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Legal Counsel (In House – KPMG Office of General Counsel)
KPMG Australia
Brisbane, QAT
Full Time
Mid
Hybrid
4 weeks ago
Contract DraftingNegotiationCommercial AcumenProject ManagementRisk ManagementSaaS
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About the Role
KPMG Australia seeks a commercially focused lawyer for its Office of General Counsel. The role involves advising on technology-focused commercial agreements, including SaaS, managed services, and outsourcing.
Key Skills for This Role
Contract DraftingNegotiationCommercial AcumenProject ManagementRisk ManagementSaaS
Responsibilities
- Provide legal guidance in relation to KPMG’s rapidly growing and evolving solutions and service offerings
- Review, draft and negotiate agreements, including master services agreements, procurement, implementation, licensing, SaaS, managed services and outsourcing agreements
- Advise on structuring of and responses to tenders for the provision of services
- Work closely with client engagement teams, Risk Management, Privacy and IT Security teams
Requirements
- Current Australian practicing certificate
- More than 3 years PQE in a leading law firm or in house equivalent
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills
- Well developed commercial acumen
- Project management, research, analysis and problem solving skills
- Flexibility, adaptability and team orientated attitude
- Tertiary qualifications in Law or similar
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Job Description
- Opportunity to work on a wide variety of technology focused commercial agreements
- Join a highly supportive and engaged in house team that walks the walk on innovation and collaboration
- Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane based
Your new role
- Providing legal guidance in relation to KPMG’s rapidly growing and evolving solutions and service offerings
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating agreements, including master services agreements, procurement, implementation, licensing, SaaS, managed services and outsourcing agreements
- Advising on the structuring of and responses to tenders for the provision of services
- Working closely with client engagement teams, as well as our Risk Management, Privacy and IT Security teams.
You bring to the role
- A current Australian practicing certificate
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills, strong written and verbal communication skills and experience building relationships with internal clients at all levels
- Well developed commercial acumen to overlay the legal analysis
- Project management, research, analysis and problem solving skills
- Flexibility, adaptability and a team orientated attitude, as well as the ability to operate independently as required and proactively manage competing priorities.
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualifications in Law or similar.
What We Offer You
- Supportive and collaborative culture that fosters professional development, encourages innovation and values work life balance.
- Diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships.
- Flexible hours and locations, generous paid parental leave and career breaks.
- Retail discounts, health and wellbeing initiatives, learning and growth opportunities, salary packaging options and more.
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