Associate, Legal, Infrastructure

Location

Business - Infrastructure

Brookfield Infrastructure Group is one of Brookfield’s primary operating groups. The Infrastructure Group is one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, owning and operating critical assets across the transport, utilities, energy, and data infrastructure sectors. The Group operates and manages approximately $191 billion of assets owned through its private funds and publicly listed entity, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Our portfolio of assets facilitate the movement and storage of energy, water, freight, passengers and data, and are located in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit: https://www.brookfield.com/our-businesses/infrastructure

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture.  We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader:  Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined.  Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

Purpose of the role:

Brookfield is currently seeking a highly motivated lawyer at the Associate level who thrives in a dynamic, fast paced and global organization. This role will be reporting into the Senior Vice President, Legal, Australia, and will support a wide variety of internal and external facing legal matters across Brookfield’s Australian asset management business, including to support Brookfield Infrastructure Group on legal aspects of its investment strategy including all legal aspects of M&A projects, divestitures and associated legal issues in the existing business portfolio in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Responsible for:

Transaction Legal Support

• Supporting the Infrastructure Investments team in all aspects of investment and divestment transactions, including:

  • pre-transaction structuring advice;

  • preparing and negotiating NDAs;

  • coordinating and reviewing legal due diligence;

  • preparing and reviewing internal approval documentation and assisting with internal approvals generally;

  • reviewing transaction documentation and step plans, generally facilitating execution

  • coordinating regulatory approvals and other CP satisfaction; and

  • facilitating completion.

Asset Management Legal Support

• Assisting the Infrastructure Asset Management team with review and analysis of ad hoc legal issues arising at portfolio companies or within our investment structures, including major contracts, litigation and regulatory investigations.

Corporate Legal

• Assisting with corporate legal issues at Brookfield Infrastructure’s listed parent company, including corporate actions, securities offerings, restructures, reviewing disclosure and reporting, preparing and reviewing Board materials and coordinating legal advice.

• Assist with management of Australian corporate legal issues generally including privacy, trademarks, intellectual property, modern slavery and licence management.

• Respond to internal and external stakeholder inquiries regarding legal aspects relating to our policies, procedures and corporate legal matters, including assisting with preparation of corporate DDQ responses and Q&A.

• Assisting with corporate structuring, funds flows, reorganisations and entity management, including drafting and/or reviewing legal documents and resolutions and assisting with diligence to support corporate and tax restructuring matters.

• Work on corporate initiatives across Brookfield’s asset management activities

• liaising with onshore and offshore corporate, finance, tax, risk and compliance teams, other Brookfield business groups and external legal advisers to facilitate effective running of the listed entity.

General

• Liaising with external legal advisers as required, review of legal advice issued by external legal advisers and communication of such advice to internal stakeholders.

• Form collaborative relationships with relevant personnel from the management team and across the Brookfield Group functions such as Tax, Finance, Risk and Compliance.

• Monitoring changes and developments in the legal and regulatory environment.

• Other ad hoc projects and duties as required.

Qualifications/
Experience/Skills

• Be admitted as a solicitor in Australia or equivalent jurisdiction.

• Have a minimum of 2 years’ post admission experience as a lawyer in the corporate or M&A group of a top tier firm.

• Offer commercial and practical solutions to problems.

• Strong communication skills: ability to present clearly and offer practical advice.

• Self-motivated and proactive; eager to take ownership and able to advance work independently.

• Team-oriented; demonstrates a commitment to shared success.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop collaborative relationships at all levels in the organization.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with attention to detail and thoroughness.

• Excellent organizational skills to effectively manage priorities while meeting timelines.

Key Competencies

• Communicates clearly; Listens, understands and adapts to different audiences; Negotiates persuasively; Commercial nous; has the capacity to build and maintain relationships internally and externally

• Demonstrated computer literacy, including advanced skills on Microsoft Office products and other Brookfield systems

• Developing knowledge and understanding of legal and corporate administration matters

• Resilience and patience

• Exemplifies Personal Drive and Integrity - Self-motivated and outcomes oriented; Professionalism and probity; Risk-taking and personal courage; Action orientation; Resilience; High ethical standards; Self-awareness; Commitment to personal development

• Achieves Results - Organisational capability; Professional expertise; Implements change; Ability to clarify ambiguities; Closure and delivery focussed; the ability to direct and manage a significant change agenda

• Accuracy and attention to detail; ability to deal with complexity; the ability to manage several complex or high-profile issues simultaneously.

• Demonstrated interest in and understanding of business and finance

• Demonstrated ability to apply understanding of legal principles to factual situations in order to posit innovative solutions to problems. 

• Confident decision maker

• Facilitation / negotiation / influencing skills

• Demonstrated use of initiative, common sense approach

• Ability to relate and get on well with all personality types. Sense of humour

• Sound judgement and political astuteness

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it.  Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.