Senior Legal Counsel

Land Services SA; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working policy

Modern offices

Job summary

Land Services SA is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join a high-performing team and support an enterprise with essential public services across South Australia and Western Australia. You will partner with the General Counsel and Company Secretary to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice and governance outcomes.

You will advise on front-end corporate and commercial matters, draft and negotiate contracts, manage external providers and contribute to dispute resolution, compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws and current unrestricted South Australian practising certificate.
• Approximately eight or more years’ post-admission experience in private practice, in-house practice or corporate environment.
• Strong front-end corporate and commercial experience including drafting, interpreting, negotiating and advising on contracts.
• Ability to identify legal and commercial issues and provide clear, practical advice.
• Strong analytical, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Sound judgement, discretion and professional integrity.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality advice in a timely manner.
• Collaborative style and credibility as a trusted advisor.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical, timely, commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts; advise on legal and regulatory obligations.
• Support concession and commercial arrangements; manage external legal providers.
• Assist with dispute resolution and litigation matters as required.
• Contribute to governance, compliance frameworks and Board reporting.

Skills

Commercial law

Contract drafting

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Legal advisory

Strategic thinking

Judgement & integrity

Education

Bachelor of Laws

South Australia practising certificate

Job description

Are you ready for a senior in-house legal role where your advice is trusted, your judgement shapes decisions and your work has visible impact across a distinctive, commercially focused organisation?

Land Services SA is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join a high-performing legal team supporting an enterprise with an essential public purpose, a strong commercial mandate and continued growth momentum, backed by shareholders including Macquarie Group and PSP.

As a leading provider of land registry, property information, valuation and digital transformation services, Land Services SA connects customers to property data, supports trusted property transactions and helps unlock commercial opportunities across South Australia and Western Australia.

This is an opportunity to move beyond transactional advice and become a trusted partner to senior leaders and business teams. Working closely with the General Counsel and Company Secretary, you will contribute to meaningful legal, commercial and governance outcomes across both Land Services SA and Land Services WA.

Why this role?

The role offers rare breadth for a senior lawyer who enjoys variety, complexity and the chance to see their advice translate into real business outcomes.

You will have the opportunity to:

work on matters that are commercially significant and connected to essential public-facing services;

advise across a broad and evolving business with operations and obligations spanning South Australia and Western Australia;

partner directly with executives, senior managers and multidisciplinary teams;

build your commercial, governance and leadership capability through mentoring, exposure and meaningful responsibility;

contribute to governance, compliance frameworks and Board reporting;

join a collaborative One Team culture where practical advice, trusted relationships and high-quality outcomes are valued.

About the opportunity

Reporting to the General Counsel and Company Secretary, you will provide practical, timely and commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of matters. Your work will include drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, advising on legal and regulatory obligations, supporting concession and commercial arrangements, managing external legal providers, and assisting with dispute resolution and litigation matters.

You will be trusted to work through complexity, influence outcomes and provide advice that is legally sound, commercially sensible and easy for the business to act on.

About you

You will be a confident and collaborative legal professional with a strong foundation in commercial law, sound judgement and the ability to translate complexity into clear, practical advice for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

To be successful, you will ideally bring:

a Bachelor of Laws and a current unrestricted South Australian practising certificate;

approximately eight or more years’ post-admission experience in private practice, in-house legal practice or a corporate legal environment;

strong experience in front-end corporate and commercial matters, including drafting, interpreting, negotiating and advising on contracts;

the ability to identify both legal and commercial issues and provide clear, practical advice;

strong analytical, negotiation and stakeholder management skills;

sound judgement, discretion and professional integrity;

the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality advice in a timely manner;

a collaborative style and the ability to build credibility as a trusted advisor.

Why join Land Services SA?

At Land Services SA, you will be part of an exceptional organisation that blends public trust with commercial discipline, innovation and service excellence. You will gain exposure across legal, operations, technology, data, valuation, commercial and corporate services, giving you a broader view of the business than many in-house legal roles can offer.

This role is a genuine opportunity to broaden your influence, enhance your commercial judgement and grow your profile in an organisation where legal advice is valued as a practical enabler of strong business outcomes.

If you are looking for a senior in-house role with breadth, purpose, complexity and genuine visibility, we would welcome your application.

What can we offer you?

We have a friendly, welcoming and collaborative team, who work together in a collegiate nature to deliver great outcomes. We're proud of our culture, and we think that the tenure of our staff speaks volumes for how great we are to work with.

We have state-of-the-art offices which promote collaborative and relaxed working environments, complete with breakout spaces, snacks, and outstanding coffee. All offices are centrally located, near parking, public transport, and amenities.

We understand that our teammates are people first, and colleagues second.

Our Flexible Working Policy gives staff the flexibility to customise their working hours and environment, in consultation with their team.

About us

Land Services SA are leading property experts in South Australia, offering a range of property transaction and valuation services, property information products, custom data sets and reliable market insights.

As a trusted partner of the State, Land Services SA deliver highly valued, trusted services to the community, being recognised for creating innovative solutions. Recent acquisitions have expanded our capability to provide a comprehensive technology consulting, application development and managed service offering. We leverage a broad range of contemporary technologies, providing intuitive and functional solutions to our clients.

Land Services SA specifically encourages applications from under-represented groups in order to increase their participation in the workplace and support their careers. If you are a person with a disability, a refugee and/or you are a person identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and you meet the inherent requirements of any of our roles you are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to enable us to make necessary adjustments.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a National Crime History check prior to commencement. All enquiries will be handled in confidence.

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