Description The Opportunity Join a leading financial services organisation in a role that will strengthen your portfolio legal career with a highly respected business.

- Duration: 6-12 months
- Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
- Location: Melbourne

About You You are a seasoned regulatory/compliance lawyer with a minimum of 8 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations. Your Experience & Expertise:

- Experience as a financial services compliance/regulatory lawyer, ideally gained in private practice, in-house, or within a financial services organisation
- Demonstrated experience advising on compliance obligations in a financial services environment
- Ability to identify, interpret and apply legal and regulatory obligations relevant to financial services businesses
- Strong knowledge of the Corporations Act, particularly as it relates to financial services, corporate conduct, disclosure, governance and compliance obligations
- Experience documenting compliance frameworks, policies, procedures, controls and obligation registers
- Ability to implement compliance frameworks in a practical business setting, including working with operational teams to embed legal and regulatory requirements
- Experience advising internal stakeholders on regulatory risk, compliance breaches, remediation issues and governance processes

Your Skills & Attributes:

- Strong analytical skills and the ability to assess complex legal and regulatory issues quickly
- Commercial judgement and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives




- Proactive and solutions-focused approach to legal and compliance issues
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
- Adaptability and confidence operating in a fast-moving financial services environment

Requirements:

- Current Australian practising certificate
- Right to live and work in Australia

About Reach Reach is the flexible 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 Adam Saunders, our Talent Solutions Advisor, at [email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Reach Legal Consultant | Banking & Finance – Compliance/Regulatory Lawyer | Melbourne
🏢 Ashurst Perkins Coie
📍 Melbourne