Legal Consultant - General Corporate & Commercial

Overview

LOD (Lawyers On Demand) is an original New Law pioneer. We have transformed the way in-house legal, compliance and commercial teams work, and we are one of the largest and fastest growing flexible legal services businesses globally. Our mission is to help in-house legal and compliance teams succeed by creating smarter ways of working.

For the second year running, we're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer.

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking experienced lawyers with strong general corporate and commercial experience to support our clients across a range of sectors, including technology, data privacy, banking and finance, oil and gas, shipping, and fintech.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including supplier, customer, service, distribution, and licensing contracts.
• Advise on general corporate and commercial matters, including company law, compliance, and governance issues.
• Provide legal support on data protection and privacy matters, including compliance with PDPA/GDPR requirements and reviewing data-sharing agreements.
• Support technology transactions, including SaaS, cloud, and software licensing arrangements.
• Assist with banking, finance, and fintech-related contracts and regulatory considerations.
• Advise on oil and gas, energy, or shipping-related contracts (e.g., charterparties, offtake, JV, and service agreements) as applicable.
• Work collaboratively with internal business teams and external counsel to manage legal risks and ensure business objectives are met.
• Provide project-based support, manage overflow work, and assist with ad hoc legal queries as required.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with at least 3 years' PQE gained in a reputable law firm and/or in-house environment.
• Strong experience in corporate and commercial law; exposure to one or more of the following areas is an advantage: technology, data privacy, banking and finance, oil and gas, shipping, or fintech.
• Excellent drafting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and handle a broad range of legal matters across jurisdictions.

What sets us apart?

The life of an LOD lawyer is like no other. We provide our team with varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with world-class brands, and pride ourselves on enabling our people to take control of their career and diversify their experience across a range of industries.

We also take work-life balance pretty seriously! You have the chance to either work on-site with our clients or remotely. You have the option to undertake full-time or part-time assignments, or assignments that are simply set for a few months out of a year - it's really your choice! Throughout your LOD journey and the myriad of assignments you will undertake, you will be supported by your LOD colleagues, have access to high quality know-hows and training, to assist in your ongoing growth and development.

What's next?

If you'd like to manage your own career path, and have more flexibility and variety - join a business which is reshaping the legal and consulting industry. Please submit your application.

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LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.