Jobs at Gilbert + Tobin

Advises banks, insurers, fintechs, and funds on financial services regulation, including licensing, conduct obligations, governance, accountability regimes, investigations, enforcement, compliance frameworks, regulatory reform, and transaction support. The role involves drafting, regulatory analysis, remediation programs, ASIC and APRA engagement, and advising on emerging fintech, payments, digital assets, privacy, and AML/CTF matters.

Advise leading international and local fund managers and investors on investment funds, financial services regulation, fund establishment, regulatory matters, FIRB, fund manager M&A, and fund launches. Draft fund documents including constitutions, limited partnership agreements, trust deeds, management agreements, and co-investment agreements. Build client relationships while delivering complex, high-quality legal advice collaboratively.

Advise clients on private and public M&A transactions as part of a high-performing Corporate Advisory team. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing transaction documents, providing commercial legal advice, managing transaction matters, developing client relationships, and collaborating with leading M&A partners on complex corporate deals.

Leads complex legal informatics matters involving electronic discovery, investigations, document management, data analytics, and legal technology. Oversees Relativity workflows, AI-assisted review, integrations, quality controls, security, and defensible delivery. Advises lawyers, partners, and clients; manages technical teams, portfolios, budgets, risks, and stakeholder relationships; and develops scalable best practices and technology solutions.

Leads the delivery of complex eDiscovery, document review, data room, due diligence, analytics, and legal technology services. Manages Relativity workflows, AI-assisted review, data processing, quality control, integrations, technical support, and stakeholder communication. Develops repeatable workflows, automation, and best practices while supervising staff, allocating work, managing priorities, and delivering time-critical legal matters within agreed budgets and deadlines.

Advises clients on competition, consumer, and market regulation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, ACCC clearances and 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 knowledge management, thought leadership, legal content, training, innovation, and process improvement for a Real Assets practice. The role supports real estate and infrastructure lawyers by curating knowledge systems, answering complex legal questions, developing workflows and AI initiatives, coordinating written materials, supervising paralegals, and delivering training. Candidates need at least five years of post-admission transactional experience across real assets, including real estate, infrastructure, asset management, and PEXA.

Provides legal advice on equity capital markets, IPOs, public and private M&A, disclosure, ASX Listing Rules, and corporate governance. Works on complex live transactions, supports listed clients and investment banks, manages detailed deal execution, and delivers practical, commercially focused advice. The role offers broad exposure to major corporate transactions while working closely with experienced partners in a collaborative team.

Supports business development strategy for the Technology and Intellectual Property practice by identifying opportunities, strengthening client relationships, coordinating pitches and proposals, delivering targeted campaigns and events, developing thought leadership, monitoring market trends, and collaborating with lawyers and marketing teams to improve growth initiatives and leverage technology and AI.

Provides legal advice to charities, not-for-profits, and purpose-driven organizations on establishment and registration, tax concessions, governance, mergers and acquisitions, restructures, regulatory investigations, and compliance. The role requires strong drafting, analytical, client relationship, and teamwork skills, with opportunities to handle complex, high-profile matters. It is offered initially as a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential conversion to permanent employment.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Advise clients on complex public and private M&A, equity capital markets, joint ventures, and corporate governance matters. The role involves working with leading partners on high-value transactions, applying strong drafting, analytical, technical, and client advisory skills, and delivering practical, commercial legal advice. Candidates will join the Sydney Corporate Advisory team and contribute collaboratively to landmark domestic and cross-border transactions.