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Our client, an established and growing financial services platform, is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to help lead their Australian legal function during an exciting phase of expansion.
About the role:
As the senior-most legal resource in Australia, you will:
* Support strategic priorities with proactive, commercial legal advice
* Lead on Australian financial regulatory matters
* Advise on new financial products and business lines
* Draft, negotiate and manage commercial contracts and partnerships
* Support board governance and company secretarial responsibilities
* Collaborate closely with risk, compliance, product, operations and marketing teams
About you:
You are a senior in-house lawyer (approx. 10+ PQE) with:
* Deep experience in financial services, corporate and commercial law, together with company secretarial/governance
* Exposure to online trading, investment platforms, crypto or similar
* Direct experience interacting with the regulators
* Strong commercial judgment, able to confidently triage risk
* Warm, proactive and collaborative style — comfortable working autonomously but also building strong cross-team relationships
* Ideally, you will have current in-house experience within a fintech/startup growth environment
Why this opportunity?
* Join a rapidly scaling, ethical fintech with exciting growth plans
* Drive strategic projects and new market initiatives
* Exposure to innovative products, partnerships and regulatory work
* Be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture
* Flexible work, great benefits, and meaningful work
Interested? We would love to hear from you. Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion to
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Legal and Finance
* Industries
Financial Services, Investment Management, and Investment Banking
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