Senior Commercial & Compliance Counsel

Sika AG; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Supportive working environment

Training and development

Job summary

Sika Australia is seeking a senior in-house Counsel to provide high-quality legal advice across Australian entities, coordinating external counsel and aligning commercial, regulatory, and employment matters with business objectives.

You will lead compliance programs, advise management on corporate governance, and support statutory filings, with a track record in industrial/manufacturing sectors and bar admission.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Law and successful completion of the bar examination.
• At least 8 years of post-qualification legal experience in reputable law firms and senior in-house roles with strong commercial law expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to draft, negotiate and manage high volumes of commercial contracts independently and to demanding timelines.
• Proven capability to advise senior management, operate as a standalone legal lead, and coordinate internal functions with external counsel.
• Experience leading compliance programmes and managing cross-functional stakeholders with high integrity and sound ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality legal advice and serve as the central coordination point for all legal matters across Sika's Australian legal entities, aligning internal functions and managing external counsel to control cost and timing.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements including supply, procurement, distribution, agency, services, lease, financing and employment-related documentation.
• Advise management on commercial contracts, corporate law, employment law, competition law, regulatory matters, environmental law, restructuring and dispute management, partnering with Human Resources on employment law and workplace policies.
• Manage all litigation and dispute matters, including civil, labour, consumer, environmental, criminal and regulatory disputes, whilst coordinating litigation strategy and managing external counsel.
• Lead the design and continuous improvement of compliance frameworks to identify and elevate compliance risks across anti-corruption, competition, data privacy and trade compliance.
• Ensure implementation of corporate governance principles, delegations of authority and internal approval frameworks, supporting corporate secretarial matters and statutory filings.

Skills

Commercial law

Contract drafting

Legal negotiation

Leadership

Education

Master of Law

Bar admission

Job description

Sika Australia is seeking a senior in-house Counsel to provide high-quality legal advice across Australian entities, coordinating external counsel and aligning commercial, regulatory, and employment matters with business objectives.

You will lead compliance programs, advise management on corporate governance, and support statutory filings, with a track record in industrial/manufacturing sectors and bar admission.