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Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate

Pexa Melbourne Today

legal

Hi, we’re PEXA

Every time a house is bought, sold or refinanced in Australia your lawyer, conveyancer and lender will most likely use a digital platform to settle your property, this is where we come in. PEXA’s world-first digital settlement platform has revolutionised the way we exchange property in Australia helping over 20,000 people a week safely settle their homes.

Since starting our journey in 2010, we now employ a team of over 1,000 people working across multiple continents. We’re still growing, innovating and looking ahead, but behind our greatest achievements, there is a team of curious creators and big thinkers. That’s why, we’re looking for ambitious people like yourself to join the team.

What you'll be doing

This is an important senior position within the high performing PEXA legal team to deliver critical legal support while modelling a proactive, partnership-driven approach.

The Senior Legal Counsel provides high-quality, commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of matters, including general corporate and commercial, regulatory, support for M&A, growth and transformational change initiatives. It also plays a key role in building core legal and governance functions, tools and processes for continual improvement and efficiency.

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be responsible for:

Play a key role in shaping a high performing, trusted legal function that enables PEXA to deliver on its strategic ambitions.

Act as a strategic partner to the business, providing confident, pragmatic advice on complex Australian regulatory matters impacting the group (including ASIC, AUSTRAC, ACCC, APRA and privacy).

Support and influence major transformation and change initiatives across the PEXA Group.

Proactively identify legal, regulatory and compliance risks, and work closely with leaders to deliver practical, commercial solutions.

Lead and advise on M&A activity, strategic partnerships, growth initiatives, minority investments and group financing arrangements in Australia.

Deliver broad, high-impact commercial and corporate advice across the PEXA Group, spanning corporate governance, continuous disclosure, competition and consumer law, technology, cyber and data security, SaaS/PaaS arrangements, data acquisition and intellectual property.

Design and embed fit-for-purpose legal frameworks, policies and practices that strengthen governance and risk management.

Build organisational capability and sophistication by coaching leaders, conducting compliance risk assessments, and delivering practical training and guidance.

Lead complex contract negotiations and provide strategic support to management on high-value and high-risk commercial arrangements.

Manage and optimise relationships with external law firms to ensure quality, value and alignment with business priorities.

Champion PEXA’s values and ways of working, fostering strong collaboration across teams and with key stakeholders.

What you’ll bring

Tertiary qualifications in Law with a current, unrestricted Australian practising certificate, and Senior Associate–level or equivalent in-house experience.

Proven ability to draft and negotiate complex legal agreements across multiple subject areas, with excellent attention to detail and strong drafting skills.

Demonstrated experience handling sophisticated legal matters in a commercially pragmatic and efficient manner.

Experience or exposure to competition and consumer law, privacy, intellectual property, regulated industries and/or a listed environment (highly regarded).

Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and provide strategic advice to senior leaders.

Confidence operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with the ability to see the bigger picture around legal, ethical and reputational risk and work effectively both autonomously and as part of a team.

Cover letter: We would love a detailed cover letter to support your application.

A career at PEXA starts with you!

If you think you have the required skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you – even if you don’t tick all the boxes. At PEXA we support your growth and help you discover your full potential.

Why join us

• Quarterly wellness days to recharge

• Four weeks workcation per year - work from an approved country

• Take the opportunity to purchase up to four weeks additional annual leave per year

• Learn from the best and upskill with PEXA Academy certifications and grow your career

Our commitment to our people and a better future

At PEXA we want you to embrace your best self each day, creating an environment where everyone can contribute and participate, so that every person can reach their full potential. We want our people to feel equally valued, supported and celebrated. With market-leading benefits that make a difference, we’re committed to supporting individuals, families and carers. Your culture, gender, sexual orientation, language and other attributes make you unique! We couldn't be prouder to have a team that reflects the richness of our wider community.

We're a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant.

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A career at PEXA is exciting, challenging and rewarding, and we’re always on the lookout for talented individuals to join the team. You can learn more about life at PEXA on our website and social channels too.