Senior Legal Counsel – Oceania

2 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia DP WORLD AUSTRALIA LIMITED Full time

The Senior Legal Counsel – Oceania - APAC will have a high level of interaction across all areas of our business and with external stakeholders / advisors regarding a diversity of legal matters.

Key Accountabilities

  • Advise in respect of a broad range of legal issues e.g. general contract law (shipping line, freight forwarding, logistics, road and rail), leases, IT service agreements, procurement agreements compliance issues, construction/engineering projects, insurance claims and contractual disputes.
  • Expertise in drafting and negotiating a broad range of agreements including terminal services agreements with shipping lines, freight forwarding and logistics agreements, commercial and industrial leases, procurement agreements, MoU’s, NDA’s, customer contracts, works contracts, road and rail access agreements, IT services agreements.
  • Identify, research, anticipate and guard company against new and emerging legal risks.
  • Advise company in pre, during and post litigation stages.
  • Guide managers and ensure compliance with rules and regulations.
  • Manage a wide range of transactional matters, including contract review, drafting and negotiation.
  • Structure, draft and review reports and other legal documents.
  • Willingness and ability to take on leadership roles such as Privacy Officer and Fraud Risk Champion for the business.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor of Laws
  • Post Graduate Legal Qualification
  • Admitted as a Legal Practitioner 
  • Currently Practicing Certificate
  • A high level of business acumen, with the ability to balance commercial and legal considerations to deliver commercial solutions.
  • Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
  • Ability to clearly instruct and effectively manage external counsel.
  • Strong relationship building, stakeholder engagement, decision making and influencing skills.
  • Strong organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing tasks.
  • Ability to drive outcomes through peer and senior management involvement.
  • Experience liaising with and advising senior management and executives.
  • 8+ years of post-qualification experience; experience working in-house in or on secondment to a business in the shipping, logistics, transport, construction, or other infrastructure industry is preferred.
  • Extensive experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements.
  • Experience in dealing with regulatory bodies.
  • Experience interpreting and applying legislation and regulatory policy.

About DP World 

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 106,500 employees from 158 nationalities, spanning 73 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. In Asia Pacific, DP World employs more than 7,000 people, and has ports and terminals in 17 locations.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE

#LI-PH1

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