In-house Lawyer

18 hours ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Maddocks Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

About Us
We are a modern Australian law firm with a leading reputation. We focus on exceptional service, operational excellence and being at the forefront of employee experience. We work closely with Australian and international businesses, organisations and governments.

About The Role
We have a newly created role to work in our internal General Counsel team. Reporting to the firm's General Counsel, this role will have the following responsibilities:

  • Reviewing client terms of engagement, request for tender documents, and panel terms.
  • Reviewing and negotiating the firm's contracts with suppliers (including IT contracts).
  • Drafting and reviewing non-disclosure agreements
  • Providing advice to lawyers and partners regarding professional conduct issues, including the requirements of the Solicitors' Conduct Rules.
  • Providing legal and regulatory advice to the firm regarding internal innovation projects.
  • Assisting with the firm's Anti-Modern Slavery and privacy compliance programs
  • Assisting in the implementation of internal processes for compliance with new legislation, regulation and best practice (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering, conflict checking and matter opening processes).
  • Drafting firm policies
  • Legal research on compliance and regulatory issues affecting the firm and its employees.
  • Assisting the General Counsel and Special Counsel with ad hoc risk and compliance issues, as required.

About You
You will be a qualified lawyer, with 2-3+ years' experience. You may be coming from private practice in a corporate/commercial team or in an in-house General Counsel/compliance/risk team. You will have a strong interest in risk and be looking to grow your career in this area. To be successful in this role, you will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to prioritise your work, and strong attention to detail.

You will be joining a collaborative and growing team that does interesting work and partners with all areas of the business in managing risk.

Why join Maddocks?
Maddocks Is Simply a Great Place To Do Great Work. We Foster a Culture Of Collaboration, Learning And Engagement Where You Will Experience

A diverse and inclusive workplace:
We have been named an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workforce Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since 2004 along with being named a Silver Employer at the Australian Workplace Equality Index's 2024 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. We promote diversity internally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, Maddocks CALD, Maddocks Disability Inclusion and Maddocks Pride groups.

Career Development:
Learn and develop through structured learning and development programs at each stage of your career and study support programs.

Community involvement:
give back to the communities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono and grants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.

Work flexibly:
work in a hybrid way with part of your week in the office and support to set up your home office.

Wellbeing & Benefits:
access to up to 20 weeks paid parental leave, discounted gym memberships & health insurance, salary continuance insurance, Employee Assistance Program and parents and carers wellbeing programs.

Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is a result of our inclusive culture and focus on complex and interesting work.

To be eligible for this role you must be legally permitted to work in Australia. Please note that unsolicited applications from agencies will not be considered at this time.

Ready for your next career move? – Apply Now.

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