Jobs at Gilbert + Tobin

Advise clients on equity capital markets transactions, IPOs, public and private M&A, equity raisings, disclosure obligations, ASX Listing Rules, and corporate governance. The role involves managing live deals, providing commercially focused legal advice, working closely with partners and clients, and developing expertise across listed-company matters and major transactions.

Provides first-level technology support to staff across multiple offices through phone, email, and chat. Responsibilities include troubleshooting laptops, mobile devices, Microsoft 365, document management systems, Adobe Acrobat, and Windows 11; managing tickets in Ivanti Service Manager; escalating issues; communicating updates; completing operational checks; following security and governance procedures; and supporting the L1 manager as second-in-charge. The role operates on a weekday shift roster with possible future on-call duties.

Supports the General Counsel and the firm’s compliance, legal, and risk functions. Responsibilities include conflict clearing, information barrier management, securities trading clearances, policy training, register maintenance, project support, confidential administration, and stakeholder coordination. The role requires strong organization, communication, computer literacy, discretion, process improvement skills, autonomy, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a professional legal environment.

Advise on high-profile private and public mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing legal documents, providing commercially focused advice, managing transaction matters, developing client relationships, and collaborating with leading M&A partners in a fast-paced environment.

Advise clients on complex corporate M&A, joint ventures, platform investments, and structured transactions involving real estate, infrastructure, and private capital. Draft and analyze transaction documents, navigate complex legal and commercial issues, and collaborate with clients, partners, and cross-border teams on high-value real asset deals.

Own end-to-end talent acquisition for legal and operations teams, including role scoping, strategic sourcing, assessment, selection and offers. Build talent pipelines, use market intelligence and recruitment data, lead employer-brand campaigns, advise senior stakeholders, and improve TA through AI, automation, technology and process optimisation. The role is a 12-month contract based in Sydney.

Maintain and improve hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS. Troubleshoot complex incidents, design resilient solutions, support Microsoft infrastructure and Microsoft 365, automate deployments, monitor systems, remediate vulnerabilities, and maintain backup and disaster recovery capabilities. The role also involves infrastructure projects, documentation, vendor collaboration, mentoring junior staff, and participating in on-call support.

Advise clients on competition, consumer, and market regulation matters, including mergers, ACCC clearances, investigations, litigation, cartel conduct, economic regulation, regulatory design, legislative reform, and consumer protection. The role requires strong legal drafting, technical expertise, client management, autonomous work, and collaboration within a high-performing practice.

Leads complex legal informatics matters involving eDiscovery, investigations, document management, data analytics, and legal technology. Advises lawyers and clients, oversees Relativity workflows, develops technical standards and quality controls, implements AI and automation, manages teams, and handles delivery, risk, stakeholder, commercial, and financial responsibilities across critical legal matters.

Leads legal informatics services across eDiscovery, document reviews, data rooms, due diligence, analytics, and legal technology workflows. Manages Relativity-based processing, AI-assisted review, data quality, integrations, automation, and technical support for complex legal matters. Advises lawyers and clients, coordinates delivery, supervises technical staff, manages stakeholders and budgets, and improves repeatable workflows using scripting, data analysis, and cloud technologies.

Manage large-scale eDiscovery and document review matters using Relativity, including data imports, processing, analytics, quality control, auditing, and exports. Support legal teams with Harvey vaults, virtual data rooms, deal rooms, and technology-enabled workflows. Develop and improve legal informatics processes, validate AI-assisted reviews, manage large datasets, and provide technical support during court proceedings and inquiries.

This general referral posting allows Gilbert + Tobin employees to recommend candidates for future opportunities in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. Applicants are added to the firm’s Talent Community and contacted when a suitable open role becomes available.

Leads end-user computing, enterprise applications support, and document automation teams. Oversees digital workplace performance, incident and change management, endpoint lifecycle, application upgrades, integrations, releases, vendor performance, licensing, and operational readiness. Drives cloud transition, standardization, automation, security controls, and service improvements using operational data. Acts as the senior escalation point and advises stakeholders on service performance, risks, priorities, and remediation.

Advise Australian and multinational clients on employment law matters, including litigation, workplace investigations, whistleblower issues, M&A employment aspects, contracts, industrial relations, workplace change, terminations, and health and safety investigations. The role requires managing both advisory and litigation work, preparing clear legal advice, solving complex problems, building client relationships, and collaborating effectively.

Advises sponsors, borrowers, and lenders on project finance transactions across infrastructure, energy, resources, PPPs, and social housing. Responsibilities include analyzing, negotiating, and drafting financing documents, working with clients, supporting complex transactions, and collaborating with senior lawyers. The role suits lawyers with at least three years of post-qualification experience and finance exposure, particularly project finance, property finance, or general banking experience.

First Nations Legal Cadets gain practical legal experience while completing an LLB or JD. Working one to two days per week during semester, cadets rotate across legal practice areas, collaborate with specialist lawyers, and receive mentoring and structured support. Applicants must identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, be enrolled in law studies, and attend a Sydney, Melbourne, or Perth office. Applications require a cover letter, CV, and academic transcripts.

Advise banks, insurers, fintechs, funds and other financial services clients on regulatory compliance, licensing, governance, accountability, investigations, enforcement, remediation, transactions and regulatory reform. Work includes AFSL and ACL obligations, FAR and BEAR frameworks, ASIC and APRA engagement, AML/CTF, privacy, payments, digital regulation and fintech matters. The role requires strong drafting, analytical, proactive and commercially minded skills, with direct client and regulator exposure.

Work with leading M&A partners on complex private and public transactions. Responsibilities include advising clients, drafting legal documents, providing practical and commercially minded advice, managing transaction matters, developing client relationships, and contributing to a high-performing corporate advisory team.

Conduct high-quality legal document reviews and related tasks, including chronologies, statements, and submissions. Support document review management by answering queries, monitoring progress, ensuring processes are followed, escalating issues, and implementing solutions. Participate in debriefings, quality assurance activities, and review meetings while helping improve future matters. Use platforms such as Relativity or NUIX in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment.

Manage billing and invoicing, including account preparation, amendments, and finalization. Handle debtor management, invoice queries, client disbursement payments, trust account records, reconciliations, fund allocations, and financial reporting. Provide billing and trust-related client communication while supporting lawyers and the Intellectual Property team with file management, general administration, and project work.