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Senior General Commercial Lawyer

1 month ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ashurst Full time
About Ashurst

Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a history spanning over 200 years. We provide exceptional standards of service to local and global corporates, financial institutions, and governments in all areas of commercial law.

Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to delivering high-quality service have seen us become a trusted adviser. We work closely with our clients to understand their needs and provide tailored solutions.

Ashurst Reach

Ashurst Reach is our dedicated flexible legal resourcing platform. We provide our clients and Practice Groups with access to a high-quality talent pool of lawyers and paralegals. Our platform offers a seamless, fast, and trusted solution to meet internal client demands, backfill leave, provide cover during recruitment, or assist with specialized projects.

Job Requirements

We are seeking a strong general commercial lawyer with 5+ years of experience. The ideal candidate will have general commercial contracting experience and exposure to a wide range of industries, including financial services, consumer, food, and retail, energy, and resources, government, and public sector, construction, and infrastructure, education, hotels, leisure, and gaming, mining, TMT, and transport.

The successful candidate will have relevant experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including property, technology, privacy, and data, intellectual property, credit, and financing. M&A experience, particularly involvement in the integration of new companies/businesses into existing corporate structures, as well as joint venture experience, is highly sought after. Procurement experience is also highly valued.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable providing legal advice relating to competition and consumer law, privacy, product safety, quality, and labelling. Experience in disputes and investigations, including litigation, disputes, insolvency/debt recovery, and regulatory investigations, is also an advantage. Knowledge of employment law is also beneficial.

The successful candidate will have strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interface at all levels, building strong relationships externally and internally. They will also have strong commercial and business acumen, an excellent client service focus, ethic, and commitment. The right to live and work in Australia and hold or be able to obtain a current practicing certificate is also required.

What We Offer

We offer a range of benefits, including flexible career options, personalized service, top-tier support, opportunities to work with a variety of world-class clients on challenging and interesting matters, access to Ashurst's knowledge resources, invitations to events and training programs, client newsletters, and seminars. We also welcome our consultants as members of the Ashurst team and part of our community of Reach Legal Consultants.