Lawyer Corporate amp Commercial

Profile

Title:   

                       Lawyer – Corporate & Commercial

Department:            

Corporate & Commercial

POSITION SUMMARY

A specialist Commercial and Corporate Lawyer (4-6 years PAE), this role sits within the Corporate & Commercial Group (C&CG). The role will work with the lawyers in the C&CG, to provide advice and transactional services in connection with all types of corporate and commercial transactions. The key attributes that the candidate must have include being a team player, attention to detail and a willingness to take on a broad cross section of corporate & commercial work.

Main Responsibilities

Carrying out high quality legal work including:

Corporate (30-40%)

Business and share sale transactions – mainly unregulated private treaty transactions and insolvent company asset sale transactions

Transaction due diligence

Corporate restructure transactions

Preparing and advising on shareholders agreements and other co-venturing arrangements

Corporate compliance/company secretarial

Commercial (60-70%)

Review and preparation of a broad range of commercial agreements including:

All kinds of service agreements

Licence agreements

Distribution, manufacturing and supply agreements

Terms and conditions of trade

Personal Properties Securities Act advice

Privacy law advice

Intellectual property advice, including in relation to the protection of intellectual property (e.g. registration of trade marks)

Review and preparation of security documents, general security deeds, deeds of guarantee, loan agreements

Business structuring and restructuring – including for the establishment of new businesses, preparation of trusts (discretionary and unit), preparing shareholders and unitholders agreements

Minor dispute resolution

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Clients

Senior lawyers

Lawyers and legal support staff

Business support managers

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

High attention to detail

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

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

Strong commitment to client service

As the lawyer progresses, to initiate business development activities with clients and obtain further work directly from clients

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)

Works well under pressure, effectively prioritises workload

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

Company info

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