Thomson Geer is a major Australian Corporate law firm with offices in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. The firm has more than 650 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients – their business success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomson Geer we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.
The Role:
We are currently looking for a Lawyer with 4+ years PAE to join our corporate team in Melbourne. This position will work closely with experienced and respected Partners, who specialise in:
M&A transactions
Equity capital markets
Corporate advisory
Joint ventures
Commercial arrangements
Restructures
General commercial and corporate contracts
Requirements:
To be successful in this role, you will need to:
Have solid experience and exposure to M&A transactions as well as a strong background in Corporate Advisory / Mergers & Acquisitions with a mid-market focus preferably, through experience gained in mid to top-tier firms.
Have solid experience with legal due diligence including drafting due diligence reports.
Experience with reviewing and drafting contracts.
Possess a willingness to have a hands-on approach as a client-focused practitioner, with great relationship-building and communication skills.
Possess a willingness and ability to understand clients' commercial needs and objectives and provide solutions to achieve these.
Provide sound, pragmatic and innovative legal advice to the firm's corporate clients.
Good contract drafting skills, legal analysis and problem solving skills to varied situations.
Have excellent attention to detail, analytical skills which will be backed up by strong academics.
A thirst to develop as this is a role that offers genuine career development.
What we offer:
As a major corporate firm we offer the successful candidate an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: interesting and challenging pro-bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, corporate discounts, a variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.
We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability to get the best outcome for our clients and make sure our team are taken care of.
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