Take hold of a monster opportunity and join our Investments Legal team as a Senior Legal Counsel - Public & Capital Markets.  If you’re a good fit for this role and live in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne, we’d love you to apply. 

Why join us?

• You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

About the role

As a Senior Legal Counsel - Public & Capital Markets, you’ll be a trusted adviser and business partner in relation to investment matters, providing specialist, solutions-focused legal advice and services. You will be part of the legal team with a primary focus on advising the Public and Capital Markets teams in the Investments Business Area.  

The role is responsible for assisting Australian Retirement Trust (ART) in meeting its legal, regulatory and compliance obligations.

Day to day, you'll:

• Provide advice and expertise on complex investment related documentation and investment structures, such as Investment Management Agreements, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDAs), Master Agreement, initial and variation margin agreements, securities lending, exposure management and other trading documentation.
• Provide legal and regulatory advice on compliance with APRA prudential standards including CPS 226 on Initial Margin compliance for OTC derivatives.
• Remain current with changes in legislation and best practice particularly as it impacts investment activities by conducting research, interpretation and training.
• Provide timely, accurate and commercially appropriate legal advice on investment related activities.
• Collaborate and develop strong relationships with key business stakeholders to ensure advice is provided having regard to the strategic goals of ART.

This role is available as a permanent opportunity. 

About you

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:  

• Tertiary qualification in Law and a current unrestricted practising certificate as a Legal Practitioner in Australia.
• Extensive legal experience in a law firm and/or investment bank specilaising in derivatives, variation and initial margin agreements, ISDA Master Agreements and trading agreements.
• Ability to lead negotiations on a range of complex and high value matters.
• Robust negotiation, drafting, influencing and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work collaboratively across all levels of an organisation.
• Experience in advising and working collaboratively with business teams to deliver time and business critical projects.
• Experience liaising and building effective relationships with key business stakeholders, including senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to provide professional, concise advice and solutions to technical, legislative, and strategic issues.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strategic working relationships, influence, negotiate with and persuade senior stakeholders.
• Ability to advise and support key projects and transactions and juggle various projects at the same time.

About us

Our 2.3 million members trust us to take care of almost $300 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Apply online now

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now. Applications close Monday, 28 April 2025.

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us – and recruitment is no different.