Your Opportunity CSL (a top ASX company) is a global biotechnology company with a dynamic portfolio of lifesaving medicines, including those that treat haemophilia, immune deficiencies, iron deficiencies, kidney diseases and vaccines to prevent influenza. A position is available as a Senior Counsel, APAC Employment Law. Working across the Asia Pacific region with a focus on Australia, while also supporting 8 other countries including China and Japan, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive advice on all aspects of employment and industrial relations law. You will support and collaborate with partners across Human Resources (HR) (Business Partners, Employee Relations, Industrial Relations, Payroll, Talent, Compensation, Total Rewards and Global Mobility), Environmental Health and Safety, Enterprise Risk, Ethics & Compliance, and business professionals across the regional CSL business units.

You will provide succinct and direct employment law advice that is strategic, business-focussed, risk-conscious, compliant and actionable. Be a subject matter expert and provide direct legal guidance on all Australian employment law matters including employment disputes, restructures, investigations, terminations and compliance matters. Work with Industrial Relations to provide advice in relation to enterprise agreement strategy and negotiations, union consultation and collective disputes. Manage and assess employment law items across APAC, utilising local internal legal support where available. Oversee outside counsel, and represent company where appropriate, in litigation and agency matters.





Responsibilities

Reporting to the Global Head, Labour & Employment Law.

Qualifications and Experience

- LLB or JD from an Australian university
- Admission to practise in Victoria, Australia
- Demonstrated experience in Australian Employment law matters, in-house experience desirable
- Experience in conducting or overseeing complex employment related items and working effectively within a matrixed organisational structure

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 2nd October 2026

About CSL

CSL Behring CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients' needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives. CSL Behring operates one of the world's largest plasma collection networks,



CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries. To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

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📌 Senior Counsel, APAC Employment Law (Melbourne)
🏢 Csl Plasma
📍 Melbourne