Jobs at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Advise clients on funds-related M&A, private capital transactions, structured investments, capital raising, and investment structures. Manage transactions from inception through completion, coordinate due diligence, negotiate sale and governance agreements, draft fund and structured investment documents, and support real asset fund raisings. The role also involves collaborating with tax, real estate, debt, and international teams while developing strong client relationships and delivering commercially focused legal advice.

Support the administration and maintenance of Workday and related HR systems across Australia. Provide first-line user support, perform data uploads and integrity audits, maintain documentation and training materials, and assist with system testing, upgrades, and releases. Collaborate with HR, IT, and global stakeholders to resolve issues, protect HR data, and improve people technology processes.

Advise clients on improving legal-function effectiveness through operating model design, process improvement, resourcing strategy, technology, and AI adoption. Lead end-to-end project design and delivery, facilitate workshops, develop digital and legal engineering solutions, manage client relationships, support business development, and contribute to strategic initiatives. The role also involves stakeholder influence, client-facing communication, change management, design thinking, data analysis, and mentoring within a multidisciplinary team.

Senior Associate joining a Tier 1 Class Actions team in Sydney. Responsibilities include managing commercial litigation files, supporting class actions and regulatory investigations, identifying legal issues, developing solutions, delivering excellent client service, collaborating across local and international offices, and contributing to business development. The role requires strong legal skills, practical judgment, effective communication, autonomy, teamwork, and interest in AI and emerging technologies.

Join a leading Sydney disputes team advising national and international clients on commercial litigation, investigations, regulatory matters, and complex strategic disputes. Responsibilities include handling files, identifying legal issues, delivering practical solutions, contributing to client outcomes, developing business opportunities, and collaborating with lawyers across domestic and international offices.

Support the firm's information security, privacy, risk and compliance programs across Australia and Asia. Manage ISO 27001/ISMS activities, client security/privacy requests and audits, risk assessments, awareness and training, user behaviour and data leakage alerts, stakeholder guidance, and regional privacy implementation to ensure regulatory and client compliance.

Provide high-level administrative support to a senior Partner and team: manage complex diaries, correspondence, document production, client meetings, travel, billing and matter administration; monitor deadlines; coordinate across stakeholders and mentor junior staff while championing efficient tech and AI-enabled ways of working.

Manage and advise on conflicts of interest globally, liaise with partners and practice heads, ensure compliance with sanctions and AML obligations, and review and draft conflict provisions in engagement letters, policies and client agreements. Support firm strategy by assessing new instructions for professional obligations and commercial fit.

Provide competition, consumer law and regulatory advice across investigations, merger clearances, litigation and access/economic regulation. Supervise junior lawyers, manage client relationships, work to tight deadlines, and develop expertise in merger control and emerging technologies.

Lead and advise on public and private M&A and cross-border transactions; draft and negotiate transaction documents; project-manage deals and coordinate global teams and advisers; build client relationships and support business development; mentor junior solicitors and contribute to team development.

Provide corporate tax advice on complex commercial transactions (M&A, restructures, IPOs, funds, property, finance), negotiate with the ATO, collaborate with national and international tax teams, and supervise/mentor junior solicitors. Focus is advisory (not compliance) across corporate, funds, energy and resources clients.