Senior Counsel

1 month ago

Melbourne, Australia Marsh Pty Ltd Full time

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Legal team at Marsh McLennan. This role will be based in Sydney or Melbourne. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least two to three days a week in the office

Senior Counsel

Looking for an exciting role which will provide a sense of ownership? This is a great opportunity for a mid-level lawyer to expand your skills and progress with a global company.

This role would suit someone that demonstrated a willingness to take on increased responsibilities and is able to act independently (with support from senior lawyers), has excellent planning and organisational skills for project development and implementation, and is efficient at completing tasks timely to support internal and external clients demands.

12-month contract

We will count on you to:

  • Provide expert and commercial legal advice in a timely and professional manner to all aspects of the Marsh & Mercer Australia businesses
  • Work on contracts with our clients, suppliers and the insurance market generally
  • Work on industry specific materials such a binding authority, opinion letter, attestation, Authorised Representative agreement, or distributor agreement.
  • Analysis of and advice on new and/or changing laws and regulations
  • Identify liability exposure and provide solutions to manage and reduce risk to Marsh & Mercer
  • Effective management of outside counsel and review of outside counsel work product.
  • Provide supervision and development to junior team members
  • Liaison between the legal team and rest of the corporate group
  • Assisting in producing reports, manuals, and presentations
  • Other tasks as directed by the manager, Chief Commercial Counsel, Pacific

What you need to have:

  • Pro-active and highly organised
  • Thrive in a high-pressure environment
  • Ability to work autonomously and accurately to meet multiple deadlines
  • Strong attention to detail with a high level of writing and communication skills
  • Ability to draft and edit concisely
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills

What makes you stand out?

  • Experience within a financial services firm as a Legal Counsel

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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