Senior Associate / Special Counsel - Corporate

We are currently looking for a Senior Associate or Special Counsel to join our Brisbane based Corporate team

Thomsons is a leading national law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. The firm has approximately 900 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients - their success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomsons, we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.   
 
The Role
 
We are currently looking for a Senior Associate or Special Counsel to join our Brisbane based Corporate team. While the team is based in Brisbane, we welcome applications from candidates located in either Brisbane or Sydney.
 
This position will work closely with experienced and respected Partners who specialise in:

• private M&A transactions (including for private equity clients and financial sponsors);
• drafting and negotiation of shareholders agreements, joint venture arrangements and other general commercial contracts;
• restructures; and
• general corporate advisory.

 
Requirements    
 
To be successful in this role, you will need to:

• Have solid experience and exposure to private M&A transactions (preferably with a working understanding of considerations relevant to private equity and financial sponsor clients) with a mid-market focus preferably, through experience gained in mid to top-tier firms;
• Have solid experience with drafting and negotiating transaction documents, including share sale agreements, asset sale agreements, shareholders agreements;
• Have solid experience with leading due diligence processes, including co-ordinating various due diligence workstreams and preparing legal due diligence reports;
• Possess a willingness to have a hands-on approach as a client-focused practitioner, with great relationship-building and communication skills;
• Possess a willingness and ability to understand clients' commercial needs and objectives and provide solutions to achieve these;
• Provide sound, pragmatic and innovative legal advice to the firm's corporate clients;
• Good contract drafting skills, legal analysis and problem solving skills to varied situations;
• Have excellent attention to detail, analytical skills which will be backed up by strong academics; and
• A thirst to develop as this is a role that offers genuine career development.

 
Life at Thomsons   
 
As a leading national firm, we offer an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: interesting and challenging pro bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, corporate discounts, variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.             
 
We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability, so that our team is taken care and we get the best outcomes for our clients.
 

If this sounds like the role for you, please submit your application via the "Apply" link below.