Counsel / Senior Counsel
RemoteSydney, New South Wales, Australia or Australia
Job Summary
Provide parental leave cover for Vow's legal function from October 2026 to July 2027, acting as the day-to-day support for commercial, regulatory, and IP work. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts including NDAs, supply agreements, and MTAs while managing the trademark portfolio and liaising with external IP advisers. Support regulatory submissions for product approvals in new markets and serve as the first point of contact for ad hoc legal and commercial questions across the business. Resolve matters independently or route specialist issues to external counsel, maintaining templates and providing regular status updates. Participate in the Work Health and Safety Committee and prepare a documented handover by July 2027. This fixed-term role requires an Australian-qualified lawyer with 5+ years of post-qualification experience to ensure continuity during the permanent Counsel's absence.
Required Qualifications
- Admitted to practise law in Australia, with a current practising certificate (or eligible to obtain one)
- 5+ years' post-qualification experience (PQE), gained in house, in private practice, or a combination of both
- Strong commercial contracts capability: drafting, reviewing and negotiating NDAs, supply agreements, material transfer agreements (MTAs), and customer and commercial agreements
- Comfortable self-manging a varied workload and knowing when to escalate specialist matters to external counsel
- A pragmatic, commercial approach. You translate legal risk into clear, practical advice that helps the business move, not just a list of what could go wrong
- Exposure to regulatory work is an advantage, ideally in food, health, biotech, or another regulated environment, particularly around product approvals and market entry
- Familiarity with IP and trade mark management, including working with external IP advisers
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation
- Strong communication and stakeholder skills. You can explain risks and trade-offs clearly to non-lawyers at all levels of the business
- Comfortable with ambiguity and a bias to action. You make sensible decisions with incomplete information and iterate
Desired Qualifications
- Exposure to regulatory work is an advantage, ideally in food, health, biotech, or another regulated environment, particularly around product approvals and market entry
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