Senior Lawyer Director - Corporate

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Senior Lawyer, Director – Corporate

Department:              

Corporate & Commercial

POSITION SUMMARY

As a senior lawyer specialist in Corporate, this role sits within the Corporate & Commercial Group (C&CG) and will assist Senior Lawyer and Group leader Chris Clarke in leading the Corporate team, which provides advice and transactional services predominantly in connection with mergers and acquisition and capital markets, both in the public and private spheres.

The role of the senior lawyer is to provide specialist Corporate advice and services to clients in conjunction with senior lawyers in the C&CG  as well as to assist in management of the Corporate team, including business development, supervision and management of team members and practice administration.

Main Responsibilities

Carrying out high quality legal work including:

Day to day carriage of a broad range of Corporate matters, primarily:

Mergers and acquisitions (public and private)

Public capital markets (IPOs and secondary raisings, both for issuers and lead managers)

Private investments / capital raising (both for issuers and investors)

Organisational restructures

Shareholder activism

General corporate (including directors’ duties, corporate governance, listed company compliance, etc.)

Working with Commercial team to ensure delivery of commercial aspects of Corporate matters

Mentoring and supervising lawyers and legal support staff in the C&CG

Assisting the other Senior Lawyers with attracting and securing legal work for the C&CG

Assisting with the day to day legal administration of the C&CG

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Corporate intermediaries / referrers

Clients

Lawyers and legal support staff

Business support managers

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

High attention to detail and matter management skills

Able to analyse and solve complex legal problems and commercial issues

Well-developed analytical, research and communication skills contributing to the delivery of prompt, high quality work

Supports and actively develops strategic client/referrer relationships and networks

Initiates business development activities with clients and obtains further work directly from clients

Able to lead, mentor and coach staff through provision of constructive feedback and ensuring their effective utilisation in the group

Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff across all channels

Strong commitment to client service; develops and manages client relationships and updates clients regarding changes to their matter in a proactive manner

Shares information and contributes to the dissemination of knowledge across the team

Contributes to internal processes and Watson Mangioni events (e.g. CPD activities, business development initiatives and staff functions)

Operates autonomously and works well under pressure, effectively prioritising workload.

Substantial knowledge in areas of expertise

Maintains a high level of understanding of the Watson Mangioni systems and procedures.

Monitors Debtors and assists in collections

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

As a Senior lawyer must:

Have at least 10 years post qualification experience (15 preferred)

Be able to deal autonomously with clients and other legal practitioners

Have recognised expertise in his/her specialised areas of practice

Be entitled to obtain a practising certificate authorising him/her to engage in legal practice as a principal

Be knowledgeable in Corporations Act, Listing Rules, Takeovers Panel Guidance, and other relevant areas

Have proven team management skills

Have exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Have existing strong relationships with Corporate intermediaries / referrers

Have a portable practice, preferably with a significant weighting to public capital markets work or public mergers and acquisitions.

Company info

Watson Mangioni.
Phone : 61 2 9262 6666
Fax : 61 2 9262 2626
Website : https://www.wmlaw.com.au