Solicitor – Financial Services

Are you a financial services lawyer looking to grow your career in a supportive market leading practice? We are seeking an enthusiastic and team orientated lawyer to join our superannuation, insurance, financial advice, and funds management practice.

About the role
Mallesons is known for its market leading financial services practice. You will be working alongside two market leading partners, Nathan Hodge and Sarah Yu. 

Mallesons' clients span major banks and wealth management institutions, super funds (industry, retail, and public sector), insurers (life and general), investment managers and administrators and various service providers. Our team is established, growing, collegiate and high performing. 
 

We have worked on some of Australia and Asia's most complex and industry defining transactions and act for the region's largest and most significant superannuation funds, insurers, and major financial institutions.  

This role will be varied and interesting and will include acting and advising on: 

• Transactions – both in our speciality areas (eg share sales as well as SFTs and insurance schemes) as well as more broadly across the firm

• Advisory – all aspects of advisory work for our clients such as:

• Optimising organisational structures

• Governance 

• All aspects of a product lifecycle

• Arrangements with material service providers

• New regulatory developments and technology

• Operational and disclosure

• Investments

• Financial advice

• Regulatory issues and solutions

• Dispute resolution 

Our work requires someone who thrives in an environment where they will be constantly leaning and doing a variety of work including advisory, drafting, and transactional work. We work closely with specialists from other practice groups across the whole firm.  
 

Who is our ideal candidate? 
You will:

• have experience in a similar environment 

• thrive on challenges, continuous learning and improvement

• have excellent analytical, communication and research skills - to deliver prompt and commercially astute advice

• be focused on understanding our clients’ commercial needs and have demonstrated excellence in client service - you will play a key role in supporting and actively developing our relationships with our clients

• be team focused, to facilitate effective teamwork by developing strong internal and external relationships

• be enthusiastic to be involved in business development activities - participating in industry related programs and developing strategic relationships and networks

• have first rate experience of drafting documents

Who are we?

We are Mallesons. The top-tier independent firm from Australia, a full-service firm trusted on the most complex and consequential matters across our region and around the world. We’ve been part of Australia’s story for almost 200 years and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of these lands and waters.

Our independence gives us the flexibility to combine our extensive top tier full-service capability with the best advisers in every market. With deep expertise, collective judgment and genuine collaboration, we cut through complexity so our clients can move forward with confidence and make more happen.

Why work with us?

We build careers that go everywhere. Mallesons is a special place to work where anything is possible, ambitions are limitless and diversity and inclusion play an important role. It’s a place where you will collaborate with exceptional colleagues and clients, where you will sharpen your edge and support others to do the same, where you will make a difference you can be proud of. You will have access to a suite of wellbeing initiatives, benefits, policies and process that will support you to achieve your career goals.

Together we learn. Together we master. Together we lead.

Next Steps
Please click ‘Apply Now’ to apply online with your cover letter summarising why you’re applying and your resume to support your experience.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Kellie McLean, [email protected]
If you are not an Australian citizen or permanent resident, you must hold all visas and other approvals necessary for you to work for the firm in Australia.

Diversity and Inclusion

Mallesons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from diverse backgrounds. We welcome, value, support and harness the positive benefits that people’s different life experiences bring, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. 
If you are unsure if you meet all criteria for this role, but have a passion for delivering high quality work, developing your skills and realising your full potential, then we encourage you to apply and have a further conversation about how you could fit at Mallesons.
We have a range of inclusive hiring practices – if you would like to seek workplace adjustments to complete your application please contact the Recruitment contact for this role or email [email protected]