Description The Opportunity

Join a leading electricity organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.

- Duration: 3 months
- Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
- Location: Brisbane

About You You are an experienced corporate and 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:

- Demonstrated experience providing legal support across a broad range of commercial, corporate and contractual matters within an in-house or private practice environment
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, including procurement, supply, services, technology, operations and project-related contracts
- Proven ability to provide practical and commercially focused legal advice to business stakeholders on day-to-day operational and strategic matters
- Strong understanding of corporate governance, risk management, compliance and regulatory obligations applicable to large organisations
- Experience identifying and mitigating legal, commercial and operational risks while enabling business objectives and project outcomes
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience partnering closely with executives, project teams and operational stakeholders
- Experience preparing clear and concise legal advice, reports, contract documentation and decision-making materials
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to balance legal risk against business and operational considerations
- Experience within the energy, infrastructure, utilities or resources sectors would be advantageous but not essential

Attributes

- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to provide practical, solutions-focused legal advice
- Robust analytical and problem-solving skills with sound professional judgement




- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build trusted relationships across diverse business functions
- Pragmatic and outcome-focused, with a commitment to supporting business objectives while managing legal risk
- Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to support a wide variety of legal, contractual and regulatory matters as business needs evolve
- Committed to delivering high-quality legal support and exceptional client service in a fast-paced in-house 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 Fiona Craig, our Senior Talent Manager, at [email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Reach Legal Consultant | Corporate and Commercial Lawyer | Brisbane
🏢 Ashurst Perkins Coie
📍 Brisbane