Strong salary packaging with bonuses and a great team environment.
M&A; / Corporate Lawyer – Looking for Something Different?
Genuinely adaptable working arrangements
Are you anM&A; or Corporate Lawyerwho 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?
I am working exclusively with aleading consulting and qualified services organisationthat is looking to appoint an M&A; / Corporate Lawyer to its growing legal team.
This is a genuinely different opportunity.
You will continue working onhigh-quality, sophisticated corporate and M&A; transactions, but within a broader commercial and consulting environment rather than a traditional law firm.
The senior lawyers within the team have strongtop-tier private practice backgroundsand 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 amore sustainable approach to hours, flexibility and work-life balance.
The Opportunity
The team advises on a broad range ofmid-market and larger corporate and M&A; transactions, including Australian and international matters.
Your work may include:
Mergers and acquisitions, including buy-side and sell-side transactions
Private equity and founder-led transactions
Drafting and negotiating transaction documents
Due diligence and transaction management
Corporate restructures and reorganisations
General corporate and commercial advisory
Fund formation




Financial services licensing and advisory
Private client and family trust matters
You certainly don't need experience across all of these areas.
For someone coming from a traditional Corporate/M&A; practice, one of the attractions is the opportunity tobroaden your technical and commercial skill setwhile continuing to work on sophisticated transactional matters.
One of the biggest differences is the environment in which you will be working.
As part of a major consulting organisation, you will have the opportunity to work alongside specialists acrossdeals, tax, finance and other commercial disciplines.
Rather than seeing a transaction purely through a legal lens, you gain greater exposure to thecommercial drivers behind the deal, how businesses make decisions and how different professional disciplines come together to advise clients.
You will also have access to thetechnology, AI capabilities and national resourcesof a significant international organisation.
It offers an interesting middle ground betweenprivate 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.
Culture & Work-Life Balance




This is not simply a role advertising "flexibility" while expecting traditional private practice hours.
The team has deliberately created alow-ego, collaborative and down-to-earth culturewhere quality of work and outcomes are valued over simply maximising billable hours.
There is genuine flexibility, people are encouraged to be themselves, and family commitments and life outside work are respected.
For the right lawyer, this provides the opportunity to maintain ahigh-quality corporate legal career without sacrificing everything outside of it.
About You
Ideally, you will have approximately2–5 years' PAE, although there is flexibility for the right person.
You may currently be working within:
A top-tier, mid-tier or highly regarded boutique Corporate/M&A; practice
A broader corporate or commercial transactional team
An in-house legal position where you have retained strong corporate or transactional experience
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.
Strong technical foundations are important, but equally important arecommerciality, curiosity, personality and the desire to develop beyond a traditional legal practice.
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 aconfidential discussionabout the opportunity.
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