Description The Opportunity
Join a leading media and entertainment organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.
- Duration: 12 months
- Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
- Location: Sydney
About You
You are a general commercial lawyer with a minimum of 3 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.
Your Experience & Expertise:
- Experience advising on, drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, including technology, software, SaaS, licensing, procurement, services, outsourcing and digital platform arrangements
- Experience providing practical legal advice on data privacy, data governance and information management matters, including compliance with the Privacy Act, data sharing, data breaches and consent frameworks
- Confident advising on advertising, marketing and promotional activities, including regulatory requirements relating to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), gambling, alcohol, consumer law and industry codes of practice
- Experience conducting legal risk assessments and providing strategic, commercially focused advice on regulatory, privacy and technology-related matters
- Confident collaborating with business stakeholders, risk, compliance, marketing, technology and product teams to deliver pragmatic legal solutions aligned to business objectives
Attributes
- Pragmatic and solutions-focused approach to complex legal and regulatory issues
- Highly developed communication skills, including the ability to explain technical legal concepts in a clear and practical manner.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across diverse business functions
- Collaborative team player with a customer-focused mindset and a commitment to delivering high-quality legal support
Requirements
- Current Australian practising certificate
- Right to live and work in Australia
About Reach
Reach is the adaptable legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.
Why join Reach?
Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.
Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:
- Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
- A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
- The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.
Interested?
Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Fiona Craig, our Senior Talent Manager, at
[email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.
📌 Reach Legal Consultant | General Commercial Lawyer | Sydney
🏢 Ashurst Perkins Coie
📍 Sydney