SYD - Associate/Senior Associate - Transactional Practice Group (Funds)
SYD - Associate/Senior Associate - Transactional Practice Group (Funds)
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Description
Think Opportunity Think Baker McKenzie!
We have an exciting opportunity for an associate or senior lawyer with 2 7 years PQE to join our Funds team in Sydney under Leo Vellis.
About Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie Australia can offer you access to complex marketleading matters working with some of the worlds best legal mindspeople who know the law and who understand business. We have an unrivalled ability to provide training and secondment opportunities across our global network. Locally we have an inclusive culture of learning coaching and opportunity where you will work in small teams on matters that often cross borders. We value people who think ahead and get noticed.
About the role and team
Baker McKenzies Transactional Practice Group is at the forefront of providing commercially astute advice to major Australian and global companies fund managers pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.
The work undertaken by the Funds Transactional Group is primarily transactional in nature and includes assisting funds on raising capital and undertaking investments and M&A transactions. However there is also a regulatory focus which includes advising sponsors and managers on all regulatory aspects of fund formation capital raisings and operating an investment management business. You will be working with Leo Vellis a partner in the Funds Transaction Group in Sydney as well as other partners in the broader transactional practice group.
About you
You will have:
- 27 years experience in Funds;
- relevant experience in a toptier or leading international firm preferred;
- a strong client service orientation;
- strong technical drafting and commercial skills;
- business development aptitude interest and experience;
- relevant legal qualifications;
- a strong academic background;
- excellent analytical communication and research skills;
- a commitment to high work standards and strong attention to detail;
- an ability to demonstrate initiative and proactivity;
- an ability to work well in a team environment (including across Australian offices and internationally);
- a willingness to learn; and
- a willingness to develop others through mentoring and sharing experiences.
Our benefits
- Financial benefits: competitive remuneration package generous bonus scheme salary continuance insurance life insurance salary sacrifice options employee discounts referral rewards and travel insurance for you and your family
- Learning & development opportunities: client and international office secondments and regional and global development programs
- Flexibility: Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to balance your work and lifestyle
- Leave: 26 weeks paid parental leave for all parents with no minimum service ability to purchase additional annual leave and flexible public holidays
- Health & wellbeing programs: Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling and wellbeing and financial coaching for you and your immediate family flu vaccinations and discounted health insurance.
For more information on our benefits click here.
Inclusion Diversity & Equity
Baker McKenzie is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive culture for all its employees with equal opportunity for all to progress and have a meaningful career with our Firm. Our mission is to foster an environment where individuals of every ethnicity culture gender sexual orientation gender identity and expression religion age disability carer status and working style may succeed professionally and fully contribute to the goals of the Firm. Our bAgile program also encourages a range of flexible work opportunities for all.
We want all applicants to be given the best possible opportunity to succeed in our recruitment processes and beyond so we invite you to let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require to participate in our recruitment processes or to perform the requirements of our roles. We also appreciate that everyones needs are different so we are keen to work with you personally to set you up for success. We are also happy to share accommodations weve made in the past. Please feel free to contact us on the details below.
Apply today!
If you are interested we would love to hear from you! Please clickapply now. If you would like to find out more or have a confidential chat please reach out to me on email or give me a call on.
As part of our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive we encourage applications from all genders abilities and cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
