Senior Legal Counsel
What's on offer:
- Join a growth business with the opportunity to work on the largest and most exciting digital infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand.
- Thrive in a positive, innovative team environment with a supportive manager who champions your personal and professional growth.
- Enjoy a hybrid work set up, balancing your time between the office and home.
- Options to base from our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office.
About the role:
Join Ventia’s Legal Team as a Senior Legal Counsel and make a significant impact.
You’ll be part of an agile, high performing and collaborative team, reporting directly to the General Counsel – Telecommunications. Enjoy a high degree of autonomy while partnering with operational and commercial colleagues who value your expertise as a trusted advisor.
As a member of the broader Ventia Corporate, Audit, Risk and Legal team, you’ll work alongside motivated and innovative lawyers, recently recognized as the 2023 Lawyers Weekly Corporate Counsel Awards Infrastructure, Utilities and Energy team of the year.
What you’ll be doing:
As a trusted advisor to commercial, operational and project teams and executives, you’ll deliver outstanding experiences for Ventia’s customers, who are the owners and operators of telecommunications networks and digital infrastructure in Australia and New Zealand.
- Provide advice on competitive tenders to Ventia’s customers for network design, construction and maintenance agreements including negotiating with customers.
- Advise Ventia’s operational and executive teams about contractual and regulatory risk.
- Develop strategies for resolving customer, subcontractor and third-party disputes.
- Provide training on a diverse range of legal and regulatory issues
- Mentor and coach junior team members.
- Use AI and innovation to enhance the delivery of legal support to Ventia’s business
- Work on diverse matters including opportunities to support corporate, governance and M&A projects.
About you:
- Current Australian practicing certificate with around 10+ years PQE.
- Private practice and in-house experience highly regarded.
- A well-developed background in commercial contracts for design, construction and maintenance of critical infrastructure (with experience in telecommunications and digital infrastructure highly regarded).
- Familiar with key construction, safety and environmental regulation and regulators.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels of the business.
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to develop and mentor junior members of the team.
- Bring your authentic self to work each day and be passionate about innovation in the delivery of legal services.
About Ventia:
Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. No one else does exactly what we do in the way we do it. Making infrastructure work for our communities is at the heart of who we are and it's what unites and excites us. We pride ourselves on working smart, safely and sustainably, harnessing the latest technologies and brightest minds
About Ventia Telecommunications:
Ventia’s Telecommunications business is Australia and New Zealand’s largest telecommunications network construction, deployment and maintenance provider. Our team of specialists build and maintain some of the region’s largest fibre optic and mobile networks and are dedicated to delivering superior design, build and maintenance solutions and innovation for critical communications networks.
Fairness, inclusion and respect:
Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents, and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. Even if you do not meet all the preferred qualifications and skills listed above, we encourage you to apply.
How to Apply:
If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and be part of a company that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence, we want to hear from you. Click on the “Apply Now” button and embark on an exciting journey with Ventia!
Position Reference Number: 162748
What's on offer:
- Join a growth business with the opportunity to work on the largest and most exciting digital infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand.
- Thrive in a positive, innovative team environment with a supportive manager who champions your personal and professional growth.
- Enjoy a hybrid work set up, balancing your time between the office and home.
- Options to base from our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office.
About the role:
Join Ventia’s Legal Team as a Senior Legal Counsel and make a significant impact.
You’ll be part of an agile, high performing and collaborative team, reporting directly to the General Counsel – Telecommunications. Enjoy a high degree of autonomy while partnering with operational and commercial colleagues who value your expertise as a trusted advisor.
As a member of the broader Ventia Corporate, Audit, Risk and Legal team, you’ll work alongside motivated and innovative lawyers, recently recognized as the 2023 Lawyers Weekly Corporate Counsel Awards Infrastructure, Utilities and Energy team of the year.
What you’ll be doing:
As a trusted advisor to commercial, operational and project teams and executives, you’ll deliver outstanding experiences for Ventia’s customers, who are the owners and operators of telecommunications networks and digital infrastructure in Australia and New Zealand.
- Provide advice on competitive tenders to Ventia’s customers for network design, construction and maintenance agreements including negotiating with customers.
- Advise Ventia’s operational and executive teams about contractual and regulatory risk.
- Develop strategies for resolving customer, subcontractor and third-party disputes.
- Provide training on a diverse range of legal and regulatory issues
- Mentor and coach junior team members.
- Use AI and innovation to enhance the delivery of legal support to Ventia’s business
- Work on diverse matters including opportunities to support corporate, governance and M&A projects.
About you:
- Current Australian practicing certificate with around 10+ years PQE.
- Private practice and in-house experience highly regarded.
- A well-developed background in commercial contracts for design, construction and maintenance of critical infrastructure (with experience in telecommunications and digital infrastructure highly regarded).
- Familiar with key construction, safety and environmental regulation and regulators.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels of the business.
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to develop and mentor junior members of the team.
- Bring your authentic self to work each day and be passionate about innovation in the delivery of legal services.
About Ventia:
Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. No one else does exactly what we do in the way we do it. Making infrastructure work for our communities is at the heart of who we are and it's what unites and excites us. We pride ourselves on working smart, safely and sustainably, harnessing the latest technologies and brightest minds
About Ventia Telecommunications:
Ventia’s Telecommunications business is Australia and New Zealand’s largest telecommunications network construction, deployment and maintenance provider. Our team of specialists build and maintain some of the region’s largest fibre optic and mobile networks and are dedicated to delivering superior design, build and maintenance solutions and innovation for critical communications networks.
Fairness, inclusion and respect:
Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents, and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. Even if you do not meet all the preferred qualifications and skills listed above, we encourage you to apply.
How to Apply:
If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and be part of a company that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence, we want to hear from you. Click on the “Apply Now” button and embark on an exciting journey with Ventia!
Position Reference Number: 162748
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