Positions Available

Title:                                 Senior Lawyer, Director – Corporate

Department:              Corporate & Commercial

POSITION SUMMARY

As a senior lawyer specialist in Corporate, this role sits within the Corporate & Commercial Group (C&CG) and will assist Senior Lawyer and Group leader Chris Clarke in leading the Corporate team, which provides advice and transactional services predominantly in connection with mergers and acquisition and capital markets, both in the public and private spheres.

The role of the senior lawyer is to provide specialist Corporate advice and services to clients in conjunction with senior lawyers in the C&CG  as well as to assist in management of the Corporate team, including business development, supervision and management of team members and practice administration.

Main Responsibilities

• Carrying out high quality legal work including:
  • Day to day carriage of a broad range of Corporate matters, primarily:
    • Mergers and acquisitions (public and private)
    • Public capital markets (IPOs and secondary raisings, both for issuers and lead managers)
    • Private investments / capital raising (both for issuers and investors)
    • Organisational restructures
    • Shareholder activism
    • General corporate (including directors’ duties, corporate governance, listed company compliance, etc.)
  • Working with Commercial team to ensure delivery of commercial aspects of Corporate matters
• Mentoring and supervising lawyers and legal support staff in the C&CG
• Assisting the other Senior Lawyers with attracting and securing legal work for the C&CG
• Assisting with the day to day legal administration of the C&CG

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Corporate intermediaries / referrers
• Clients
• Lawyers and legal support staff
• Business support managers

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• High attention to detail and matter management skills
• Able to analyse and solve complex legal problems and commercial issues
• Well-developed analytical, research and communication skills contributing to the delivery of prompt, high quality work
• Supports and actively develops strategic client/referrer relationships and networks
• Initiates business development activities with clients and obtains further work directly from clients
• Able to lead, mentor and coach staff through provision of constructive feedback and ensuring their effective utilisation in the group
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff across all channels
• Strong commitment to client service; develops and manages client relationships and updates clients regarding changes to their matter in a proactive manner
• Shares information and contributes to the dissemination of knowledge across the team
• Contributes to internal processes and Watson Mangioni events (e.g. CPD activities, business development initiatives and staff functions)
• Operates autonomously and works well under pressure, effectively prioritising workload.
• Substantial knowledge in areas of expertise
• Maintains a high level of understanding of the Watson Mangioni systems and procedures.
• Monitors Debtors and assists in collections

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• As a Senior lawyer must:
  • Have at least 10 years post qualification experience (15+ preferred)
  • Be able to deal autonomously with clients and other legal practitioners
  • Have recognised expertise in his/her specialised areas of practice
  • Be entitled to obtain a practising certificate authorising him/her to engage in legal practice as a principal
• Be knowledgeable in Corporations Act, Listing Rules, Takeovers Panel Guidance, and other relevant areas
• Have proven team management skills
• Have exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Have existing strong relationships with Corporate intermediaries / referrers
• Have a portable practice, preferably with a significant weighting to public capital markets work or public mergers and acquisitions.

Title:                       Senior Lawyer – Employment & Industrial Relations

Group:                        Corporate & Commercial

POSITION SUMMARY

A senior lawyer specialist in Employment and Industrial Relations, this role sits within the Corporate & Commercial Group (C&CG) and will assist the C&CG which provides advice and transactional services in connection with all types of Corporate and Securities matters and Commercial transactions.

The role of the senior lawyer and any lawyers assisting the senior lawyer is to provide specialist Employment and Industrial Relations advice and services to Watson Mangioni clients and to assist  by providing advice in conjunction with senior lawyers in the C&CG in relation to matters upon which they are engaged including:

• Mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence
• Acquisitions and disposals of all manner of business assets and business ownership interests
• Business and structuring, including pre-IPO structuring and prospectuses and information memoranda, across a diverse range of sectors

Main Responsibilities

• Carrying out high quality legal work including:
  • Advising on all aspects of employment law including employee relations, compliance, termination, anti-discrimination as well as industrial relations and WH&S
  • Drafting and reviewing employment contracts and workplace policies
  • Researching and interpreting employment legislation and awards
  • Conducting workplace litigation including appearing in Industrial Tribunals and Courts, including defending prosecutions
  • Conducting workplace investigations and training
  • Supporting the C&CG as outlined above

• Assisting the other senior lawyers with attracting and securing legal work for the C&CG
• Mentoring and supervising lawyers and legal support staff in relation to Employment and Industrial Relations
• Assisting with the day to day legal administration of the C&CG

