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Title:                           Senior Lawyer, Employment & Industrial Relations

 

Group:                        Corporate & Commercial

 

1. 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

 

2. 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

 

3. KEY RELATIONSHIPS

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

 

4. 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

 

5. 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, Corporate

 

Department:              Corporate & Commercial

 

1. 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.

 

2. 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

 

3. KEY RELATIONSHIPS

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

4. 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

 

5. 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

 

Department:              Private Clients Group

 

1. 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.

 

2. 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

 

3. 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

 

4. KEY RELATIONSHIPS

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

 

5. 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

 

6. 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:                           Senior Secretary, Corporate

 

Department:              Corporate & Commercial

 

1. POSITION SUMMARY

As a senior secretary in Corporate, this role sits within the Corporate & Commercial Group (C&CG) and will assist Senior Lawyer and Group leader Chris Clarke in 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 secretary is to provide hands on specialist legal secretarial support and services to lawyers in the C&CG as well as to assist in management of the team, including business development, supervision and management of legal support team members and practice administration.

 

2. Main Responsibilities

• Carrying out high quality legal support to the C&CG team in terms of client relationships and matter management including:
  • Opening & closing files
  • Document production and comparison
  • Billing
  • General legal support
• Assist with business plan implementation, business development opportunities and co-ordination of events and proactive engagement with clients including attending key group events
• Assist with management of team members
• Manage and co-ordinate C&CG team workflows
• Comprehensive diary management
• Adhoc projects including overseeing and ensuring delivery of outcomes

 

3. KEY RELATIONSHIPS

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

 

4. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• High attention to detail and superior management skills
• Persistent and ensures delivery of delegated tasks overcoming any hurdles
• Supports and provides assistance in developing strategic client/referrer relationships and networks
• Able to lead, mentor and coach support 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 and managing client relationships
• 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

 

5. QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• A sound working knowledge and experience in private legal practice operations and procedures surrounding the delivery of high quality advice and transaction services of a corporate and commercial nature
• Have proven team management skills
• Have exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Be proactive and forward thinking
• Be agile and willing to learn