Senior Associate/Special Counsel

• The opportunity to build your experience and skills with Adelaide's market-leading Corporate & Commercial team
• Interesting mix of work from national and international clients, with a good balance of larger and smaller transactions
• Option of flexible 3:2 work arrangements

About us

HWL Ebsworth is Australia's largest and fastest growing legal partnership, with offices in every state and territory in Australia. Our Adelaide Corporate & Commercial Practice Group is comprised of over 39 staff across a number of speciality areas. Our Adelaide office is recognised by Doyle's Guide as 'First Tier' for both Intellectual Property and Technology, Media and Telecommunications law, and undertakes work for clients located all over Australia.

We offer our staff merit-based career development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, paid parental leave, salary sacrifice packaging, additional leave programs (purchased leave and additional reward leave), referral bonuses, access to retail discount programs with our clients and more.

The opportunity

We have an opportunity for a dynamic candidate to join our impressive and highly regarded Adelaide Corporate & Commercial practice, working with our market-leading IP/IT team led by Partners Luke Dale and Daniel Kiley and a team of highly motivated and skilled lawyers. As part of our team, you will be exposed to interesting and varied matters, with a particular focus on contracting in areas such as intellectual property licensing and technology commercialisation, and providing advice regarding regulatory issues, privacy requirements and cybersecurity.

Day to day, you'll be engaging with emerging areas of law and will be busy with:

• advising on the licensing and commercialisation of new technologies and brands;
• reviewing and drafting commercial contracts, including providing advice with respect to unfair contract terms issues;
• assisting the broader Corporate & Commercial team with the IP, technology and privacy elements of M&A transactions; and
• providing advice under the Privacy Act, including drafting Privacy Policies and other documentation.

We anticipate that the successful candidate may not have existing experience in all of these areas but will have strong contracting experience and otherwise be eager to learn and participate with the assistance of our credentialed team.

Ideally, you will have:

• 4 + years PAE;
• strong drafting and written skills;
• strategic and critical thinking capabilities;
• communication, organisational and interpersonal skills; and
• a passion for emerging legal issues and new areas of technology.

What we offer

• Unrivalled career pathways:
  Our unique meritocracy model proudly offers our staff career development, promoting talent based solely on merit. Our size, range of experience and competitive pricing model will provide you with everything you need to succeed. Unlike our competitors, our Solicitor to Partner ratio enables greater mentoring and client engagement. Our 180-day career forecasting sessions provide the platform to fast-track your progression.
• Location:
  Our brand-new office is conveniently located in the heart of the Adelaide CBD at 83 Pirie Street. Enjoy working in a state-of-the-art office environment with access to modern end of trip facilities.
• Culture
  : Be part of a firm renowned for its friendly and down-to-earth culture.
• Prestige:
  Join a firm consistently ranked at the forefront of the Australian legal market, where your work is recognised nationally.

How to apply

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter via the
'Apply'
link.

Applicants must have full working rights in Australia and a valid practising certificate to apply. HWL Ebsworth also strongly encourages applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

HWL Ebsworth strives to create an inclusive environment where our people want and feel comfortable to bring their entire selves to work. Varied perspectives contribute to our collective success so whatever your background, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. If you have reasonable accessibility requirements that will enable you to participate equitably in our recruitment process, please reach out for a confidential discussion.