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Clients
• Senior lawyers
• Lawyers and legal support staff
• Business support

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• High attention to detail and matter management skills
• Able to analyse and solve complex legal problems and commercial issues
• Well-developed analytical, research and communication skills contributing to the delivery of prompt, high quality work
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff across all channels
• Strong commitment to client service; develops and manages client relationships and updates clients regarding changes to their matter in a proactive manner
• Supports and actively develops strategic client relationships and networks
• Initiates business development activities with clients and obtains further work directly from clients
• Shares information and contributes to the dissemination of knowledge across the team
• Able to lead, mentor and coach junior staff through provision of constructive feedback and ensuring their effective utilisation in the group
• Contributes to internal processes and Watson Mangioni events (e.g. CPD activities, business development initiatives and staff functions)
• Operates autonomously and works well under pressure, effectively prioritising workload
• Substantial knowledge in areas of expertise
• Maintains a high level of understanding of the Watson Mangioni systems and procedures
• Monitors Debtors and assists in collections

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• As a Senior lawyer must:
  • Have at least 10 years post qualification experience
  • Be able to deal autonomously with clients and other legal practitioners
  • Have recognised expertise in their specialised areas of practice
  • Be entitled to obtain a practising certificate authorising them to engage in legal practice as a principal
• Be knowledgeable in the relevant statutes, awards and regulations
• Have strong team management skills
• Have exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Title:                           Senior Lawyer – Private Clients

Department:              Private Clients Group

POSITION SUMMARY

This role sits within the Private Clients Group (PCG) and will work alongside Senior Lawyers John Murray and Lynne Phillips on a breadth of high-quality matters including the sale, purchase, leasing and finance of commercial and residential properties, together with private client and estate work.

PRACTICE GROUP OVERVIEW

The PCG provides transactional and advisory services to a wide variety of commercial clients, including financiers, insolvency practitioners, property developers and investors, as well as high net worth individuals, trustees and superannuation funds of the following nature:

• Commercial property transactions
• Property acquisitions and sales
• Residential conveyancing, rural landholdings and associated property transactions
• Joint ventures and development
• Project finance
• Leasing
• Estate planning, wills and probate
• Local council issues
• Personal and family financial arrangements
• Powers of attorney and guardianship

Main Responsibilities

• Carrying out high quality legal work including:
  • Day to day carriage of a broad range of property and development project matters involving the sale and acquisition of commercial, retail, industrial, residential, strata and rural property
  • Day to day carriage of complex and/or non-standard property transactions including off-the-plan, put & call option arrangements, multi-lot subdivisions, community title schemes, 99-year lease and company title schemes
  • Advising in relation to project and transaction finance including the application, discharge and enforcement of mortgages, guarantees and other funding arrangements
  • Advising and due diligence on the property-related aspects of the acquisition and sale of businesses
  • Day to day carriage of commercial and retail leasing matters and licence arrangements
  • Advising on transactional tax considerations including GST, CGT, Stamp Duty and Land Tax affecting property and business acquisitions and sales, and estate administration
  • Advising in relation to SMSF limited recourse funding arrangements, bare trust custodian arrangements and limited recourse guarantees
  • Advising on more complex aspects of private clients’ wills, estates and trust matters
  • Drafting and reviewing easements, covenants and other title dealings
• Assisting the other Senior lawyers with attracting and securing legal work for the PCG
• Mentoring and supervising junior lawyers and legal support staff in the PCG
• Assisting with the day to day legal administration of the PCG

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Clients
• Senior lawyers
• Lawyers and legal support staff
• Business support managers

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• High attention to detail and matter management skills
• Able to analyse and solve complex legal problems and commercial issues
• Well-developed analytical, research and communication skills contributing to the delivery of prompt, high quality work
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff across all channels
• Strong commitment to client service; develops and manages client relationships and updates clients regarding changes to their matter in a proactive manner
• Supports and actively develops strategic client relationships and networks
• Initiates business development activities with clients and obtains further work directly from clients
• Shares information and contributes to the dissemination of knowledge across the team
• Able to lead, mentor and coach junior staff through provision of constructive feedback and ensuring their effective utilisation in the group
• Contributes to internal processes and Watson Mangioni events (e.g. CPD activities, business development initiatives and staff functions)
• Operates autonomously and works well under pressure, effectively prioritising workload.
• Substantial knowledge in areas of expertise
• Maintains a high level of understanding of the Watson Mangioni systems and procedures.
• Monitors Debtors and assists in collections

