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Financial Services lawyers

At Reach we have seen consistent demand from Ashurst Perkins Coie clients seeking Financial Services lawyers in Sydney. If you are a Financial Services lawyer with any of the following skills and you are a seasoned consultant/contract lawyer looking for a fresh approach, or a lawyer thinking of taking the leap to flex-working, get in touch with our Talent Solutions Advisor, Adam Saunders, to find out more.

Your Experience and Expertise

- Experience triaging incidents, non-compliance events, regulatory breaches and privacy breaches within a regulated environment
- You are an experienced banking and finance/financial services lawyer
- You have a strong awareness of the legal and regulatory environment affecting corporate lending, insolvency and restructuring and able to provide advice on insolvency and regulatory matters
- You have demonstrated transactional experience including complex finance structures and asset classes, secondary debt trading and insolvency processes and implementation of restructuring and insolvency structures
- You have sound judgment that will enable you to appropriately balance legal, commercial and customer considerations
- You have experience providing advice and support on transactions for clients in Consumer and Industrial, Financial Institutions, Government, Trade, Funds Finance and Acquisition industry groups
- You have sound judgment that will enable you to appropriately balance legal, commercial and customer considerations
- You have specialist experience in derivatives and ISDA documentation, particularly with proficiency in negotiating ISDA Master Agreements
- You are comfortable being involved in derivative negotiations and transaction work including the preparation, review and negotiation of transaction agreements and trading documents
- You are comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing a steady flow of documentation work across a variety of derivative products




- You have experience in retail migrations and have the ability to advise on bespoke migration journeys for retail and business customers
- You are familiar with the Corporations Act, Design & Distribution Obligations, ASIC Act, Banking Code of Practice, Privacy Act, ePayments Code
- You have the ability to advise on customer communications, for compliance with misleading and deceptive obligations and consistency with T&Cs; and systems and processes, including reviewing app screens, marketing campaigns, customer communications advising of variations to contracts and FAQ's to support customers through the migration
- You have the ability to advise on the build of new products and application and internet functionality required for migrated customers to use, including drafting T&Cs; changes, advising on the build's compliance with regulatory obligations and advising on Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO) compliance
- You have the ability to advise on possible warranty and indemnity claims
- You have the ability to advise on the TSA, including advising on change requests and variations
- You have a demonstrated understanding of finance documentation and concepts in the domestic and international markets
- You have experience advising on the implementation of insolvency or restructuring processes
- You are able to identify and manage regulatory and commercial risks
- You have experience drafting and negotiating various finance documents
- You have a robust grasp of relevant laws

Attributes

- Able to hit the ground running and quickly become an effective contributor within a high-performing legal team




- Strong commercial and legal judgement with the ability to balance legal risk against business and trading objectives
- Pragmatic and solutions-focused with a commitment to delivering timely and commercially relevant advice
- Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to respond quickly to changing priorities and transaction demands
- Confidence dealing with senior internal stakeholders and external legal advisers
- Proactive, responsive and solutions-focused working style

Requirements

- A minimum of 6 years' experience
- A 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 Adam Saunders, our Talent Solutions Advisor, at [email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Reach Legal Consultants | Financial Services lawyers | Sydney
🏢 Ashurst Perkins Coie
📍 Sydney