AddressAbout Us
Canon is the world's leading imaging organisation. As a Fortune 500 Company, we actively inspire people with imaginative ideas that enable you to connect, communicate and achieve more than you thought possible.
When you join us, you'll find a rewarding culture that values you. You're empowered to focus on your career progression and turn your goals into reality. You'll be an integral part of the group success.
- Corporate Counsel - Full Time - 8 Month Contract (Parental Leave Cover)
- Flexible/hybrid working available (we are open to 4 days per week or full time)
- Highly collaborative and friendly team
Canon is the world's leading imaging organisation, and actively inspires with imaginative ideas that enable people to connect, communicate and achieve more than they thought possible. Whether for consumers or professionals, Canon continues to research technologies to bring more beauty, more clarity and more innovation to the world of imaging.
The Role:
We have an outstanding career opportunity for a high calibre legal professional to join us in the role of Corporate Counsel for 8 months whilst our team member is on parental leave. This role will be responsible for the provision of both advisory and transactional legal services to the Canon Oceania Group, focusing on general commercial and technology law. We're looking for someone who can proactively partner with the business and navigate legal complexity to pragmatically deliver sound commercial outcomes.
More specifically, this will involve:
- drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts and documentation
- competition and consumer law
- dispute management and resolution
- corporate governance and compliance, and
- contracts and IP advice.
About You:
The ideal candidate will be commercially astute, pragmatic and practical, with good judgment and interpersonal skills, and possess a minimum of five years relevant legal experience in an in-house team or law firm. A commercial generalist who is confident working autonomously, with strong experience particularly in consumer law, privacy and IP will be viewed favourably. Specific experience in the technology industry will be highly regarded.
On Offer:
At Canon we can offer you a rewarding culture that values you, focuses on your career progression, and makes you an integral part of our success. To be brave is to be bold. We thrive on our willingness to make daring decisions.
Please Note: We are open to discussions around how the role could be performed working part time, at a minimum of four-days per week.
To become part of our team please apply online now. Successful applicants will be notified of next steps.
We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce. We trust you will bring your authentic self to work and we will focus on making sure that together, we make a strong contribution to the broader community in which we operate. Where possible, flexible working arrangements are the norm, as we know a better work-life balance can improve your motivation, performance, and productivity.
As an equal opportunity employer focused on strengthening our inclusive culture, all applicants will be considered and we welcome applications from people of all ages, cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, abilities, religious beliefs, national origin, sexual orientation and gender identities. Benefits/perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Canon Group and the country where you work. All applicants must be eligible to work in the country they are applying to at the time of application.
Looking to join this diverse team? Apply online now.
Successful applicants will be notified of next steps.
