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SalaryLine of Service Advisory
Industry/Sector Not Applicable
Specialism Corporate and Business Strategy
Management Level Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
When people from diverse backgrounds, with different points of view, work together, we create incredible value - for our clients, our people and our society. Even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the qualifications below, we’d still love to hear from you.
About Us
Our Legal practice includes more than 2,400 lawyers across 80 countries, giving us the broadest geographical coverage of any legal services network in the world. We bring together the best of our specialists in Legal services and other disciplines such as Tax, Consulting, Assurance, and Deals to work alongside our clients as trusted business advisers, making our multidisciplinary practice truly unique. We structure and manage transactions from start to finish. Our aim? To help navigate today’s complex legal requirements with a forward-looking edge within the broader business needs.
Our Energy Transition team brings this to life by supporting our clients to create sustained and meaningful value, and drive economic, environmental and social prosperity. Our team is working on significant energy transition opportunities on a national scale by orchestrating an ecosystem of public and private stakeholders, both domestically and abroad, to provide rigorous strategic advice, encourage investment, and create change.
We are looking to grow our Perth based team with either a full time or part time lawyer. Our team works on a flexible basis, from the office and from home, and we are open to discussing the working arrangements that will work best for you.
Your Impact
We know how important it is to feel like the work you do is having a positive impact.
In the Energy Transition team, you'll contribute to strategic legal projects across; hydrogen, carbon capture and underground storage, onshore/offshore infrastructure development including wind projects, and foreign direct investment into Australia. Your work will help to enable Australia, and the world, to decarbonise. Leveraging expertise across the firm, our team is passionate about delivering impactful outcomes through investment in energy and environmental infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities
Contributing to innovative and commercial solutions to clients’ complex and diverse legal and regulatory challenges across some of the following areas; project development, offtake agreements, M&A, power purchase agreements, lead agency arrangements, project structuring, schemes of arrangement and restructures
Demonstrating initiative, self motivation and curiosity, particularly around adopting and adapting to the technological, societal and market changes in the legal and other professional services industries
Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to provide market leading strategic commercial solutions to your clients
Building and maintaining strong relationships with other staff members both within the PwC legal practice and more broadly across the other PwC lines of service;
About you
You have a background in corporate, energy & resources and/ or projects
Ideally with 1-4 years PQE at a commercial law firm
Exposure to contractual drafting and negotiation, drafting advice and due diligence
Exceptional drafting skills, practice area expertise and commercial acumen and an interest in developing additional expertise in funds management.
You are highly motivated with an interest in the development of new ways of delivering commercial legal solutions to clients through the multidisciplinary platform provided by PwC.
Experience working in oil & gas, renewables and/or mining transactions or an interest in energy and resources, and the energy transition and/or agribusiness space will be useful for this position.
Life at PwC
Our culture and benefits are something we’re proud of, and also why we’re consistently named as one of Australia’s best workplaces. With PwC, you’ll belong to an inclusive community where differences are both embraced and the underlying driver in everything we create together.
We empower you with the technology, coaching, flexibility and trust needed to make a meaningful difference, while supporting you in bringing your whole self to work each day. We’re committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce because we know it’s only by working together that we can realise the potential of our people, clients and society around us.
We’re living this commitment through initiatives including our Reconciliation Action Plan to increase Indigenous employment and employee-led diversity networks promoting cultural, disability, LGBTI and gender equality. At our core we’re a people business, which means you’ll be supported not just in your professional development but your personal growth as well.
Nicola Broadbent is the Talent Acquisition Manager for the role. As the team experience high volumes of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a timely and fair process for all.
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Travel Requirements Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No
Government Clearance Required? No
Job Posting End Date January 31, 2023
