Full time, continuing opportunity for an experienced solicitor/senior lawyer with corporate IP transactional skills to join the University's Office of General Counsel Lead role in supporting the Research Portfolio's Commercialisation Office Offering a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation About the opportunity Join an experienced and highly collegiate legal team working at the forefront of research and commercialisation at one of the world's top research universities.
Our portfolio of inventions and innovations spans a number of sectors, including diagnostics, therapeutics, biomedical devices, and optical technology.
The high-performing Commercialisation Office supports our researchers to transform pioneering research into impactful innovations through licensing, collaboration, and investment opportunities.
The Solicitor (IP, Research and Commercial Law) is a senior lawyer in the IP, Research and Commercial Law team in the Office of General Counsel ("OGC") and will focus on providing legal advice and general counsel to support the University's intellectual property ("IP") commercialisation activities and transactions.
In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to work closely with the Commercialisation Office within the University's Research Portfolio.
You will also work with other University teams with responsibility for IP and commercialisation related activities.
Your key responsibilities will be to: take the lead for OGC's engagement with the Commercialisation Office (with support from the Director, IP, Research and Commercial Law), such as managing key stakeholders, understanding the pipeline, providing complex deal structuring advice, working on templates, training, and identifying efficiencies provide strategic, sound, and timely legal advice to support the activities of the Commercialisation Office and other Research Portfolio clients, also working alongside other members of the OGC team draft, review, and negotiate agreements for commercialisation, research, and other commercial activities, including for the establishment of and participation in start-up companies, administration of pre-seed and venture capital funding rounds (seed/Series A), and related IP investment and corporate transactions actively partner to share institutional knowledge and legal expertise to support strategically aligned decision making, and to optimise operational efficiencies negotiate provisions which promote the University's strategic interests and objectives manage external legal services, if applicable contribute to other legal work, projects, and initiatives as part of the broader remit of the IP, Research and Commercial Law team and OGC, as required advise on legal developments which may impact University policies and practices, particularly relating to research and commercialisation.
About you qualifications in law and admission to practice in Australia, and hold a current practising certificate a minimum of 10 years post-admission legal experience is desired extensive experience and practice of corporate law and intellectual property law in strategic and complex transactional settings, such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital and/or IP commercialisation transactions high quality contract drafting and negotiation skills with experience advising on the risks and issues arising in commercialisation and investment transactions (including relating to deal term sheets, subscription and shareholder agreements, company constitutions, and convertible notes) experience at collaborating with and managing multiple stakeholders on complex, high risk and strategic matters highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to operate with tact and professionalism across complex internal and external environments team player – experienced collaborating in a team environment an agile and flexible approach that is able to pivot and contribute to overall program success knowledge of higher education sector and government agencies looked upon favourably.
Sponsorship/work rights for Australia Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
This role requires valid work rights for Australia.
Pre-employment checks Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University.
Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements.
If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.
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