Legal Counsel

IQ-EQ

Sydney

2 days ago

Sydney

2 days ago

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Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel needed for leading Investor Services group in Sydney, Australia. Hybrid role handling commercial contracts, corporate governance, and legal risk across financial services. Opportunity for full-time or part-time (3 days/week) arrangement.

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Hybrid

Full-time

Senior

Commercial Contracts

Corporate Governance

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

Hybrid

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Commercial contractsCorporate governanceLegal researchContract negotiationData privacy

Soft Skills

CommunicationProblem solvingTeamworkLeadershipTime management

Key Responsibilities

•Apply legal skills to manage legal work and legal risks across the business.
•Work closely with senior management and business teams, providing timely, sound and practical legal advice.
•Collaborate with members of the global legal team at group level and in other business regions.
•Review, negotiate and draft commercial contracts, including fund or loan administration agreements, trust services agreements, employment agreements.
•Identify, monitor, research and resolve issues relating to commercial contracts.
•Monitor and handle potential legal disputes.
•Handle corporate secretarial and governance matters, including preparing Board papers and coordinating Board meetings.
•Handle legal integration of AMAL with IQ EQ, including developing agreement templates, data privacy, legal policies, inter-company outsourcing and vendor engagement.
•Provide support to the Company Secretary in discharge of statutory, regulatory and corporate governance obligations.
•Set up legal team’s structure and processes, such as filings and database.

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Key Responsibilities

•Apply legal skills to manage legal work and legal risks across the business.

•Work closely with senior management and business teams, providing timely, sound and practical legal advice.

•Collaborate with members of the global legal team at group level and in other business regions.

•Review, negotiate and draft commercial contracts, including fund or loan administration agreements, trust services agreements, employment agreements.

•Identify, monitor, research and resolve issues relating to commercial contracts.

•Monitor and handle potential legal disputes.

•Handle corporate secretarial and governance matters, including preparing Board papers and coordinating Board meetings.

•Handle legal integration of AMAL with IQ EQ, including developing agreement templates, data privacy, legal policies, inter-company outsourcing and vendor engagement.

•Provide support to the Company Secretary in discharge of statutory, regulatory and corporate governance obligations.

•Set up legal team’s structure and processes, such as filings and database.