Legal Counsel APAC

3 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia Weir Full time

Legal Counsel - LATAM
The Weir Group
Sydney or Brisbane
Hybrid

Purpose of Role: Legal Counsel (APAC) is responsible for assisting the Group General Counsel APAC (Sydney based) to analyse, develop, and manage legal operations across Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region. You will assist Group General Counsel APAC to identify, advise on, and manage strategic or other material legal risks (including in particular major transactions and disputes), and to lead commercial support to Weir’s Minerals and ESCO APAC operations for customer sales and other commercial contract matters.

This role supports Weir Group and each Weir Division and is responsible for providing practical and robust legal advice and commercial contract support and managing changes to legal operations across the region.

Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong : Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and provide commercial contract support to the Weir businesses Asia Pacific operations for customer sales and other commercial contract matters. Assist the Group General Counsel to develop, implement, and manage improved legal operations for Weir’s Minerals and ESCO APAC businesses. Assist the Group General Counsel APAC with a broad range of matters across the region including strategic or other material legal, governance, transactional, litigation (dispute) and commercial matters. Develop close working relationships with Weir businesses and business leaders in Asia Pacific and in other regions to provide timely, commercially-orientated and sound legal advice, and enable business to build and grow legal maturity and acumen. Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviours in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications: Legal and / or commercial contract experience gained in a well-regarded law firm, in-house, or in business context either or as lawyer or as non-lawyer / contract manager or advisor. Experience working for a major international company or acting on behalf of such companies within a top-tier law firm, in-house, or other business context. Experience working with commercial contracts or managing commercial contract support not required, but highly desirable. Tertiary educated to degree level in Law preferrable.

Work Environment:

International and domestic travel may be required (subject to COVID restrictions).
Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our and .

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