The Opportunity
Join a leading organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.
Duration: 3 months
Arrangement: 3-5 days (depending on seniority)
Location: Sydney
About You
You are an experienced financial services lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.
Your Experience and Expertise:
General banking and finance legal experience within a financial services or commercial environment
Experience reviewing and negotiating confidentiality agreements and NDAs
Experience reviewing and negotiating reliance letters
Experience drafting, reviewing and advising on bank guarantees
Familiarity with bilateral and syndicated loan agreements and associated finance documentation
Understanding of lending transactions and general banking documentation
Knowledge of trade finance products and associated legal considerations
Experience advising on supply chain finance arrangements
Experience supporting bank guarantee and other trade finance products
Ability to identify and advise on legal, contractual and commercial risks arising from banking transactions
Strong commercial contracts experience, including identifying key contractual risks and negotiating appropriate protections
Ability to provide practical and commercially focused legal advice to product and business teams
Experience working directly with multiple internal stakeholders across product, operational and functional teams
Ability to manage a varied workload across banking, finance and general commercial matters
Previous in-house legal experience within a bank or other financial institution highly regarded




Experience working with regional or cross-border stakeholders across APAC highly regarded
Attributes:
Confident and comfortable working directly with senior and diverse stakeholders
Solid written and verbal communication skills
Commercial and pragmatic approach to legal advice
Strong attention to detail and ability to identify key legal and contractual risks
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
Responsive and comfortable operating in a fast-paced in-house environment
Culturally aware and effective when engaging with stakeholders across APAC
Requirements:
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?
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📌 Reach Legal Consultant | Financial Services Lawyers | Sydney
🏢 Ashurst
📍 Sydney