Associate / Senior Associate – Corporate & CommercialHybrid

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 experienced 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 or Senior Associate position working with Corin Maberly. Corin specialises in corporate and commercial law, as well as technology and telecommunications law, and government procurement (with a particular focus on defence contracting). Corin is an expert in structuring complex transactions, running negotiations and advising on risk and stakeholder management.

Corin’s corporate experience includes advising clients on acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture arrangements, corporate restructuring, other major commercial transactions and contracts, and on governance arrangements. In the telecommunications sector, Corin is regularly involved in high-value, business-critical projects such as joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, financing arrangements, procurement projects and regulatory work for clients throughout the Asia Pacific region. He has extensive expertise in technology transactions and advises on both the buy-side and sell-side of transactions for software, hardware and services transactions and technology outsourcing matters.

In this role you would be exposed to:

• A high level of client contact
• Commercial transactional project matters, corporate/commercial matters, government procurement work and a range of agreements including licensing agreements, service agreements
• Both New Zealand and offshore clients
• A friendly and supportive team, with a high level of autonomy

We’re looking for someone: 

• with 5+ years’ experience in Commercial Law;
• technology expertise beneficial but not necessary;
• who has a strong sense of purpose, ambition, confidence and a proactive approach to your work;
• with a desire to work with existing and new clients on business growth; and
• friendly, with a sense of humour, down to earth/authentic, who is also hard working, focused and ambitious. 

What’s in it for you 

• Be strategically involved in direction and growth of Hamilton Locke in the New Zealand market.
• An opportunity for business travel
• Be mentored 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, training days and international team retreats. 
• Flexible working arrangements. 
• A clear and transparent performance bonus scheme. 
• An extra week’s leave, as part of our employee personal development program. 
• One day birthday leave. 

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.

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