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About the Role

Axiom Law seeks accomplished Banking, Finance & Derivatives Lawyers to partner with leading clients in the financial services sector. You will advise on complex financing and financial markets matters, including lending, derivatives, and regulatory requirements, working on sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on a broad range of banking, finance, treasury, and derivatives matters, delivering commercially focused legal guidance across lending, structured finance, cross-border transactions, financial markets, and risk management activities.
• Prepare, review, negotiate, and manage complex financing and trading documentation, including loan agreements, security arrangements, ISDA documentation, collateral agreements, guarantees, and other transaction documents.
• Lead and support negotiations with financial institutions, corporate borrowers, lenders, investors, and counterparties to facilitate financing transactions, derivatives arrangements, and strategic commercial outcomes.
• Provide legal and regulatory advice on issues affecting banking, lending, treasury, and derivatives businesses, ensuring compliance while balancing commercial objectives and legal risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders—including legal, treasury, finance, risk, compliance, trading, operations, and external advisers—to support transaction execution, regulatory initiatives, and business-critical projects.
• Assess legal, regulatory, and commercial risks across complex transactions, offering practical, solutions-oriented advice to enable timely decision-making in dynamic financial services environments.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Australia with substantial experience in banking and finance, derivatives, financial markets, or a combination of these practice areas.
• Proven experience advising on complex financing and financial markets matters, including lending, structured and acquisition finance, treasury, cross-border transactions, OTC derivatives, ISDA documentation, and related financial products.
• Strong technical drafting and negotiation skills, with experience preparing and negotiating a broad range of finance and trading documentation, including loan agreements, LMA documentation, security and collateral arrangements, guarantees, and ISDA documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to advise financial institutions, investment firms, corporates, and other market participants while delivering commercially focused legal solutions, supported by excellent stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills.

Skills

• Banking
• Finance
• Derivatives
• Financial Markets
• Lending
• Structured Finance
• Cross-border Transactions
• Treasury
• Liquidity Management
• OTC Derivatives
• ISDA Documentation
• Financial Regulatory Requirements
• Drafting
• Negotiation
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication
• Analytical Skills

Location

• Remote
• On-site (client dependent)

Work Type

• Remote
• Consultant
• Employee

Experience Level

• Substantial experience

Education Level

• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Australia

Salary/Compensations

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Pension
• Professional development resources
• Learning and development programs

About the Company

• Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent, covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC.
• Axiom enables legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alternative legal services.
• Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement.
• Axiom is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.
• Axiom offers both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster.

Equal Opportunity

• Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.
• Axiom is proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year.
• Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified.