Senior In-House Legal Counsel

Haircare Group; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Gauvin Group in Adelaide is seeking an experienced Senior In-House Legal Counsel to join our Head Office and provide high-quality legal work product and advisory services across our FMCG and omni channel group of businesses. These include the Haircare Group and evo hair group business.

You will have genuine exposure to senior leaders, directors and the Board, with the opportunity to influence commercial decisions, support business growth and shape the Group's approach to legal risk and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws and current South Australian Practising Certificate.
• 5–7+ years' corporate/commercial legal experience, in-house or top law firm.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, review and analytical skills.
• Commercial and practical mindset with risk awareness.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal work product across Gauvin Group and act as liaison for legal matters.
• Draft, review, negotiate and analyse commercial agreements across jurisdictions.
• Manage corporate, IP/trademark, product, insurance, property and governance matters.
• Advise on business, employment, and regulatory issues; escalate risks.
• Support due diligence, M&A activity and company secretary duties.
• Monitor regulatory developments and ensure data governance compliance.
• Lead the Legal Clerk and support a growing in-house function.

Skills

Legal drafting

Negotiation

Contract review

M&A

IP & trademarks

Corporate governance

Stakeholder management

Due diligence

Education

Bachelor of Laws

SA Practising Certificate

Job description

Gauvin Group is seeking an experienced Senior In-House Legal Counsel to join our Adelaide Head Office and provide high-quality legal work product and advisory services across our FMCG and omni channel group of businesses. These include the Haircare Group and evo hair group business.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and working closely with the Managing Directors and Executive Leadership Team, this is a broad and influential in-house role for a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys being close to the business and playing a key role in supporting growth, managing risk and enabling sound commercial decisions.

About the role

As the Group's first point of contact for legal matters, you will provide practical, commercially focused advice across a broad range of corporate, commercial and governance matters.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing legal work product across the Gauvin Group and acting as the key liaison for legal matters.
• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and analysing a broad range of commercial agreements across local and international jurisdictions.
• Managing the Group's:
  - Legal drive platform, legal filing system including precedents;
  - Local and international corporate and product trademark portfolio and intellectual property matters;
  - Authorised Online Reseller Program and Enforcement
  - Property portfolio
  - Insurance portfolio
• Advising on business law, property, insurance matters, and employment law matters
• Identifying legal and commercial risks and providing practical mitigation strategies.
• Advising on claims and disputes, including working with external legal counsel where required.
• Supporting confidential projects, including due diligence and M&A activities.
• Undertaking company secretary responsibilities and supporting directors and Executives on strategic legal matters.
• Monitoring legislative and regulatory developments and supporting legal compliance.
• Ensuring data governance requirements are appropriately addressed.

You will also lead and support the Legal Clerk, helping to build an effective and responsive legal function across the Group.

About you

You will be an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer who combines strong technical legal capability with commercial judgement and the confidence to work with stakeholders at all levels.

You will bring:

• A Bachelor of Laws and current South Australian Practising Certificate.
• 5-7+ years' recent corporate and commercial legal experience, gained in-house and/or with a highly regarded law firm.
• Strong legal drafting, negotiation, review and analytical skills.
• Black letter law capability combined with a commercial and practical mindset
• Excellent communication and relationship-building capability.
• The ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• A proactive approach to identifying and managing disputes and mitigating risk.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and efficiency.
• The confidence to work autonomously while collaborating closely with the broader leadership team.

Experience in FMCG, commercial law, contract drafting, international and intellectual property will be highly regarded.

This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional legal advisory work and become a trusted commercial partner to a diverse and growing Australian, family-owned, global business.

You will have genuine exposure to senior leaders, directors and the Board, with the opportunity to influence commercial decisions, support business growth and shape the Group's approach to legal risk and governance.

Location: Adelaide, South Australia

Employment: Full Time