Top Legal Counsel Jobs in Sydney

The Commercial Counsel will draft and negotiate contracts, advise on commercial risk, and support procurement activities while ensuring compliance and managing legal risks.

Provide commercial legal support across ANZ for contracts, project delivery, procurement, risk management, compliance and disputes. Draft, review and negotiate consultancy agreements, subcontracts, NDAs and supplier contracts, support bids and claims, maintain templates and advise project teams and stakeholders.

Provide practical legal advice on superannuation, investments and managed accounts; advise on product design, disclosure, regulatory compliance, investment management and agreements; negotiate and review investment documents and side letters; manage legal risk and compliance; build stakeholder relationships; support legal team goals and continuous improvement.

Provide strategic commercial legal advice across Asia Pacific and Latin America. Lead complex commercial contracting, compliance, risk management, disputes and litigation. Draft and negotiate multi-jurisdictional agreements, manage investigations and disputes, develop compliance policies and training, partner with senior business leaders, and contribute to global legal initiatives and continuous improvement.

As Legal Counsel, you will provide legal support in contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and strategic initiatives within a fintech environment, reporting to Senior Legal Counsel.

Provide practical legal advice to business stakeholders; review advertising, marketing and consumer law; draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements; support disputes, IP and product liability matters; develop legal templates and knowledge resources; drive continuous improvement and adoption of AI/technology within the legal function.

Provide hands-on commercial legal support for high-volume IT and technology contracts, including drafting, negotiating and advising on SaaS, cloud and software licensing, vendor and outsourcing agreements, and collaborating with procurement across contracting workflows.

Provide commercial and regulatory legal advice across APAC; draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts; support procurement, sales, tenders and corporate governance; manage licences and external advisers; deliver legal training; drive process improvements and support cross-jurisdictional compliance.

Provide pragmatic commercial and regulatory legal advice across product development, partnerships and transactions. Advise on Australian consumer credit, financial services and privacy law, draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, and partner with Product, Commercial and Compliance to operationalise compliant solutions. Manage external counsel and contribute to strategic initiatives.

Provide legal advice on content safety, product and privacy for generative AI and digital products. Advise product and engineering teams, develop safety policies and playbooks, handle incidents and regulatory inquiries, support compliance projects and training, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to operationalize scalable legal processes.

Advise product and engineering on privacy, IP, AI, online safety, consumer and platform laws. Develop AI policies, legal playbooks, and scalable review processes. Support incident response, collaborate globally with cross-functional teams, and track global AI/privacy regulations to guide product launches and governance.

Provide privacy legal advice across the Australian business, develop and implement privacy policies and training, conduct PIAs, audits and incident responses, coordinate with Risk/Data teams and international privacy functions, and manage privacy compliance through reforms and corrective actions.

Provide practical, commercial employment and workplace relations legal advice across the organisation, manage disputes and Fair Work matters, support restructures, acquisitions and major people initiatives, develop governance and compliance solutions, manage external providers and legal spend, and build legal capability across the business.

Provide strategic in-house legal counsel on employment and industrial relations. Manage litigation and Fair Work Commission matters, advise on unfair dismissal, disciplinary and workplace risk, support enterprise agreement negotiations and bargaining, draft and review employment contracts, policies and IFAs, manage external counsel, advise on compliance and workplace investigations, engage with unions, and support modern slavery and commercial projects.

Provide practical legal advice to management and boards across corporate and commercial matters (contracts, AML/CTF, regulatory, IP, technology, M&A, litigation), support corporate governance and company secretary functions, lead compliance and risk projects, communicate clearly, and contribute to legal team goals and culture.

Provide commercial legal advice and contract drafting/negotiation for airline, commercial and operational matters. Manage external advisers, monitor legal spend, support dispute resolution, update precedents, advise on technology, data-sharing and regulatory issues, and deliver training to stakeholders.

Provide commercial legal support across ANZ: lead sales and commercial deals end-to-end, structure and negotiate contracts, support tenders and strategic customer agreements, advise on privacy, competition and regulatory matters, and flex into property and transactional work while acting as a business partner to sales and commercial leaders.

Provide pragmatic legal advice to ANZ supply, procurement and manufacturing teams. Draft, review and negotiate commercial procurement, logistics, warehousing and supply agreements; advise on regulatory issues (consumer law, product safety, labelling, environmental, recalls); manage supplier lifecycle, disputes and onboarding; support strategic projects and continuous improvement of templates, playbooks and contract processes.

Provide hands-on regulatory and commercial legal advice for crypto, web3, fintech and payments products. Advise product teams on design, licensing, compliance (AML/KYC, sanctions), marketing/promotions, and cross-jurisdiction regulatory risks. Lead licensing/submission processes, coordinate local counsel, draft and negotiate commercial contracts, respond to regulators and stakeholders, and build scalable playbooks to enable compliant product launches.

Provide in‑house legal advice on employment matters, manage investigations and litigation (Fair Work Commission/AHRC and courts), draft responsive documents, coordinate with external counsel, assist with subpoenas and regulatory responses, and advise on employment policies and workers compensation issues.

Provide legal advice and solutions to Perpetual Wealth Management, manage external counsel and outsourced litigation, review and negotiate legal matters with stakeholders, support trustee, Native Title and fiduciary matters, and monitor legal developments affecting the business.

Provide commercial legal support across ANZ: lead sales and commercial deals end-to-end, structure and negotiate contracts, support tenders and strategic customer agreements, handle commercial contracting and financial solutions, and flex into property or transactional work as needed while partnering closely with business stakeholders.

Provide legal and regulatory advice for CFD trading and stockbroking across ANZ; lead and mentor legal staff; draft and review client disclosure and commercial agreements; support projects and cross-functional teams on Corporations Act, privacy, IP and regulatory reform matters; shape commercial strategy and ensure legal protections for global expansion.

Provide legal counsel on cross-border blockchain payments by drafting and negotiating contracts, monitoring SEC and MiCA regulatory changes, conducting legal research, and advising internal teams to ensure fintech and crypto compliance.

Serve as sole in-house counsel for a web3 payments project: draft, review, and negotiate contracts; create and maintain compliance policies; conduct audits; identify and mitigate legal risks; investigate violations; and advise management on regulatory changes affecting payments and crypto.