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About the Role
Join the high-performing and collaborative in-house legal team at Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, you’ll provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice that enables the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives while protecting its reputation, assets and brands. This is a broad and influential role where you’ll partner with stakeholders across the organisation and advise on commercial agreements, privacy, consumer law, intellectual property, governance, regulatory compliance, litigation, digital initiatives and technology matters.
Responsibilities
- Provide clear, practical legal advice on complex commercial, regulatory and governance matters
- Draft, review and negotiate complex agreements and support strategic initiatives across Australia, New Zealand and other key markets
- Identify and manage legal risk while enabling innovation, growth and informed commercial decision-making
- Advise on privacy, consumer law, intellectual property, governance, litigation, digital and technology initiatives, and professional standards
- Build trusted stakeholder relationships and influence outcomes across a diverse and complex organisation
- Support the management of external counsel and support the efficient delivery of high-quality legal services
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and provide strategic insights to the organisation
- Improve how legal support is delivered through innovation, technology, knowledge sharing and process improvement
Requirements
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience gained within a leading corporate or commercial law firm and/or a comparable in-house role
- A law degree, LLB or JD, and admission as a solicitor in NSW with a current Practising Certificate, ideally without a supervision condition
- Strong corporate and commercial law expertise, including contract drafting, negotiation, governance and regulatory compliance
- Experience with cross-border privacy compliance, including GDPR, Corporations Act matters and broader regulatory issues
- An understanding of the Australian and New Zealand regulatory landscape
- Strong commercial judgement and the ability to balance legal risk with organisational objectives
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills
- The ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment
- A proactive and adaptable approach, with a commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing
Skills
- Commercial advice
- Pragmatic advice
- Commercially focused advice
- Strategic objectives
- Reputation protection
- Asset protection
- Brand protection
- Commercial agreements
- Privacy law
- Consumer law
- Intellectual property
- Governance
- Regulatory compliance
- Litigation
- Digital initiatives
- Technology matters
- Contract drafting
- Contract negotiation
- Legal risk management
- Innovation
- Growth enablement
- Commercial decision-making
- Professional standards
- Stakeholder relationship building
- Influencing outcomes
- External counsel management
- Legal service delivery
- Legislative monitoring
- Regulatory development monitoring
- Strategic insights
- Process improvement
- Knowledge sharing
- Solutions-focused
- Cross-border privacy compliance
- GDPR
- Corporations Act
- Regulatory issues
- Australian regulatory landscape
- New Zealand regulatory landscape
- Commercial judgement
- Stakeholder management
- Communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Autonomous work
- Priority management
- Collaboration
- Adaptable approach
- Continuous learning
Location
- Australia
- New Zealand
Work Type
- Hybrid work model
Experience Level
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience
Education Level
- Law degree
- LLB
- JD
- Admission as a solicitor in NSW with a current Practising Certificate
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Parental leave
- Carer support
- Opportunities to grow career through learning and development pathways
About the Company
- Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) represent more than 140,000 financial professionals, supporting them to make a difference in the communities in which they work and live.
- We are committed to advancing the profession through high ethical standards, delivering world class services and education, and advocating for the public good.
- Guided by our purpose and values, we aspire to be a magnet for diverse talent, equip our members for success, and lead the way in sustainability, innovation, and trust in business and finance.
Equal Opportunity
- CA ANZ welcomes applications from people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a disability, and people who are diverse in gender and sexuality.