Legal Counsel - Property

Lawyers On Demand; Sydney; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawyers On Demand (LOD) is seeking an experienced lawyer for a short-term secondment with a leading Australian business. You will advise on property matters, draft and negotiate agreements, and support various commercial and operational activities across functions.

The role offers flexibility to work full-time or part-time, and is expected to run for 1–3 months initially. PQE of 5+ years with in-house experience is preferred, with strong property law capabilities and pragmatic, risk-based advice.

Qualifications

• 5+ years PQE with in-house legal experience.
• Strong property law experience.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial and solutions-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Advising on a range of property law matters.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal agreements and commercial documentation.
• Providing day-to-day legal support across business operations.
• Managing legal issues arising from property, commercial and operational activities.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders to deliver pragmatic, risk-based legal advice.
• Supporting projects and transactions as required.

Skills

Property law

Drafting

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

LOD (Lawyers On Demand) is one of the largest and fastest growing global legal services businesses, and as a ‘new law’ pioneer, we continue to lead the market we created.

We're a global business with offices around the world that focus on providing end-to-end solutions for our clients' legal needs, by connecting them with our team of exceptional legal professionals. We provide secondment opportunities, legal advisory services, and legal operations & tech solutions. Together, we find new ways to supercharge the value that legal professionals and in-house legal teams deliver.

With LOD, you get all the best bits of being a lawyer - interesting work with some of the world's most exciting organisations, plus the flexibility and freedom to live your life how you want.

Who are we looking for?

Our client is a leading Australian business with a diverse operational footprint across tourism, hospitality and property. They are seeking an experienced lawyer to join their legal team on a short-term secondment, offering the opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting and varied legal matters.

Partnering with stakeholders across multiple business functions, you will provide pragmatic legal advice, manage legal risk and support commercial and operational objectives. The position offers flexibility to work either full-time or part-time and is expected to run for 1-3 months initially.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Advising on a range of property law matters.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal agreements and commercial documentation.
• Providing day-to-day legal support across business operations.
• Managing legal issues arising from property, commercial and operational activities.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders to deliver pragmatic, risk-based legal advice.
• Supporting projects and transactions as required.

To join us, you will:

• Have at least 5 years PQEwith in-house legal experience.
• Possess strong property law experience.
• Demonstrate excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Have a commercially minded and solutions-focused approach.

What sets us apart?

We’rean Employer of Choice:for the fifth year in a row,we’vebeen recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer.We’reeven prouder thatwe’vereceived an employee NPS score across Australia of 81 which is recognised as “ground-breaking”.

CV-enhancing workwith global brands:We provide our people with varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with world-class global brands, allowing them to take control of their career and diversify their experience across a range of industries.

No limits:We’vehelped open doors, break glass ceilings,facilitatethe transition from private practice to in-house, and develop career pathways to become a GC. Whatever direction you want to take your career, we can help you get there.

Youcall the shots:We take work-life balancepretty seriously. You can work on-site with our clients or remotely, undertake full-time or part-time assignments, or assignments that are for set months of a year –it'syour choice!

You’renever on your own:Throughout your LOD career,you’llbecome part of a community.You’llbe supported by your LOD colleagues and our HQ team, have access to mentoring programs andhigh qualityknow-how, LOD social events, and receive regular training toassistin your ongoing growth and development.

OurWaysOfWorkinghelp shape who we are and what we do: we deliver, we are creative, we are inclusive, we care & collaborate, and we are trusted.

We’reglobal: LOD can provide you with local,interstateand international working opportunities.In late 2023, LOD joined forces withConsilio, the global leader in legal consulting and enterprise legal services. Together, LOD& Consiliohave a team of approximately 10,000 lawyers, legal engineers, legal operations consultants, paralegals, and risk & compliance professionals spanning North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.

LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusionisa core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.