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Your input helps us improve our service. Sydney Melbourne Home based - New Zealand New Zealand - Auckland New Zealand - Wellington Australia Brisbane Full time R Australia or New Zealand | Permanent, Full-time | Flexible Working or Fully Remote About the role This is an opportunity for an experienced commercial lawyer to join LexisNexis and work at the intersection of law, technology and AI. As Legal Counsel - Pacific, you'll provide practical, commercially focused legal advice across the Australian and New Zealand businesses, managing a broad range of matters from end to end with a high degree of autonomy. You'll work closely with business stakeholders and be trusted to negotiate contracts, assess commercial risk and help the business move forward with confidence. It's a varied, fast-paced role where no two days will necessarily look the same. You'll have exposure to everything from customer and supplier agreements to content licensing, technology and new product initiatives, including AI-enabled products. What you'll be doing + Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including B2B customer agreements, content licences, supplier and technology agreements. + Negotiate directly with customers, suppliers and other counterparties. + Provide transparent, practical and commercially focused legal advice while balancing legal risk with business objectives. + Build robust relationships with senior business stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand. + Support key business projects, new products and technology initiatives, including AI-enabled solutions. + Use generative AI and legal technology to improve the efficiency and quality of legal service delivery. + Develop templates, playbooks and practical guidance to support the wider business. + Deliver legal training and participate in legal clinics. + Support disputes and pre-litigation matters and manage external counsel where required. + Collaborate with legal colleagues across the Pacific and internationally. About you You're a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys being close to the business and is comfortable taking ownership of matters rather than simply identifying legal issues. Ideally, you'll bring: + 5+ years' PQE and admission to practice in Australia or New Zealand, with a current practicing certificate or eligibility to obtain one. + Strong commercial contracting experience, particularly drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements. + Experience gained within a top-tier, national or international law firm and/or a large corporate or multinational in-house legal team. + The confidence to manage matters independently and sound judgement around when to elevate. + Strong stakeholder management, drafting and negotiation skills. + Practical experience using generative AI tools in legal work,



whether for research, drafting, review or improving workflows. + A commercially pragmatic mindset and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-moving environment. + Curiosity, adaptability and an appetite to work with a business experiencing ongoing technology and product transformation. Experience in technology, intellectual property, competition and consumer law, content licensing, SaaS, AI or legal technology would be advantageous, but you don't need to tick every box. Why join us? This role offers a chance to move beyond traditional legal advisory work and become a genuine commercial partner to the business. You'll have the opportunity to: + Work with an international legal technology and AI business where technology is changing both the products we build and the way legal work is delivered. + Build broad commercial experience across a diverse Australian and New Zealand business. + Take genuine ownership of matters and develop the stakeholder management skills needed for your next career step. + Work alongside specialist legal colleagues across areas including employment, privacy and IP, as well as regional and global teams. + Use and develop your skills with AI and legal technology in your day-to-day legal practice. + Connect with the broader APAC legal team, including an annual team get-together involving international travel. The role offers flexible working and can be based across Australia or New Zealand, excluding Perth due to the time-zone requirements of the team. About LexisNexis LexisNexis is a global leader in legal technology and AI, helping legal professionals make better decisions, work more efficiently and deliver better outcomes for their clients and organisations. We combine trusted legal content and expertise with innovative technologies, including generative AI, to transform how legal work gets done. Our products and solutions support customers across law firms, corporations, government and other organisations around the world. As part of a global business, you'll join an environment that brings together law, technology, data and AI, with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across Australia, New Zealand and internationally. Apply today to join our team! We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here ( to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact . Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information.



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Marsh Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Applications will only be considered from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a Criminal & Bankruptcy check prior to commencing of employment.Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person. FinTech Plus IT IT Finance Marketing OUR SERVICES ARE BACK AGAIN FIREWORKS ## CAR EFFECT SYSTEM firecracker Training & Development Setup Tour Zero test Heh

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