Jobs at JLegal Australia

Handle corporate restructuring, insolvency, bankruptcy, and complex commercial litigation matters from initial advice through resolution. Draft pleadings, affidavits, submissions, and correspondence; manage dispute resolution processes with increasing independence; and advise corporate, financial, and public sector clients. The role requires strong drafting, attention to detail, client-management ability, and the capacity to manage competing deadlines in a busy practice.

Conduct commercial and civil litigation across insolvency, construction, property, corporate, and general disputes. Manage matters from strategic advice and negotiations through mediation, settlement, and court proceedings. Draft pleadings, affidavits, submissions, evidence, correspondence, and legal advice; manage procedural requirements and deadlines; brief counsel and experts; advise clients on legal and commercial risks; negotiate resolutions; and maintain direct client relationships. Senior lawyers will take greater ownership of files and support junior team members.

Handle complex insurance litigation involving property damage, construction losses, liability claims, coverage disputes, indemnity, subrogation, and commercial recoveries. Advise clients, defend multi-party claims, manage litigated actions, draft legal documents, analyze cases, and maintain client relationships. The role supports government bodies, contractors, subcontractors, and service providers, working closely with a senior lawyer in a collaborative team.

Act for Commonwealth and NSW government clients on public and administrative law disputes. Responsibilities include independently running subpoena applications, appearing in NSW courts and tribunals, managing parliamentary document-production requests, and handling judicial review and complex litigation matters. The role requires strong drafting, communication, negotiation, advocacy, matter-management, and deadline-management skills, with opportunities for career development in a collaborative hybrid environment.

Provides strategic legal advice across Australian financial services regulation, corporate and commercial matters. Advises on AFSL obligations, ASIC, AUSTRAC, AML/CTF, product development, regulatory risks, governance, and complex commercial agreements. Partners with Risk, Compliance, Product, Operations, Marketing, and senior stakeholders; manages external counsel and independently leads legal matters. Requires 9+ years post-admission experience, financial services expertise, and a current NSW practising certificate.

Advise businesses, investors, and executives on corporate transactions and commercial matters, including M&A, acquisitions, investments, restructures, joint ventures, governance, due diligence, and commercial agreements. Draft and negotiate transaction documentation, identify legal and commercial risks, manage transaction workstreams through completion, and develop direct client relationships while working alongside senior lawyers.