Conflicts & Compliance Lawyer - 1-2 PQE

Dentons Canada; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Salary sacrificing

5 days Bonus Leave per year

Job summary

Dentons Australia seeks a junior governance/compliance lawyer to move in-house in our General Counsel and Risk Department. Based in Sydney, the role is a 6‑month contract (FT or PT) and may extend, reporting to the Legal Risk & Compliance Manager.

You will work on conflict clearance, client approvals, and support for risk management, while training staff and contributing to cross‑border processes across Australian offices.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ PQE in Australia with corporate/commercial or compliance experience.
• Experience in a professional services environment and strong research/analytical skills.
• Desire to move from private practice to in-house with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist with conflicts clearance and client approvals in the firm’s workflow.
• Support the General Counsel and Company Secretary and the Legal Risk & Compliance Manager.
• Educate and train staff on conflicts matters; participate in risk presentations across offices.
• Assist in conflict management system analyses and data integrity; ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Conflicts law

Compliance

Corporate law

Research skills

Job description

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About Dentons

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm. We’re 20,000+ people globally across 80+ countries including USA; Europe; India and Asia. We are a global polycentric firm which is expanding rapidly in an increasingly globalised legal industry.

Dentons now consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.

About the Role

We have a compelling temporary opportunity for a junior governance / compliance lawyer seeking to move in-house into our General Counsel and Risk Department, ideally based in our Sydney office but may be based in any of our other Australian offices in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide or Brisbane. This role is initially offered on a 6 month contract basis (full-time or part-time) with the possibility of extension.

The role will report directly to the Legal Risk & Compliance Manager. The Conflicts and Compliance lawyer will work as part of the global team and will be responsible for supporting the General Counsel and Company Secretary, and the Legal Risk & Compliance Manager, in providing a range of legal and compliance services to Dentons and its lawyers. The main features of this role will see you work on Dentons’ conflict clearance and client approval process with other members of the Conflicts team.

The Conflicts and Compliance Lawyer will work closely with the firm locally and globally to streamline conflict processes and analyse information in the firm's conflict management system and other databases, as well as educating and training staff on conflicts matters and participating in conflicts / risk presentations across our Australian and PNG offices. The Conflicts and Compliance Lawyer will also assist the General Counsel and Company Secretary to:

• provide general legal advice to the firm and to identify and address legal risk issues across the firm including in contractual arrangements, lawyers’ professional obligations and professional indemnity issues; and
• to ensure the firm’s compliance with its obligations as a public company, including maintaining the firm’s share register, drafting resolutions and advising on meeting requirements.

About You

This role would suit someone with experience as a conflicts lawyer or within a law firm Office of General Counsel, or a lawyer (1-2 years’ PQE in Australia) with relevant corporate, commercial and/or compliance or company secretarial experience, that has worked in a professional services environment and has excellent research and analytical skills. A high level of attention to detail and a desire to move out of private practice is also sought.

This is a fast paced, high performing and collaborative team so your ability to work well as part of a team is required. Applicants requiring sponsorship will not be considered for this role so only those with the right to work in Australia should apply.

Why Dentons

Dentons Australia offers a wide range of incentives aimed at embracing your authenticity, providing purpose, and strengthening your ongoing development.

We offer:

• Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
• Salary continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
• Salary sacrificing and novated leases
• 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service
• Additional leave options
• Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
• Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• Generous health and wellbeing programs
• Agile and flexible working for all
• Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
• Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Embedded in our people is a passion to help others through the delivery of justice. It is through this that our commitment to inclusion, equity, and reconciliation has evolved. We are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture, this means the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities of our people come together globally under one purpose to create an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive.