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What You Will Be Doing

- Bring your strong technical legal expertise and passion for corporate governance to a leading in‑house team working at the centre of listed company regulation and governance
- Work across ASX’s Legal and Company Secretarial teams to deliver high-quality legal analysis and leading-edge governance practices
- Use your strong communication, collaboration and organisational skills to help ASX deliver high-quality Board meetings, papers and other services
- Work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams and interact directly with Boards and Senior Management on ASX’s Board and other governance processes
- Engage with regulatory agencies and produce high-quality communications and submissions to drive regulatory outcomes
- Share your knowledge, skills and experience to lift capabilities across the legal team and the broader business
- Continue to develop as a lawyer in an engaging and challenging environment while building your company secretarial and governance skill set
- Develop peer external and internal contacts

Achievement of strong legal and governance outcomes

- Building a strong and diverse corporate governance practice in ASX’s Legal team, including continuous disclosure and other Listing Rules issues, directors’ duties, conflicts management, executive accountability and remuneration issues and other related areas
- Ensuring strong processes are in place and operating effectively to ensure full compliance by ASX with its listing rule and statutory obligations
- Supporting the Company Secretary to service ASX’s Boards and Committees capably and proactively, including meetings, workshops, director education programmes, and related documentation and communications
- Providing legal advice to, and in relation to, ASX’s Boards and Committees




- Providing Company Secretarial support to committees, from agenda planning to minute taking and everything in between
- Working effectively with all business functions on Board papers and presentations and other collaborative processes
- Timely and effective regulatory reporting and engagement across the range of ASX’s statutory obligations and other requirements

Collaborating with colleagues and effective stakeholder engagement

- Collaborating with internal colleagues to improve and maintain the quality of Board papers and other materials
- Reviewing Board and committee papers to support executives and management in providing high quality material for directors
- Developing and providing training on preparing board papers
- Helping to ensure strong communication between management and Boards to support a “no surprises” approach
- Liaising with investors, regulators, professional and industry bodies and others to support on‑going constructive two‑way relationships
- Developing corporate governance skills and resources and bringing new ideas and experiences to ASX’s Legal and Company Secretarial teams

What You Will Bring

Must have

- Trained in a leading law firm and built your skills and reputation in a challenging private practice and/or in‑house role
- Practised in company law, corporate governance, M&A; or equivalent, developing a thorough knowledge of the Corporations Act and a positive practical understanding of corporate governance and the ASX Listing Rules




- 5 or more years of post‑qualification experience with a proven ability to work independently
- Strong academic and skilled qualifications
- Won the respect and recognition of your peers for integrity and legal excellence
- Confidence and capability to work independently, with the judgement to communicate and escalated where needed
- Strong ethics and ability to establish a high level of trust
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with directors, senior management and staff members
- Ability to develop strong internal and external networks
- Attention to detail and factual accuracy
- Understanding and enjoyment of the contribution and potential of the role
- Personal commitment to growth
- A “team player” attitude: prepared to pitch in to help others and share your knowledge and experience
- A collaborative and collegiate style, and strong presentational and influencing skills

Nice to have

- Experience in (or advising) regulated Australian listed companies with a strong reputation for governance and compliance
- A demonstrated commitment to best practice corporate governance through education, industry involvement or otherwise
- Experience in financial services or another highly‑regulated industry
- Dealing with regulators in Australia or overseas

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on‑boarding process. If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know at .

At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Successful candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.

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📌 Deputy Company Secretary & Senior Legal Counsel (City of Sydney)
🏢 ASX
📍 City of Sydney