Senior Legal Counsel-Commercial Legal
Job number: 798272
Primary position location: VIC- Melbourne CBD
Category: Banking & Financial Services
Work type: Permanent Full time

Closing at: Feb 21 2025 at 23:55 AEDT

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As Senior Legal Counsel, you will provide strategic and legal advice to all parts of the NAB Group on commercial contracts and projects, including strategic relationships, procurement and customer contracts, as well as providing general corporate legal advice on a broad range of areas.

• Full time opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel in either VIC or NSW
• Join a supportive and collaborative team of senior lawyers working on a broad range of subject areas and build relationships across the NAB Group
• Provide strategic commercial and legal advice to the business with a focus on the customer and managing risk
• Be supported to learn and grow whilst developing the career you want

You make NAB. You get it done for our customers and our communities. You’re laying the foundations for NAB’s future success. With a winning environment, together we’ll grow, excel for our customers and feel proud to work at NAB.

In this role, you will:

• Provide legal advice on strategic commercial contracts and projects aligned with NAB’s strategy, including working as part of the project team as required
• Develop deep relationships with key business teams at NAB and focus on their “must win” battles
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts relating to commercial transactions, including the procurement of goods and services that can include the outsourcing of services
• Provide strategic legal advice in relation to interpretation of contracts and disputes, regulatory change and internal policies, as well as on a broad range of different subject areas
• Proactively identify legal, regulatory and reputational risks to the business and work with the business to find solutions
• Identify opportunities, and develop solutions, for streamlining processes in the Commercial Legal team to ensure NAB is simple, fast, resilient and more customer focused, whilst meeting legal and regulatory requirements
• Engage, monitor and supervise external legal advisers, manage external and internal legal adviser relationships, and facilitate communication between external legal advisers with internal NAB stakeholders
• Be a role model, demonstrate NAB’s Service Behaviours and bring a customer-centric approach to your work

What you’ll bring:

You are an experienced lawyer who thrives on legal excellence and professionalism in actively managing legal risk in line with commercial and strategic priorities.

• Bachelor of Laws qualification and admission to legal practice in Australia
• 7+ years Post qualification experience (PQE) as a lawyer at a legal firm or in-house experience
• Prior experience providing corporate / commercial legal advice and negotiating and advising on contracts, M&A or similar corporate experience
• Outstanding communication (verbal and written) skills with the ability to engage, influence and facilitate effective conversations with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with a collaborative and partnering approach focusing on providing high quality, timely and cost-effective legal advice and assistance to enable commercial decision-making which allows the business achieve their objectives
• Experience with advising on financial products and financial regulation would also be beneficial, but is not essential
• Adaptable, willing to learn and comfortable operating in new and grey legal areas
• Excellent organisational skills, including prioritisation and time management

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone.
At NAB, we’re intent on building a culture we can all be proud of. One based on trust and respect. An uplifting environment where every single one of us feels appreciated and empowered to be our true, authentic selves. A diverse and inclusive workplace where our differences are celebrated, and our contributions are valued. It’s a huge part of what makes NAB such a special place to be.

• Provide legal advice on strategic commercial contracts and projects aligned with NAB’s strategy, including working as part of the project team as required
• Develop deep relationships with key business teams at NAB and focus on their “must win” battles
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts relating to commercial transactions, including the procurement of goods and services that can include the outsourcing of services
• Provide strategic legal advice in relation to interpretation of contracts and disputes, regulatory change and internal policies, as well as on a broad range of different subject areas
• Proactively identify legal, regulatory and reputational risks to the business and work with the business to find solutions
• Identify opportunities, and develop solutions, for streamlining processes in the Commercial Legal team to ensure NAB is simple, fast, resilient and more customer focused, whilst meeting legal and regulatory requirements
• Engage, monitor and supervise external legal advisers, manage external and internal legal adviser relationships, and facilitate communication between external legal advisers with internal NAB stakeholders
• Be a role model, demonstrate NAB’s Service Behaviours and bring a customer-centric approach to your wor