Associate - Corporate & Commercial
HybridBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Job Summary
Advise on private M&A transactions, including share sales, acquisitions, and mergers, from due diligence and structuring through negotiation, documentation, and completion. Collaborate with clients and professional advisers to progress deals efficiently and achieve commercially focused outcomes. Provide guidance on corporate structuring, restructures, ownership arrangements, and broader corporate governance matters. Assist clients with succession planning and ownership transitions. Manage files within agreed scopes, budgets, and timelines under appropriate supervision. Requires approximately 3–5 years of post-admission experience in corporate and commercial law with a focus on private M&A.
Required Qualifications
- Approximately 3–5 years' post-admission experience in corporate and commercial law
- The ability to identify material legal and commercial issues, assess risk and communicate findings clearly and practically
- Strong commercial judgement and the ability to understand a client's objectives, identify the issues that matter and provide clear, pragmatic and solutions-focused advice
- Experience managing files in accordance with agreed scope, budgets and transaction timelines, with appropriate supervision from senior team members
- Strong client service and communication skills, with the confidence to build trusted relationships with clients and their professional advisers
- Excellent organisation and attention to detail, together with the ability to manage competing priorities and perform effectively during time-sensitive transaction processes
- A collaborative and flexible approach, sound judgement and the ability to identify issues early, take initiative and seek input from senior team members where appropriate
Desired Qualifications
- ideally with meaningful experience working on private M&A transactions and an understanding of the key stages of an M&A transaction, from due diligence and transaction structuring through to documentation, signing and completion
- Experience in broader corporate advisory work, including corporate restructures, shareholders' agreements and commercial contracting
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