A regulated trustee, fund administration and family office platform is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to act as senior legal advisor to the family office and its principals, building and leading the legal function that supports private wealth, estate planning, cross-border investment and the commercial affairs of the office and its underlying businesses.
Senior Legal Counsel - Family Office
A regulated trustee, fund administration and family office platform is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to act as senior legal advisor to the family office and its principals, building and leading the legal function that supports private wealth, estate planning, cross-border investment and the commercial affairs of the office and its underlying businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and implement the legal support platform for wealth management, estate planning, and the establishment of overseas/offshore investment vehicles
Advise on complex transactions, mergers and acquisitions, investments and new ventures across the family's interests
Provide commercial counsel on the dealings of the family office and its operating businesses
Oversee and manage litigation and dispute resolution to protect the family's interests
Guide philanthropic strategy,



ensuring legal and tax-effective structures for charitable giving and family foundations
Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, including tax, securities, trust and estate planning law, and AFSL obligations (working alongside the Compliance Manager)
Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks, including conducting risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies and governance
Skills and Experience
Admitted legal practitioner with a current practising certificate
5+ years' post-admission experience, ideally combining private practice and in-house, with exposure to family office, private wealth, funds or M&A;
Demonstrated ability across cross-border structuring, trusts and estate planning, and tax-aware structuring
Experience managing external counsel and litigation; comfort operating as the sole/senior lawyer in a lean team
A trusted, discreet advisor style, commercially sharp and protective of the family's reputation, fluent across wealth, tax, corporate, disputes and philanthropy, with a pragmatic risk lens suited to a global, high-risk group and a track record of building function and process, not just advice.
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📌 Senior Legal Counsel (Melbourne)
🏢 seek.com.au
📍 Melbourne