Senior Legal Counsel

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse, and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.

For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.

Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all round.

That’s our future Pact. Let’s lead the way together.

You will, either directly or with the support of external lawyers, be responsible for negotiating contracts with new and existing customers and suppliers, managing disputes, providing ad-hoc legal advice on a wide variety of subjects and assisting the preparation of transaction documentation for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate projects. You will also be responsible for helping to establish a pro-active approach to legal risk and compliance across the business.

Our legal team provides commercially focused legal support across the operational and functional divisions of the Pact business on a broad range of subject matters.

Senior Legal Counsel partner closely with all areas of our business and external advisors and will work as part of a small, dynamic and supportive team of in-house lawyers, who are committed to business improvement and innovation.

Reporting to the General Counsel & Company Secretary, your role sits within the group structure and as such is part of a legal team with a global remit. 

You will, either directly or with the support of external lawyers, be responsible for negotiating contracts with new and existing customers and suppliers, managing disputes, providing ad-hoc legal advice on a wide variety of subjects and assisting the preparation of transaction documentation for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate projects. You will also be responsible for helping to establish a pro-active approach to legal risk and compliance across the business.

Your key responsibilities will be to support and advise in the following areas;

• Commercial Contracting 
• General legal advice
• Dispute resolution
• Regulatory support and advice
• Project and M&A 
• Legal continuous improvement
• drafting, negotiating, finalising and implementing a range of commercial arrangements such as supply and procurement agreements; capital works projects; licence arrangements;
• providing advice on how best to structure commercial relationships with Pact’s counterparties and the benefits and risks of certain contractual positions.
• managing insurance claim disputes.

Your skills and experience

• Prior experience (8+ years) in general commercial law in a private practice or in house environment;
• Experience in FMCG, property, competition, dispute resolution, IP, OHS, HR/IR or IT would be advantageous but not essential;
• Experience in advising on legal matters in Asia would be advantageous but not essential;
• Excellent oral and written communication, with ability to adjust style appropriate to the audience;
• Ability to quickly form working relationships and gain credibility with senior management;
• Ability to work autonomously and with the support of other members of the legal team as required;
• Ability to appreciate the strategic and commercial implications of decisions and the impact on the business;
• Innovative, enthusiastic and versatile with a proactive ‘problem-solving’ approach to practice; and
• Professionalism, integrity, and ability to maintain confidentiality is essential..

• Tertiary qualifications in law
• Current Australian practising certificate
• 8+ years PQE (or other appropriate experience, dependent on circumstances)

As a Pact Team Member you will be able to consider our Pact Perks;

• Free onsite car parking
• Kudos Recognition Program – earn reward points for living our Values
• Novated vehicle leasing and motor vehicle purchasing discounts
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers
• MyLearning - programs to boost your individual development, including leadership courses, online learning modules 
• Career opportunities across our global organisation
• Great people to work with
• A growth mindset
• Values driven organisation
• Purpose led, sustainable organisation leading the circular economy

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