Jobs at Gilbert + Tobin

Advises clients on competition, consumer, and market regulation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, ACCC clearances, investigations, litigation, cartel conduct, economic regulation, regulatory design, legislative reform, and consumer protection. The role requires strong legal drafting and advice-writing skills, technical knowledge, client management ability, and capacity to work autonomously and collaboratively.

Advise clients on complex public and private M&A, equity capital markets, joint ventures, and corporate governance matters. The role involves working on landmark transactions with leading partners, applying strong legal drafting, analytical, technical, and client advisory skills, while maintaining a practical, commercial, and team-oriented approach.

Lead business development strategy for the Corporate Advisory practice, partnering with lawyers and senior stakeholders to drive growth, client engagement, and market positioning. Manage tenders, proposals, client presentations, campaigns, events, thought leadership, rankings, sponsorships, market intelligence, and business development infrastructure. Support client relationship development, cross-practice collaboration, workflow management, and mentoring of junior team members.

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.

Provides employment law advice and litigation support to Australian and multinational companies, government bodies, and senior executives. Handles Fair Work Commission and court matters, workplace investigations, whistleblower issues, M&A employment matters, contracts, industrial relations, workplace change, terminations, and health and safety investigations. Builds client relationships, writes clear legal advice, solves complex problems, and works independently and collaboratively.

Advise banks, insurers, funds, fintechs, and payment providers on financial services regulation, including licensing, conduct obligations, FAR/BEAR, governance, investigations, enforcement, remediation, regulatory reform, and transactional matters. Lead complex workstreams, manage client relationships, engage with ASIC and APRA, advise on compliance transformation, and mentor junior lawyers.

Advises clients on complex energy, resources, and infrastructure transactions across project development, acquisitions, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. Manages workstreams, assesses transaction structures and risk allocation, engages with clients and stakeholders, and contributes to high-value matters while developing sector expertise.

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.

Advise on high-profile private and public M&A transactions alongside leading corporate partners. The role involves drafting and providing legal advice, applying strong technical and analytical skills, managing transaction matters, developing client relationships, and delivering practical, commercially focused solutions. Lawyers will work in a fast-paced, supportive team while developing legal and non-legal skills and contributing to market-leading corporate transactions.

Advise clients on competition, consumer, and market regulation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, ACCC clearances, joint ventures, investigations, enforcement proceedings, cartel matters, litigation, economic regulation, regulatory design, legislative reform, and consumer protection. The role requires drafting advice, applying technical competition-law knowledge, working with clients, and contributing autonomously within a high-performing legal team.

Advise investment funds and fund managers on fund establishment, regulatory matters, FIRB, fund manager M&A, fund launches, and financial services regulation. Draft fund documents including scheme constitutions, limited partnership agreements, trust deeds, management agreements, custodian agreements, and co-investment agreements. Build client relationships and deliver complex, high-profile transactions collaboratively.

A talent community referral opportunity for Gilbert + Tobin employees to recommend candidates when no suitable open role is currently available. Referred candidates may be contacted when an appropriate position arises.

Advise Australian and multinational clients on employment litigation, workplace investigations, whistleblower matters, M&A employment issues, contracts, industrial relations, workplace changes, terminations, and health and safety prosecutions. The role requires managing both advisory and litigation matters, drafting clear legal advice, solving complex problems, making sound decisions, and building effective client relationships independently and collaboratively.

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.

Supports a Partner and legal team within the Competition, Consumer and Market Regulation practice. Responsibilities include diary and inbox management, workflow prioritization, client and stakeholder liaison, event coordination, travel and accommodation arrangements, document and file management, billing, and accounts reporting. The role requires legal administration experience, strong organization and communication skills, discretion, commercial awareness, advanced Microsoft Office capability, and adaptability to AI and other technologies.

Represent clients in complex commercial and corporate disputes, regulatory investigations, class actions, commissions, inquiries, corporate misconduct matters, litigation, arbitration, and other dispute-resolution proceedings. Develop strategic approaches to risk prevention and resolution, analyze complex legal and factual issues, communicate effectively with clients, and collaborate independently or as part of a team.

Monitor and respond to security alerts and incidents across network, system, and cloud environments. Operate SIEM, EDR, MDR, DLP, and vulnerability management platforms; investigate incidents; support forensic collection and remediation; maintain detection rules and logging; assess security configurations; report risk metrics; improve policies and controls; and support audits, compliance, and security awareness initiatives.

First Nations law students will work one to two days per week during semester alongside their studies, gaining practical experience across legal practice areas. Cadets will work with specialist lawyers, build legal and professional skills, learn about clients and industries, and receive mentoring. Applicants must identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, be enrolled in an LLB or JD, and be able to attend the Sydney or Melbourne office weekly.

Advise clients on equity capital markets, public and private M&A, IPOs, disclosure obligations, ASX Listing Rules and corporate governance. Manage live transactions, provide practical commercial advice, support listed-company matters and work closely with partners and deal teams. The role offers broad exposure across ECM and M&A, with a strong focus on technical development, judgment, collaboration and high-quality execution.

Advise clients on complex public and private M&A transactions, private equity, equity capital markets, joint ventures, and corporate governance. Lead significant transactions, manage client relationships, provide commercially focused legal advice, draft and analyze transaction documents, guide strategic decisions, and mentor team members in a collaborative corporate advisory practice.