At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal advice on diverse commercial and operational matters in a growing energy business.
- Company: Dynamic Australian energy company with ambitious growth plans and a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, bonus scheme, hybrid work, and generous parental leave.
- Other info: Opportunity for genuine influence and career growth in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Become a trusted advisor and enjoy variety in your legal career.
- Qualifications: Australian qualified lawyer with 7-10+ years' experience in commercial contracting.
Salary: A$ 180000 - A$ 220000 per year
Posted: September 30 2026
Relocation Assistance: Available
The Organisation
Our client is a growing Australian energy business with ambitious plans and a diverse portfolio spanning gas production, storage, processing and emerging energy projects. With around 60 employees, the business remains agile, entrepreneurial and highly collaborative, giving legal genuine visibility and influence across the organisation.
The Role
Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a rare opportunity to step into a sole legal counsel role with broad exposure across legal, commercial and operational matters. It's a genuinely part legal, part commercial role ideal for someone who wants real variety and challenge, rather than a narrow, single-discipline practice. You'll partner with stakeholders across the business, providing pragmatic advice that helps projects progress, risks are managed and commercial objectives are achieved. This is a role for a lawyer who enjoys being close to the business and is genuinely curious about how it operates, and thrives on variety and turning their hand to whatever comes next.
The Work Itself
You'll work across a broad range of matters, including:
- Commercial contracts and negotiations
- Procurement and supplier arrangements
- Product sales and commercial agreements
- Business development and growth initiatives
- Joint ventures and stakeholder matters
- Land access and tenure issues
- Regulatory and compliance advice
- Corporate governance and risk management
- Management of external legal counsel
No two days are the same. You'll take ownership of your matters while working closely with senior stakeholders across the business.
Where You'll Land
Join a growing, entrepreneurial business where legal is a valued partner and common sense drives decision-making. Working closely with an approachable leadership team, you'll gain broad commercial exposure and the opportunity to make a genuine contribution from day one. The role also offers hybrid working (3 office days per week), an attractive bonus scheme and 12 weeks paid parental leave.
Sound Like You?
An Australian qualified lawyer with approximately 7-10+ years' PAE and strong commercial contracting experience. You may be coming from private practice, government or an in-house environment. Above all, you bring good judgment and genuine pragmatism; you know when 'good enough' is the right commercial call, rather than chasing a perfect risk position. You're flexible and adaptable, comfortable being pulled across a genuinely varied caseload, and just as interested in understanding the business as you are in the contracts themselves. You build rapport easily with people from all backgrounds and disciplines, and you're not afraid to put your hand up and ask questions when you're out of your depth. Experience in energy, resources, infrastructure or another regulated industry will be viewed favourably, but is not essential.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor, 7-10+ years PAE
Why is This a Great Opportunity:
Move beyond technical legal work and become a trusted commercial advisor in a growing energy company. Sole counsel opportunity with autonomy + variety | No in-house experience necessary. Diverse mix of contracts, projects + regulatory matters | Brisbane CBD. Attractive bonus scheme, parental leave + hybrid working | 7+ Years PAE.
Commercial In-house Counsel employer: Job Juncture
Join a dynamic and growing Australian energy business that values legal expertise as a key partner in its entrepreneurial journey. With a collaborative work culture, you'll enjoy the autonomy of a sole counsel role while engaging in diverse legal and commercial matters that directly impact the company's success. The organisation offers attractive benefits including hybrid working arrangements, a competitive bonus scheme, and generous parental leave, making it an excellent employer for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in Brisbane CBD.
