Senior Legal Counsel

The company:
This international resources company has significant mining projects here in Australia and some exciting future developments in the renewable energy space. With high ESG values, a diverse workforce and a fantastic employee recognition program it is not your traditional mining company. 

About the role:
Working in an effective legal function you will work closely with the General Counsel and executive members of the corporate development team. Day to day, your role will include:

• advice and assisting on mergers and acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and other strategic arrangements with a particular focus on renewable energy projects (wind, solar, hydro and power stations);
• advising on infrastructure related agreements (including port and rail contracts);
• due diligence and preparing due diligence reports for acquisition targets and commercial opportunities;
• company secretarial functions including ASIC reporting, preparing company resolutions, drafting board/joint venture papers and minutes of meeting;
• assisting and advising the finance function (accounting, tax and treasury);
• assisting the contracting and procurement functions;
• managing external counsel; and
• business as usual commercial and corporate advisory work as required by the business.

Skills/Experience:
To be considered for this role you will have: 

• 8-12 years’ PAE corporate law experience with demonstrated experience across M&A and corporate work as described above;
• exposure to clients in mining/resources, infrastructure etc will be highly regarded;
• high attention to detail;
• exposure to in-house is preferred including secondment experience; and
• a commercial approach and good communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the business.  

Benefits:  
Awaiting you is:

• an attractive salary plus bonus;
• flexibility including work from home once a week;
• experienced and impressive senior legal and executive team to work closely with both in Australia and internationally;
• exposure across all aspects of the legal function; and
• a progressive workplace and legal team. 

Apply now:  
Click APPLY or contact Peter Liaw at Peppercorn Recruitment on 0422 805 803 or email peter@peppercornrecruitment.com.au, quoting reference number 3751666. Please submit your resume in Word format only.
   
Peppercorn Recruitment has been exclusively retained to recruit this role. All third party applications will be forwarded to Peppercorn Recruitment for consideration in the process.