What’s in it for you?

- Broad in-house role across contracts, compliance, risk and disputes.
- Work directly with senior executives and key business stakeholders.
- Hybrid workplace 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

About your recent employer:

- Our client is a leading Australian retail and eCommerce business operating in a fact-paced, highly commercial environment.
- The business is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel who can provide pragmatic legal advice while balancing commercial objectives with regulatory and legal risk.
- Reporting to the CFO, you will work closely with the Head of Risk and Company Secretary and have exposure to the Executive and Board.

About the role:

- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating technology, logistics, supplier, partnership, NDA and product agreements.
- Providing commercially focused advice to internal stakeholders on contractual negotiations and legal risk.
- Advising on Australian Consumer Law, including pricing, promotions, misleading and deceptive conduct and product quality.
- Advising on privacy, data protection, intellectual property and product liability
- Supporting compliance with the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules.
- Developing and maintaining internal legal and risk policies.
- Supporting disputes, mediation, arbitration and litigation, including regulatory requests, subpoenas and letters of demand.
- Managing external law firms and ensuring advice is commercially appropriate and cost-effective.

The ideal candidate:

- Australian-admitted lawyer with 5 years’+ PQE,



gained within an in-house corporate legal environment or commercial law firm.
- Strong commercial contracting experience.
- Comfortable advising senior stakeholders in a practical and solutions-focused way.
- Experience within retail or eCommerce, particularly involving Australian Consumer Law, privacy and data, IP or product liability, will be highly regarded but is not essential.

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.
Why work with us?

- We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
- You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
- We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
- Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year. Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector.

Contact Bart today!
Please quote reference number BT/ 58821.

- Call or text: 04•• ••• 178
- Email: ••••@naimanclarke.com.au
- LinkedIn message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-thevenot/
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Alternatively, click apply and email your resume (in Word version only) and academic transcript.
To view all our current roles, you can go to: - https://www.naimanclarke.com.au/jobs

📌 Senior Legal Counsel: FMCG (Sydney)
🏢 Naiman Clarke
📍 Sydney