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About the Role
Axiom is seeking skilled corporate lawyers with experience in mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and corporate governance for full-time interim engagements. This role involves supporting clients with due diligence, drafting deal documentation, and negotiating commercial contracts.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal support on M&A transactions, including due diligence, structuring, and drafting/negotiating key transaction documents.
- Draft, review, and negotiate real estate documentation, including leases, sale and purchase agreements, and related property contracts.
- Prepare, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements (e.g. services, supply, vendor, and confidentiality agreements).
- Provide timely, pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders on corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters, managing legal risk appropriately.
- Liaise with and manage external counsel and other advisors as required to support transactions and projects.
Requirements
- 5+ years’ post-qualification experience advising on complex M&A transactions, including legal due diligence, deal structuring, and drafting/negotiating SPAs, shareholder agreements, and ancillary documentation for corporate and institutional clients.
- Strong background in real estate transactions, with a track record of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial leases, sale and purchase agreements, and related property contracts across a range of asset classes.
- Broad commercial contracts expertise, including preparing, reviewing, and negotiating services, supply, vendor, and confidentiality agreements, and providing pragmatic, business-focused advice on associated corporate and regulatory issues.
- Proven ability to partner with internal stakeholders and manage external counsel on cross-functional projects and transactions, balancing legal risk with commercial objectives within fast-paced in-house and/or private practice environments.
Skills
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate transactions
- Corporate governance
- Due diligence
- Drafting deal documentation
- Negotiating commercial contracts
- Legal advice
- Risk management
- External counsel management
Location
- Sydney
- Brisbane
Work Type
- Hybrid in-office schedule
- Remote
- On-site presence
Experience Level
- 5+ years’ post-qualification experience
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, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.
- Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement.
- Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- We are 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 and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.
- Learn more about working at Axiom.
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.
- We offer both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster.
- Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process.
- Axiom respects your privacy.
- Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work.