This position offers genuine ownership, executive visibility and exposure to complex, institutional-grade transactions within a high-performing and entrepreneurial environment.
What This Role Offers:
- Direct access to the CFO and CEO
- Full ownership of the legal and compliance function
- Exposure to complex acquisitions, developments and investment transactions
- Hybrid and WFH flexibility
- Attractive remuneration package + discretionary bonus
- 16 weeks paid parental leave (full pay) for primary carers
- Study leave and professional development support
- Annual health and wellness allowance
- A high-trust, entrepreneurial working environment
- Monthly birthday drinks and 2-3 team events per month supporting collaboration and wellbeing.
Law Staff is managing an in-house opportunity with a highly regarded private investment and property development group. The business has built a strong track record in acquiring, developing and managing institutional-grade assets across multiple jurisdictions. The organisation partners with capital sources and operates with a disciplined, governance-focused investment model. With a lean, high-performing executive team, the business combines entrepreneurial agility with sophisticated capital management and compliance frameworks. Sustainability, long-term asset performance and investor accountability is central to its strategy.
The Opportunity
This is a standalone Legal & Compliance Manager role reporting directly to the CFO and working closely with the CEO and senior leadership team. You will operate as the central legal advisor across the business, partnering with investment, development, finance and asset management teams to support transactions, structuring, governance and regulatory compliance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing legal aspects of acquisitions, developments, disposals and investment transactions
- Instructing and coordinating external counsel
- Supporting corporate and investment structures (entities, trusts, SPVs, partnerships)
- Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
- Overseeing regulatory compliance frameworks and investor obligations
- Maintaining governance processes, risk registers and policy frameworks
- Acting as the key internal legal liaison across all business units.
This role will suit a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys autonomy, visibility and partnering with decision-makers rather than operating in a large legal hierarchy.
About You
You will likely have:
- 4+ years’ post-admission experience in corporate, commercial, property or funds law
- Experience supporting transactions and managing external advisers
- Exposure to regulated environments and compliance frameworks
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills
- The confidence to operate autonomously within a lean executive structure
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused and commercially balanced approach
- We manage the process confidentially and discreetly
- You receive transparent updates throughout
- We provide tailored insight into culture, structure and expectations
- We ensure alignment before progressing to interview
As this opportunity is commercially sensitive, initial expressions of interest should be directed in confidence to:
- Georgina See – georgina@lawstaff.com.au
- Bianca Davies – bianca@lawstaff.com.au