# Legal Professionals (Mid-Senior Level)

> Hire Resolve.com · Australia (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2025-12-23

**Salary:** AUD 140,000–220,000

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Finance & Legal

## Description

**Hire Resolve is assisting legal organisations in hiring experienced legal professionals** for multiple mid–senior level opportunities across a range of practice areas and in-house functions across Australia. This is a multi-role hiring campaign designed to attract candidates from private practice and corporate environments, with progression pathways toward senior specialist and leadership roles such as **Senior Associate, Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Manager, Head of Legal, Compliance Lead, or Legal Operations Manager**.

### Key Responsibilities

-   Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders and/or clients across operational and strategic matters
-   Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and legal documents (e.g., commercial agreements, supplier/customer contracts, NDAs, service agreements, leases)
-   Support matters across corporate/commercial, employment, regulatory, disputes, compliance, privacy, procurement, governance, or property (aligned to experience)
-   Manage external counsel and advisors, including budgets, timelines, and matter strategy
-   Assist with legal risk assessments and recommend pragmatic mitigations aligned to business objectives
-   Support dispute management, including early case assessment, correspondence, document preparation, settlement discussions, and litigation oversight where applicable
-   Contribute to compliance programmes, policies, and internal controls, including monitoring regulatory updates and advising on implementation
-   Maintain accurate legal records, contract repositories, and matter documentation, ensuring confidentiality and appropriate information handling
-   Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., HR, Finance, Procurement, Sales, Operations) to improve legal processes and decision-making
-   Support governance processes, including board and committee documentation where relevant
-   Mentor junior colleagues and promote consistent professional standards and quality

## Requirements

-   **Qualifications (role-dependent):**

-   Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) (or equivalent) is typically required for lawyer roles
-   Admission as an Australian lawyer and holding (or being eligible for) a practising certificate in the relevant state/territory for practising roles
-   For legal operations, contracts, compliance, or specialist roles: relevant qualification and strong legal experience may be considered

-   **Experience:** Typically **5–12+ years** of progressive legal experience (in-house and/or private practice), aligned to mid–senior level scope
-   Demonstrated capability in one or more areas such as commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment, regulatory, disputes, compliance, privacy, or legal operations
-   Strong drafting, negotiation, stakeholder management, and risk-based judgement
-   Familiarity with relevant tools and systems (where applicable), including **document management, contract lifecycle management (CLM), matter management, e-billing, and Microsoft 365**
-   Ability to manage competing deadlines, work independently, and maintain discretion with sensitive information

## Benefits

-   Extra Superannuation - Pension plan
-   Unpaid Extended Leave
-   Work From Home - Flexible hours
-   Training & Development

## Apply

[Apply at Hire Resolve.com](https://apply.workable.com/hire-resolve-the-top-recruitment-agency/j/C6F7A629D3/apply)

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