The Opportunity
Join a leading organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.
- Duration: 3 months
- Arrangement: 3-5 days (depending on seniority)
- Location: Sydney
About You
You are an experienced financial services lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.
Your Experience and Expertise:
- General banking and finance legal experience within a financial services or commercial environment
- Experience reviewing and negotiating confidentiality agreements and NDAs
- Experience reviewing and negotiating reliance letters
- Experience drafting, reviewing and advising on bank guarantees
- Familiarity with bilateral and syndicated loan agreements and associated finance documentation
- Understanding of lending transactions and general banking documentation
- Knowledge of trade finance products and associated legal considerations
- Experience advising on supply chain finance arrangements
- Experience supporting bank guarantee and other trade finance products
- Ability to identify and advise on legal, contractual and commercial risks arising from banking transactions
- Strong commercial contracts experience, including identifying key contractual risks and negotiating appropriate protections
- Ability to provide practical and commercially focused legal advice to product and business teams
- Experience working directly with multiple internal stakeholders across product, operational and functional teams
- Ability to manage a varied workload across banking, finance and general commercial matters
- Previous in-house legal experience within a bank or other financial institution highly regarded
- Experience working with regional or cross-border stakeholders across APAC highly regarded
Attributes:
- Confident and comfortable working directly with senior and diverse stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Commercial and pragmatic approach to legal advice
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify key legal and contractual risks
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Responsive and comfortable operating in a fast-paced in-house environment
- Culturally aware and effective when engaging with stakeholders across APAC
Requirements:
- Current Australian practising certificate
- Right to live and work in Australia
About Reach
Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.
Why join Reach?
Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.
Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:
- Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
- A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
- The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.
Interested?
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Reach Legal Consultant | Financial Services Lawyers | Sydney employer: Ashurst
At Reach, a part of Ashurst Perkins Coie, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that offers unparalleled flexibility and support for your legal career. Our Brisbane location fosters a collaborative and inclusive work culture, where you can thrive as a privacy lawyer while enjoying the benefits of a global firm, including access to leading clients and a dedicated team that champions your professional growth. Join us to experience a unique opportunity to balance your career aspirations with your personal life in a dynamic and evolving regulatory environment.
