 1st by value of announced AU/NZ deals (Refinitiv).
  • 1st by deal count in announced AU/NZ deals (Bloomberg).
  • 1st by deal count and 1st by deal value of Australasian deals (Mergermarket).

We advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. Operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

What We Offer

The opportunity to partner with prestigious clients based in Australia and globally on some of the largest, most strategic and most complex matters, and develop deep expertise across a range of sectors, as well as opportunities to collaborate on cross-border matters with our global network. We also encourage your involvement in our various networks, pro-bono legal offerings, learning and development initiatives and innovation groups such as Innovation 10, Digital Law Group and our Alternative Legal Services (ALT) practice group.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients' businesses relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you'll have it and we'll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.

To view our benefits in Australia, please visit our website.