Senior Legal Counsel

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, by global expansion and product offering.

Working within our APAC Legal team this role is a close report to the Head of Legal APAC and will be entrusted and empowered to deputise on a range of matters. As we expand globally and enhance our product offerings, the legal team plays a pivotal role alongside  business growth and also the continued success and protection of the existing businesses.  This role offers exposure to a variety of key project work, both directly and in in a supervisory capacity.  

You'll build your leadership capabilities while supervising junior lawyers on their work, contributing your valued viewpoints in context of advising and steering projects and working alongside senior executives. Your strategic guidance will help shape both our CFD trading and stockbroking businesses, giving you broad exposure across financial products and markets

Why You'll like working here

Just some of the reasons you’ll love working here include:

• Continuous learning: Our generous L&D program covers both technical, performance and leadership training, ensuring you're always learning new skills.

• Leave benefits: Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.

• Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts, and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing

• Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together, that’s why we’ve made the decision to work five days in the office.

• $O Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!

• Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday.  Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether you’re into fitness, pizza making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!

What you’ll be working on

 You’ll drive legal excellence by:

• Drafting, advising and managing client legal disclosure documents for our CFD and stockbroking businesses across Australia, New Zealand and any new jurisdiction from time to time.
• Apart from legal support in projects, providing strategic legal support to a range of other teams including  Compliance, the Disputes Team, Business Operations, Marketing, Sales and HR. .
• Navigating key areas of law including Australian Corporations Act (e.g. AFSL obligations, DDO, retail client disclosures), , privacy laws, intellectual property law and regulatory reform.
• Mentoring and developing junior legal talent.

What will help you be successful?

8+ PQE with an unrestricted practicing certificate.  Strong commercial and negotiation skills, demonstrated experience in transactional work and problem solving, experience in the financial services and tech industry and experience managing junior lawyers. You must be eligible to work in Australian permanently.

The things we live by

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone

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We’re always on the lookout for great people, so even if you don’t feel you are a 100% fit, apply with your up-to-date CV and we’ll consider you for this role and any other suitable opportunities across the business. 

 We look forward to hearing from you! 

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