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Senior Legal Counsel

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Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
The Senior Legal Counsel will provide proactive legal guidance for eBay's Australian business unit, draft and negotiate contracts, and support various teams across the company to drive business initiatives and manage risks.
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At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

The Opportunity

This exciting legal role puts you at the center of key initiatives that drive the business, and calls for a smart, dynamic individual who is collaborative, creative, and functions well in a fast-moving, constantly evolving environment.

Joining a large and highly successful in-house legal function at eBay, you will be providing a broad spectrum of advice to business teams. Your role will include:

  • Providing proactive, forward-thinking, and creative guidance to the Australian Business unit.
  • Preparing, negotiating and reviewing general commercial contracts, terms and conditions, technology agreements, licensing agreements and service agreements
  • Collaborating with counterparts in other legal teams to provide consistent advice that keeps the big picture in mind
  • Regular partnership with functional groups within the Company on both transactional work and risk analysis, including Finance, Accounting, Corporate Development, Product, Marketing, Tax, Information Security, Privacy, Trust, Risk
  • Leading special projects/initiatives and other duties as may be assigned

Ideal experience will include

  • Ability to provide advice and support in a wide range of areas including, but not limited to commercial, consumer protection, intellectual property, data sharing, and regulatory matters
  • Proven experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating expense and revenue contracts with third party service providers
  • Outstanding legal and analytical skills, including rapid issue spotting and working with the business to prioritize, analyze, and mitigate risk effectively

Main Requirements

  • Work location: Sydney, Australia.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience, with general knowledge of business practices at large national or international company preferred
  • Fluency in English.
  • Flexible and agile problem solver, with the ability to tolerate ambiguity
  • Demonstrated ability to balance legal and business risk with commercial opportunity
  • Strong communication skills and comfort addressing both junior staff and senior leaders
  • Self-motivated, self-directed, and capable of working with minimal direction
  • Ability to navigate large teams, collaborate effectively, and drive decision making
  • Good sense of humor and a genuine interest in relationship building across teams

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