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• As a Senior lawyer must:
  • Have at least 10 years post qualification experience
  • Be able to deal autonomously with clients and other legal practitioners
  • Have recognised expertise in his/her specialised areas of practice
  • Be entitled to obtain a practising certificate authorising him/her to engage in legal practice as a principal
• Be knowledgeable in the relevant statutes, NSW Land Registry Services and electronic conveyancing regulation and practice. Specialist Accreditation in Property Law preferred
• Have strong team management skills
• Have exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Title:                          Lawyer – Corporate & Commercial

Department:            Corporate & Commercial

POSITION SUMMARY

A specialist Commercial and Corporate Lawyer (6-8 years PAE), this role sits within the Corporate & Commercial Group (C&CG) and candidate will work with the lawyers in the C&CG, to provide advice and transactional services in connection with all types of corporate and commercial transactions. The key attributes that the candidate must have include being a team player, attention to detail and a willingness to take on a broad cross section of corporate & commercial work.

Main Responsibilities

• Carrying out high quality legal work including:

Corporate (30-40%)

• Business and share sale transactions – mainly unregulated private treaty transactions and insolvent company asset sale transactions
• Transaction due diligence
• Corporate restructure transactions
• Preparing and advising on shareholders agreements and other co-venturing arrangements
• Corporate compliance/company secretarial

Commercial (60-70%)

• Review and preparation of a broad range of commercial agreements including:
  • All kinds of service agreements
  • Licence agreements
  • Distribution, manufacturing and supply agreements
  • Terms and conditions of trade
• Personal Properties Securities Act advice
• Privacy law advice
• Intellectual property advice, including in relation to the protection of intellectual property (e.g. registration of trade marks)
• Review and preparation of security documents, general security deeds, deeds of guarantee, loan agreements
• Business structuring and restructuring – including for the establishment of new businesses, preparation of trusts (discretionary and unit), preparing shareholders and unitholders agreements
• Minor dispute resolution

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Clients
• Senior lawyers
• Lawyers and legal support staff
• Business support managers

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• High attention to detail
• Able to analyse and solve complex legal problems and commercial issues
• Well-developed analytical, research and communication skills contributing to the delivery of prompt, high quality work
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff across all channels
• Strong commitment to client service
• As the lawyer progresses, to initiate business development activities with clients and obtain further work directly from clients
• Shares information and contributes to the dissemination of knowledge across the team
• Contributes to internal processes and Watson Mangioni events (e.g. CPD activities, business development initiatives and staff functions)
• Works well under pressure, effectively prioritises workload
• Maintains a high level of understanding of the Watson Mangioni systems and procedures

The Role

We are currently seeking a Lawyer with 2-4 years’ PQE in commercial litigation and/or insolvency law.  This role sits within the Litigation, Insolvency and Regulatory Group and will work alongside directors and senior lawyers on a breadth of high-quality commercial litigation and insolvency work.

The Team

Watson Mangioni’s Litigation, Insolvency, Regulatory Group (LIRG) conducts a broad range of commercial litigation, insolvency and regulatory work.  Areas of specialist expertise include contract disputes; corporations law; shareholder and partnership disputes; trade practices, corporations law, intellectual property, real property, professional negligence, employment and estate law.

The group advises and acts for many ASX listed companies, corporate advisors, professional firms, insolvency practitioners, large private companies and high net worth families and individuals.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Day to day carriage, under the supervision of a senior lawyer, of a broad range of commercial litigation matters including commercial disputes, contract disputes, shareholder disputes, regulatory examinations, investigations and other proceedings.
• Drafting and serve statutory demands and bankruptcy notices and pursue winding up proceedings and creditor’s petitions.
• Appearances in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Federal Court of Australia in proceedings of various kinds, both with and without counsel as required.
• Liaising with and advise clients regarding their rights, obligations, alternatives and prospects.
• Preparing pleadings, motions, affidavit evidence, subpoenas, notices to produce and other court documents.
• Briefing, conferring with and instructing counsel.

Qualifications, skills & experience

Required qualifications, skills and experience include:

• A current Australian practising certificate with approximately 2-4 years’ PQE predominantly as a commercial litigation and/or insolvency lawyer.
• Ability to manage competing tasks and priorities.
• Understanding and appreciation of the importance of confidentiality in areas of particular commercial and client sensitivity.
• Organised and methodical with the ability to multi-task.
• Self-sufficient with a common-sense approach.
• High proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Proven team management skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• A commitment to high work standards and strong attention to detail.
• A proactive and forward-thinking attitude, adopting tasks with a can-do attitude.
• A willingness to learn and develop others through mentoring and training.
• An ability to be agile and work well in a team environment.

