Flexible Commercial Contracting Opportunities
Are you a skilled in-house lawyer with strong commercial contracting experience? We're looking for lawyers who are happy to be doers, confident in being on the tools, and able to understand and adapt to the needs of a business.
* Commercial Contracting Lawyers - Flexible Consulting Opportunities
We partner with clients from large corporates to medium and smaller enterprises who rely on us to step into essential interim roles and deliver high-impact work in the commercial contracting space.
Requirements
Senior stakeholder management skills and ability to hit the ground running, work autonomously and prioritise. You must have excellent legal experience and hold or be able to obtain a current practising certificate. Being comfortable providing legal advice relating to competition and consumer law, privacy, product safety, quality and labelling is an advantage for some roles.
* General commercial contracting experience is essential
* 4+ years' experience
* Exposure to a wide range of industries including financial services, FMCG, energy and resources, government and public sector, construction and infrastructure, education, hotels, leisure and gaming, mining, TMT and transport
* Relevant experience might include drafting and negotiating commercial contracts with suppliers and service providers, in areas such as property, technology, privacy and data, intellectual property, credit, and financing
* M&A experience can be helpful, particularly involvement in the integration of new companies/businesses into existing corporate structures, as well as joint venture experience
* Procurement experience is highly sought after
* Being comfortable providing legal advice relating to competition and consumer law, privacy, product safety, quality and labelling is an advantage for some roles
* For some roles experience in disputes and Investigations eg. litigation, disputes, insolvency/debt recovery, regulatory investigations can also be of use, as well knowledge of employment law
* Ability to work autonomously and prioritise
* Senior stakeholder management skills
* Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to interface at all levels, building strong relationships externally and internally
* Strong commercial and business acumen
* An excellent client service focus, ethic and commitment
* The right to live and work in Australia (and be based here)
Benefits
Top-tier support, flexible career options, personalised service, opportunities to work with a variety of world-class clients on challenging, interesting and career enhancing matters, access to an Ashurst partner where appropriate, Ashurst's knowledge resources, invitations to events and training programs, client newsletters and seminars.
* Flexible career options
* Personalised service
* Top-tier support
* Opportunities to work with a variety of world-class clients on challenging, interesting and career enhancing matters
* Access to an Ashurst partner where appropriate
* Ashurst's knowledge resources
* Invitations to events and training programs
* Client newsletters and seminars
There are several benefits of working as a consultant with Ashurst Reach.
Key qualifications include 4+ years' experience, general commercial contracting experience, exposure to a wide range of industries, relevant experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, M&A experience, procurement experience, being comfortable providing legal advice, experience in disputes and Investigations, ability to work autonomously and prioritise, senior stakeholder management skills, strong verbal and written communication skills, strong commercial and business acumen, excellent client service focus, ethic and commitment, the right to live and work in Australia, and more.
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