Consultant - In House Legal Counsel

Date: 18 Sept 2025

Location:

Sydney, NSW, AU

Department: Enabling Areas

Description:

Job Requisition ID: 39398

Consultant – In House Legal Counsel (Regulatory)

What will your typical day look like?

Life at Deloitte is high-tempo and impactful – there is no typical day

Reporting directly to the firm's Senior Regulatory Legal Counsel, you will find yourself diving headfirst into the rapidly evolving world of complex regulatory frameworks and emerging technologies. You are someone who is energised by understanding complex legal issues and breaking them down into pragmatic and easily digestible advice.

This role is designed for someone who enjoys working flexibly across a wide portfolio of regulatory areas, including but not limited to Generative AI, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Modern Slavery, Sanctions, AFSL, Whistleblower, AML/CTF, Competition and Consumer Law.

This is a unique opportunity to work at one of the world's largest professional services firms. In this role you will have opportunities to contribute and shape how the firm responds to the rapidly changing regulatory landscape, including by undertaking regulatory risk sensing. You will support various functions within the Office of General Counsel, including contracting, product development, licensing, and technology procurement. A major part of your role will be to become a trusted advisor to our internal stakeholders and providing strategic advice on regulatory matters connected to the delivery of our services.

We are committed to learning and development, and you will contribute to practice development and to the team's strategic initiatives and vision.

About the team

This role sits within the broader Corporate legal team in the Office of General Counsel.

Enough about us, let's talk about you.

We're looking for someone with:

2-4 years' post-admission experience in technology law or the provision of regulatory compliance advice gained within a major law firm, a leading organisation or a professional services firm;

Demonstrated ability to apply structured problem solving to new and interesting challenges;

Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough legal research and navigate complex regulatory frameworks;

The ability to translate complex legal issues and ambiguity into clear and commercially pragmatic advice to help support the firm to achieve its objectives;

A strong understanding of core legal concepts relating to commercial, data and technology law;

Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop and apply practical solutions;

The ability to be autonomous, resilient, and adaptable;

Excellent verbal, written and visual communication skills with a high attention to detail; and

A positive, energetic and collaborative mindset, who is driven within an agile and geographically dispersed team.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We're always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone's perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.

We support flexibility and choice. We encourage you to find the right balance between connecting in person with your clients and teams and meeting your own personal needs.

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.