McInnes Wilson Lawyers have an opportunity for a newly admitted lawyer with less than 2 years of PAE to join our Brisbane Corporate and Commercial Advisory Team on a permanent full-time basis.
Our Corporate and Commercial Advisory Team acts for clients across a range of sectors and sizes including SMEs, listed entities and State and Federal Government.
The Role
In the role you will be required to:
- Manage corporate and commercial transactions (including share and asset acquisitions and divestments, mergers, and capital raising transactions) and provide transaction related advice.
- Undertake research and draft technical advices across a wide range of corporate and commercial matters.
- Provide a broad range of general corporate and commercial support and advice to clients. This includes reviewing and drafting various agreements (i.e. shareholder agreements, service agreements, joint venture agreements).
- Manage client relationships.
- Participate in marketing and business development activities.
Requirements
- The successful candidate will have been admitted recently (0-2 years) and is looking for a role to specialise in corporate and commercial work.
- Strong technical skills with exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail are essential.
- You will also have a commitment to building strong client relationships and delivering quality and value to clients.
About McInnes Wilson
We are a full-service firm with 52 principals and 330 staff, providing high quality legal advisory services across Australia. We are proud of the values we uphold and the culture of our firm and know there is more to life than work, billables or awards. We believe in our people and trust them with our brand.
When joining McInnes Wilson Lawyers, you will be joining a firm that takes gender equality seriously. Our firm is recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality under the WGEA citation and is committed to demonstrating our ongoing support of all employees in the workplace. Our progressive and inclusive policies have also earned us recognition as an Employer of Choice by the Australian Business Awards, Lawyers Weekly, Queensland Law Society and HRD to name a few.
Our range of employee benefits for all employees currently include:
- Progressive paid parental leave policy with no qualifying period, pre-natal leave, parent & care givers’ platform, partner leave and return to work bonuses.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Extensive reward and recognition program, including tenure awards, annual staff awards, and promotion ceremonies.
- Further education support and professional development program, including a formal mentoring program.
- Health and wellbeing initiatives, birthday leave for full-time employees, firm social club, and regular team functions.
Agile Working Arrangements
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that, as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. We are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.
Applications
All applicants should provide a cover letter outlining how the key requirements are met, as well as a current CV. The successful candidate will be required to undergo background screening including reference checks and police checks.
Any questions regarding this role should be directed to the People & Culture team, recruitment@mcw.com.au.
