The firm
Hamilton Locke is Australia’s fastest growing law firm and we are continuing our growth journey in New Zealand. Evolving the traditional approach to corporate and commercial legal services, we are constantly removing the layers of bureaucracy, reacting quickly to change, providing exceptional service, and finding creative solutions to deliver smart advice.
We have offices in Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth with our clients being located across New Zealand, Australia and internationally.
The role
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.
We’re looking for someone:
- with 5+ years’ legal experience in financial services; and/or
- with 5+ years’ legal experience in corporate and securities law; and
- with experience supervising and mentoring junior lawyers as well as managing client matters
- who has a strong sense of purpose, ambition, confidence and a proactive approach to work
- with a desire to work with existing and new clients on business growth
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/
What’s in it for you
- Be mentored by leading corporate practitioners in a supportive environment, with access to quality work, great clients and professional development opportunities.
- A fun, collaborative and high-performing team environment with regular social events and training days.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- A clear and transparent performance bonus scheme.
- An extra week’s leave, as part of our employee personal development program.
- Full day birthday leave.
- Support in building client relationships.
How to Apply?
We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information.
For more information on Hamilton Locke, please visit https://hamiltonlocke.com.au/ or follow us on LinkedIn here.
Agency submissions
HPX Group does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and HPX Group will not be liable for a fee.
Accessibility and Inclusion
At Hamilton Locke, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, and family and caring arrangements.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at talent@hpxgroup.com.au.