Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate

• Play a key role in shaping a high performing, trusted legal function that enables PEXA to deliver on its strategic ambitions
• Act as a strategic partner to the business, providing confident, pragmatic advice on complex Australian regulatory matters impacting the group (including ASIC, AUSTRAC, ACCC, APRA and privacy)
• Support and influence major transformation and change initiatives across the PEXA Group
• Proactively identify legal, regulatory and compliance risks, and work closely with leaders to deliver practical, commercial solutions
• Lead and advise on M&A activity, strategic partnerships, growth initiatives, minority investments and group financing arrangements in Australia
• Deliver broad, high-impact commercial and corporate advice across the PEXA Group, spanning corporate governance, continuous disclosure, competition and consumer law, technology, cyber and data security, SaaS/PaaS arrangements, data acquisition and intellectual property
• Design and embed fit-for-purpose legal frameworks, policies and practices that strengthen governance and risk management
• Build organisational capability and sophistication by coaching leaders, conducting compliance risk assessments, and delivering practical training and guidance
• Lead complex contract negotiations and provide strategic support to management on high-value and high-risk commercial arrangements
• Manage and optimise relationships with external law firms to ensure quality, value and alignment with business priorities
• Champion PEXA’s values and ways of working, fostering strong collaboration across teams and with key stakeholders

• Tertiary qualifications in Law with a current, unrestricted Australian practising certificate
• Senior Associate–level or equivalent in-house experience
• Proven ability to draft and negotiate complex legal agreements across multiple subject areas, with excellent attention to detail and strong drafting skills
• Demonstrated experience handling sophisticated legal matters in a commercially pragmatic and efficient manner
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and provide strategic advice to senior leaders
• Confidence operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with the ability to see the bigger picture around legal, ethical and reputational risk and work effectively both autonomously and as part of a team

Experience or exposure to competition and consumer law, privacy, intellectual property, regulated industries and/or a listed environment

• Quarterly wellness days to recharge
• Four weeks workcation per year - work from an approved country
• Take the opportunity to purchase up to four weeks additional annual leave per year
• Learn from the best and upskill with PEXA Academy certifications and grow your career