Senior Legal Counsel

at  Peppercorn Recruitment

• Well known, long established resources company with strong ESG credentials
• Focus on corporate deals particularly on renewable projects
• Salary ~$200k + super + bonus

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

To be considered for this role you will have:

• 8-12 years’ PAE corporate law experience with demonstrated experience across M&A and corporate work as described above;
• exposure to clients in mining/resources, infrastructure etc will be highly regarded;
• high attention to detail;
• exposure to in-house is preferred including secondment experience; and
• a commercial approach and good communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the business.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Working in an effective legal function you will work closely with the General Counsel and executive members of the corporate development team. Day to day, your role will include:

• advice and assisting on mergers and acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and other strategic arrangements with a particular focus on renewable energy projects (wind, solar, hydro and power stations);
• advising on infrastructure related agreements (including port and rail contracts);
• due diligence and preparing due diligence reports for acquisition targets and commercial opportunities;
• company secretarial functions including ASIC reporting, preparing company resolutions, drafting board/joint venture papers and minutes of meeting;
• assisting and advising the finance function (accounting, tax and treasury);
• assisting the contracting and procurement functions;
• managing external counsel; and
• business as usual commercial and corporate advisory work as required by the business.

To be considered for this role you will have:

• 8-12 years’ PAE corporate law experience with demonstrated experience across M&A and corporate work as described above;
• exposure to clients in mining/resources, infrastructure etc will be highly regarded;
• high attention to detail;
• exposure to in-house is preferred including secondment experience; and
• a commercial approach and good communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the business