About Watson Mangioni

Watson Mangioni has built a strong reputation in the Sydney legal market for providing quality services in our specialist areas. Over many years, we have and continue to act for many ASX listed companies, corporate advisors, professional firms, large private companies and high net worth families and individuals.

From major high-profile business transactions and commercial disputes to private confidential matters, we have the expertise and experience to provide trusted and valued legal services resulting in long lasting relationships with our clients and contacts.

Watson Mangioni operates in a modern incorporated flat business structure. We employ highly skilled, enthusiastic and experienced lawyers and support staff who want to work in a practice which conducts high quality corporate and commercial legal work.

Watson Mangioni is a successful, commercially oriented legal practice which enjoys a quality of clients, work, environment and people second to none. Our size means that your voice will be heard, and your achievements recognised and rewarded. We believe in opportunity and individual development and improvement.

To Apply

If you are self-motivated and excited by the opportunities a career at Watson Mangioni could offer you, we would like to hear from you! Please click on the Apply Now icon to start the online application process. For a confidential discussion and further information, please contact Angelique Holden, Manager, Operations/People & Development on + 61 2 9262 6666.

Title:  Junior Legal Secretary

Department: Litigation, Insolvency, Regulatory

The Role

We are currently seeking a junior legal secretary with at least 2 years’ experience to join our Litigation, Insolvency, Regulatory Group. The role will deliver timely, efficient, and high quality administrative and secretarial support to the team.

The role has a strong focus on document production including editing, dictation, collation of large-scale documents, attention to detail, excellent time management, organisational skills, initiative and professional communication.

This would be a great position for someone looking to take the next step in their career who wants to learn from the best and expand on their skills and knowledge.

The Team

Watson Mangioni’s Litigation, Insolvency, Regulatory Group (LIRG) provides litigation and advisory services to a wide variety of commercial clients. Our areas of specialist expertise include:

• Arbitration, mediation and private negotiation of commercial disputes
• Contract disputes
• Corporations law
• Environment and property
• Estate disputes & family provision disputes
• Finance
• Government regulation
• Information technology
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Partnership & Shareholder disputes
• Trade practices

Key Responsibilities

· Manage solicitors’ diaries, organise and schedule client and internal meetings and when necessary, booking relevant facilities and organise travel arrangements.

· Prepare and type correspondence, dictation and amend large complex legal documents including court documents, deeds and agreements so that legal documentation is accurately produced and complies with Watson Mangioni’s styles, precedents and formats.

· Ensure electronic filing is up to date, organise opening files and initiate closing files to ensure timely file management.

· Online court filing.

· Answer telephone calls in a professional and timely manner, assisting the caller where possible, including answering general queries about files and accurately taking messages.

· Process monthly bills and manage credit card statement reconciliations.

· Photocopy and scan documents as required including compiling briefs or indexes and bundles of documents and organising couriers and deliveries as required.

· Attend and participate in firmwide, department and support staff meetings.

· Other duties as required by the team.

Qualifications, skills & experience

· Minimum 2 years’ legal secretarial experience.

· Litigation experience and sound knowledge of court processes.

· Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

· Ability to manage competing tasks and priorities.

· A commitment to high work standards and strong attention to detail.

· A proactive and forward-thinking attitude, adopting tasks with a can-do attitude.

· A willingness to learn and develop.

· An ability to be agile and work well in a team environment.

About Watson Mangioni

Watson Mangioni has built a strong reputation in the Sydney legal market for providing quality services in our specialist areas. Over many years, we have and continue to act for many ASX listed companies, corporate advisors, professional firms, large private companies and high net worth families and individuals.

From major high-profile business transactions and commercial disputes to private confidential matters, we have the expertise and experience to provide trusted and valued legal services resulting in long lasting relationships with our clients and contacts.

Watson Mangioni operates in a modern incorporated flat business structure. We employ highly skilled, enthusiastic and experienced lawyers and support staff who want to work in a practice which conducts high quality corporate and commercial legal work.

Watson Mangioni is a successful, commercially oriented legal practice which enjoys a quality of clients, work, environment and people second to none. Our size means that your voice will be heard, and your achievements recognised and rewarded. We believe in opportunity and individual development and improvement.

To Apply

If you are self-motivated and excited by the opportunities a career at Watson Mangioni could offer you, we would like to hear from you! Please click on the Apply Now icon to start the online application process. For a confidential discussion and further information, please contact Angelique Holden, Manager, Operations/People & Development on + 61 2 9262 6666.