Legal Director

Morrison; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary + incentives

Learning & development program

Job summary

Morrison seeks a Director, Legal to join a senior team of professionals in New York. You will provide and arrange legal advice for investment origination, asset management and divestment activities across the Morrison group.

Responsibilities include leading legal workstreams for private market transactions, coordinating external advisers, negotiating documentation, and supporting portfolio entities with bolt-ons, refinancings and governance matters. Strong cross-border experience is valued.

Qualifications

• Senior corporate/M&A lawyer with 8+ years PQE and US jurisdiction admission.
• Extensive M&A, corporate and transactional experience across private markets.
• Ability to lead complex legal workstreams and manage external counsel.
• Strong negotiation, risk assessment and communication skills.
• Commercial, pragmatic and results‑driven with a team‑oriented mindset.
• Highly organized with disciplined time management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a member of the deal team, manage external advisers, and advise on legal documents and structures for private market transactions.
• Lead legal workstreams, including due diligence, negotiation of documentation, structuring, shareholder/consortium arrangements, debt financing and regulatory approvals.
• Manage external advisers and coordinate inputs with investment, asset management and operations.
• Advise on early-stage transaction documents such as NBIOs, term sheets and framework agreements.
• Support portfolio entity and asset management activities including bolt-on acquisitions, refinancings, disputes, management incentives and shareholder matters.
• Provide general legal advice across the Morrison group and contribute to precedents and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Senior M&A lawyer

M&A experience

Corporate law

Transaction execution

Leadership

External counsel management

Independent work

Negotiation

Legal risk judgement

Communication

Commercial thinking

Problem solving

Team player

Organised

Continuous improvement

Education

Qualified lawyer / admission to practise

Job description

Founded in 1988, Morrison is a leading global infrastructure manager, investing across the risk spectrum in both private and listed markets. Its purpose is to invest wisely in ideas that matter. It believes the best investments serve an enduring societal need and has a firm commitment to sustainability. Morrison manages approximately USD$30 billion (as at March 31, 2026) in consolidated assets on behalf of its clients.

Morrison has one of the largest specialist infrastructure teams, with over 200 professionals operating across eight global offices in New York, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Abu Dhabi, Wellington and Singapore.

Morrison is a thematic-based investor focused on the global, long-duration verticals of energy transition, digitization & connectivity, global mobility, aging population, and circular economy & resource constraints.

About the Role

In this newly created position of Director, Legal, you will join a team of senior legal professionals, providing and arranging legal advice for the Morrison group, with a particular focus on advising on investment origination, asset management and divestment activities. Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a member of the deal team, managing external legal advisers, and advising on legal documents and structures for (primarily) private market transactions.
• Leading legal workstreams, including managing legal due diligence, negotiating transaction documentation, structuring, shareholder / consortium arrangements, debt financing and regulatory approvals.
• Managing external legal advisers and coordinating legal inputs with investment, asset management and operational teams.
• Advising on early-stage transaction documents, such as NBIOs, term sheets and framework agreements.
• Supporting portfolio entity and asset management activities, including bolt-on acquisitions, refinancings, disputes, management incentive arrangements and shareholder matters.
• Providing general legal advice across the Morrison group, contributing to legal precedents and knowledge-sharing, and building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, clients and external providers.

About You

• Senior corporate/M&A lawyer with substantial post-qualification experience (typically 8+ years) and admission to practise in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Strong M&A, corporate, commercial and transaction execution experience, ideally across private markets, energy / infrastructure, asset management and/or cross-border transactions.
• Proven ability to lead complex legal workstreams, work independently, manage external counsel and provide clear, commercial recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent technical legal skills, negotiation capability, legal risk judgement, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Commercial, pragmatic and solutions-oriented, with confidence operating in fast-moving transaction environments.
• Collaborative and relationship-focused, with strong interpersonal skills and a one team approach.
• Highly organised and disciplined, with sound judgment on materiality, escalation and risk trade-offs across multiple workstreams and deadlines.
• Curious, improvement-oriented and motivated by working in a supportive, high-performing environment.

Why Work for Morrison

• We pride ourselves on our values and our culture of working as one team and supporting each other.
• The impact of what we do is important to us. We invest in environmentally sustainable companies and have a strong commitment to ESG.
• We offer flexibility and hybrid work so you can bring your best self to work each day.
• We offer competitive salary + incentives to reward your contribution to our success.
• We have a learning and development program with a focus on building internal capability and supporting your professional and personal development.
• Attractive paid parental leave and flexible leave options.

Morrison is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know if you require any support or adjustments during the recruitment process.