Lawyer / Senior Associate – Financial Services & Corporate

at  Hamilton Locke

OUR PEOPLE EXPERIENCE

Hamilton Locke is a law firm with a difference working to evolve the traditional business model. We have built a high-growth, people-centric business that maximises our ‘people experience’ (PX) and believe this delivers the best ‘client experience’ (CX). We foster a vibrant culture, putting our people at the forefront of everything we do.
We are agile and flexible in our approach, with innovative state-of-the-art systems and technology that frees up our team from bureaucracy and administration. We actively develop a culture that supports employee health, wellness and development.
Put simply, we have created a work environment based on respect, trust, development, collaboration and innovation. This allows our people to grow and be the best version of themselves. In turn, this enables our people to do their best work, which ultimately makes our clients happy. This is a win-win-win.
We put our people’s experience at the centre of everything we do.
We are more than just a law firm.
How do we do this? Find out more here: hamiltonlocke.com.au/culture/

Are you tired of the bureaucracy and politics of big firms? We’re looking for an Associate or Senior Associate to join our rapidly expanding team. We are a flexible, diverse group, and are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, agile and fun.
This is an Associate/Senior Associate position working with Bryan Ventura who leads Hamilton Locke NZ’s financial services practice and joined from MinterEllisonRuddWatts. Bryan is a modern digital lawyer, advising on emerging technologies and their intersection with financial services regulation, AML, corporate, securities, intellectual property and commercial laws. Of note, he has expertise in, FinTech, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, Web3 technologies, NFTs, AI, metaverses, decentralized finance (DeFi), utility & security tokens, stablecoins, VASP regulation, wallets, payments, etc.
Bryan is an experienced lawyer in financial services regulation, corporate & securities law, capital markets (private and public), investment funds and commercial law. He works closely with his Hamilton Locke colleagues in Australia on various matters, including advising overseas insurance underwriters, underwriting agents, brokers and fund managers.
Bryan works with most of NZ’s leading blockchain and digital asset companies, including VeVe Digital Collectibles, Futureverse, a tokenised securities exchange, an NFT platform (and others) – advising on cutting-edge products and services.
Bryan’s clients include tech startups, SMEs, and large corporates, based in NZ or overseas – including an NZX listed company and all types of financial service businesses.

You will work with Bryan across his entire practice area. Importantly, you will work on the cutting edge of NZ law. This includes:

• advisory work (spanning financial services regulation, AML, corporate & securities law, capital markets (private and public), NZX Rules, commercial law, intellectual property);
• advisory work on emerging technologies (FinTech / blockchain / crypto, AI, the metaverse);
• capital raising transactions (investor side and company side) and financial services M&A transactions;
• corporate & commercial transactions (various contracts, shareholder arrangements, etc);
• establishing financial products and services, digital financial platforms, investment funds and other investment vehicles – covering multiple asset classes, such as digital assets / NFTs, venture capital, private equity, property, credit, etc; and
• engaging with NZ regulators.

You will also have the opportunity to work with our other NZ corporate & commercial partners, Maggie Chang, Jeffrey Lai and Corin Maberly.