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Form of workMissed out on a 2024 graduate offer or looking for ongoing work in the final year of your law degree?
We're looking for a junior lawyer who has a keen interest in Corporate Law to join our collaborative Corporate team!
About us
Piper Alderman is a full-service, national, commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. With 160 years' experience and over 400 employees nationally, we have achieved our impressive growth and success by listening to our clients and creating practical and innovative legal solutions.
The role
The Brisbane Corporate practice is seeking a Law Graduate or Lawyer with 0 – 2 years PQE to join their team on a full-time permanent basis.
We also welcome applications from law students in their final year of study to join as a Law Clerk and we would be open to the right candidate working on a part-time basis of 2 – 3 days per week.
The successful candidate will report to and be mentored by Josh Steele, Partner. Josh is a corporate and commercial lawyer, working with medium size growth companies, focussing on the Energy & Resources and Technology sectors. Josh has been consistently recognised by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific across a number of categories in the areas of energy and natural resources.
You can expect to be doing tasks such as reviewing and amending shareholders’ agreements, asset and share purchase agreement, attending to completion deliverables for business / asset/ company sales and capital raisings and undertaking research and providing advice on the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules and shareholder rights and director duties.
To succeed in this role you will ideally have:
- Demonstrated academic excellence throughout your tertiary studies.
- Thorough research skills and excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to draft basic correspondence.
- An ability to demonstrate initiative and take a proactive approach to solving problems and building relationships.
- An ability to digest instructions quickly and quality produce results.
- An interest in commercial and Corporate Law.
Our perks
We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:
- Learning and development opportunities to support career growth, including generous study support options.
- A variety of health and wellbeing initiatives including our Thrive@PiperAlderman Wellbeing Program.
- An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
- Purchased annual leave options.
- A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible!
- A range of corporate discounts.
- Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.
Apply today
Piper Alderman is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where those people can be their authentic selves. We value diversity of thought and experience and aim to ensure all our people are valued and respected. People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Please submit an application by clicking the relevant link in this job advertisement. If you have any queries about the role, please email *******@piperalderman.com.au.
