Job Description

Strong salary packaging with bonuses and a great team environment.

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M&A; / Corporate Lawyer – Looking for Something Different?

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Genuinely flexible working arrangements

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Are you an M&A; or Corporate Lawyer who enjoys sophisticated transactional work but is starting to question whether the traditional law firm model is where you want to build your long-term career?

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I am working exclusively with a leading consulting and professional services organisation that is looking to appoint an M&A; / Corporate Lawyer to its growing legal team.

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This is a genuinely different opportunity.

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You will continue working on high-quality, sophisticated corporate and M&A; transactions, but within a broader commercial and consulting environment rather than a traditional law firm.

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The senior lawyers within the team have strong top-tier private practice backgrounds and understand both the quality of work ambitious corporate lawyers want and the pressures that often come with private practice. They have built a practice that retains the technical quality, interesting clients and complex transactions while offering a more sustainable approach to hours, flexibility and work-life balance.

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The Opportunity

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The team advises on a broad range of mid-market and larger corporate and M&A; transactions, including Australian and international matters.

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Your work may include:

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Mergers and acquisitions, including buy-side and sell-side transactions

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Private equity and founder-led transactions

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Drafting and negotiating transaction documents

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Due diligence and transaction management

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Corporate restructures and reorganisations

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General corporate and commercial advisory

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Fund formation

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Financial services licensing and advisory

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Private client and family trust matters

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You certainly don't need experience across all of these areas.

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For someone coming from a traditional Corporate/M&A; practice, one of the attractions is the opportunity to broaden your technical and commercial skill set while continuing to work on sophisticated transactional matters.

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One of the biggest differences is the environment in which you will be working.

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As part of a major consulting organisation, you will have the opportunity to work alongside specialists across deals, tax, finance and other commercial disciplines.

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Rather than seeing a transaction purely through a legal lens, you gain greater exposure to the commercial drivers behind the deal, how businesses make decisions and how different professional disciplines come together to advise clients.

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You will also have access to the technology, AI capabilities and national resources of a significant international organisation.

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It offers an engaging middle ground between private practice and in-house – sophisticated and varied client work, excellent senior lawyers to learn from and genuine career progression, but with broader commercial exposure and a different way of working.

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Culture & Work-Life Balance

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This is not simply a role advertising "flexibility" while expecting traditional private practice hours.

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The team has deliberately created a low-ego, collaborative and down-to-earth culture where quality of work and outcomes are valued over simply maximising billable hours.

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There is genuine flexibility, people are encouraged to be themselves, and family commitments and life outside work are respected.

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For the right lawyer, this provides the opportunity to maintain a high-quality corporate legal career without sacrificing everything outside of it.

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About You

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Ideally, you will have approximately 2–5 years' PAE, although there is flexibility for the right person.

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You may currently be working within:

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A top-tier, mid-tier or highly regarded boutique Corporate/M&A; practice

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A broader corporate or commercial transactional team

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An in-house legal position where you have retained strong corporate or transactional experience

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Your background may include M&A; transactions, acquisitions and disposals, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, due diligence, restructures, corporate advisory and direct interaction with clients and senior stakeholders.

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Strong technical foundations are important, but equally important are commerciality, curiosity, personality and the desire to develop beyond a traditional legal practice.

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If you enjoy M&A; and corporate work but are curious about what your career could look like outside the traditional law firm model, I would be very happy to have a confidential discussion about the opportunity.

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