Senior Legal Counsel
Pollination
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • Australia
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About the role
- Acting as the trusted legal advisor to management including the CEO, and the Board on a wide ranging of matters relating to the organisation ’s legal risk posture
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, including NDAs, consultancy and service agreements, MOUs, joint venture agreements, term sheets, and partnership arrangements
- Supporting management on group and asset level capital raisings including data governance for due diligence and data room information
- Advising on legal issues arising across the business, including in relation to project development, new ventures, advisory engagements, and operational matters
- Driving the governance and corporate maintenance and simplification (where appropriate) of group entities
- Providing legal support on employment law, IP, disputes, privacy, marketing, real property, and regulatory compliance matters
- Managing legal templates and internal precedents and contributing to legal process improvements and risk management initiatives
- Coordinating and instructing external legal counsel as required
- Supporting the compliance team on policies and compliance frameworks that contribute to legal risk management
- Providing legal support on project finance and carbon offtake transactions, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating finance and offtake documents
- Advising on corporate governance and compliance matters for special purpose vehicles and project entities
- Leading negotiation and preparation of key project development agreements
- Collaborating across functions
Requirements
- 7-10 years’ post-qualification experience - combination of law firm and in-house
- Broad general commercial and corporate law / M&A or capital markets transactional experience
- Prior experience in advisory, consulting, climate, or environmental sectors is valued but not essential
- A valid Australian practising certificate
- Having a practising certificate outside of Australia in addition to Australia will be favourably considered, along with having worked in another jurisdiction in which Pollination operates
- Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously, manage competing priorities, and apply sound commercial judgment
- Excellent transaction execution skills and client delivery focus
- Experience working in a fast growth company, where priorities change quickly
- Experience of working closely with compliance functions on both operational and regulatory issues
- Excellent relationship building skills alongside a questioning and inquisitive attitude and excellent written and communication skills
- Highly proficient in the use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Benefits
- Growth and development programs with our exceptional team
- Short-term incentives (annual bonus)
- Long-term incentives (employee share plan)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
commercial contractsNDAsconsultancy agreementsservice agreementsMOUsjoint venture agreementscapital raisingsproject financecarbon offtake transactionscorporate governance
Soft Skills
autonomous operationmanaging competing prioritiescommercial judgmenttransaction executionclient delivery focusrelationship buildingquestioning attitudeinquisitive attitudewritten communicationverbal communication
Certifications
Australian practising certificate