Total 2 Legal / Public / Security job vacancies in Northern Sydney Region

Hassell, a leading global design practice, is looking for a Legal Counsel to join our team and provide expert legal support across the Hassell group. Working closely with our Company Secretary / General Counsel, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to broaden your experience across a diverse range of legal, commercial and project-related matters within a collaborative and supportive environment.

This opportunity will suit a lawyer with 4+ years’ post-admission experience, ideally gained at a well-regarded Australian law firm, and with exposure to clients in the construction, consultancy or built environment sectors.

About the role

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will support the business on a wide range of matters, with a strong focus on drafting, reviewing and negotiating key agreements, including:

• consultancy and sub-consultancy agreements
• confidentiality agreements and NDAs
• project contracts and service agreements
• deeds of novation
• certificates
• joint venture agreements
• premises lease agreements
• supplier agreements

You will also:

• Support and mentor a team member
• provide legal research and advice on a range of issues across Australian and international operations
• identify and report legal risks in a timely and practical way
• maintain records of material agreements
• advise on legal developments and their impact on the business
• support project teams with legal advice on claims, disputes and debt recovery
• assist with a variety of broader legal and commercial matters as required

Responsibilities (how we will measure success)

• This is a part-time role (three (3) days/week).
• Apply legal skills to take responsibility for managing the legal work and legal risks across the business.
• Work closely with senior management and business teams and support them by providing timely, sound and practical legal advice.  
• Work as a key member of the AMAL business in Australia and New Zealand while collaborating with members of the global legal team at group level and in other business regions (US; UK, Ireland & Crown Dependencies; Continental Europe).
• Work closely with the wider group legal team to collaborate on global initiatives and share best practice
• Report to Senior Legal Counsel, APAC with secondary reporting to Amal Managing Director.

Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis)

• Review, negotiate and draft commercial contracts, including fund or loan administration agreement, trust services agreement, employment agreement.
• Identify, monitor, research and resolve issues relating to commercial contracts and liaising with internal stakeholders, clients and law firms.
• Monitor and handle potential legal disputes.
• Handle corporate secretarial and governance matters, including preparing Board papers and coordinating Board meetings.
• Handle legal integration of AMAL with IQ EQ, including developing agreement templates, data privacy, legal policies, inter-company outsourcing and vendor engagement.
• Under the direction of the Company Secretary, provide support to the Company Secretary in the discharge of statutory, regulatory and corporate governance obligations, such as provide legal advice on corporate, regulatory and governance matters; assist with the preparation and review of board and committee papers, resolutions and minutes; support compliance with applicable laws, regulations and governance standards; and liaise with external advisers and regulators as required.
• Set up legal team’s structure and processes, such as filings, database.

Key competencies for position and level (see Group Competency model)

• Possess relevant legal skills and experience
• Plans, aligns and being productive
• Being resilient
• Manages conflict
• Communicates effectively
• Builds effective teams
• Ensures accountability
• Optimises work processes
• Manages complexity

Key behaviours we expect to see

• Accuracy
• Approachability
• Team working
• Attention to detail
• Collaboration
• Relationship building
• Proactivity