Legal Counsel

Please note this is a 12-month fixed term contract

Your function: 

As Legal Counsel, you will be expected to provide professional legal services for the region Australia and New Zealand. This role will have primary responsibility for negotiating finance agreements with customers of our vendor partners, initially in the construction, transport and industrial sectors, with a view to working with partners in other areas of the business including healthcare, technologies, and food and agriculture once more settled into the role. 

The Legal Counsel will be generally expected to perform the following functions: 

• Negotiating and drafting of documentation in respect of local vendor agreements. 

• Drafting of the local legal documentation in respect of international vendor arrangements. 

• Negotiating and drafting of customised transactional legal documentation for non-standard transactions, including finance agreements, security agreements, priority agreements, etc. 

• Standardisation of local documentation and for keeping such standard documentation up to date. 

• Assisting collections and recoveries team on dispute resolution and insolvency. 

• Working closely with Credit and Compliance departments to ensure internal policy requirements are met for transactions. 

• Contributing to DLL Legal’s document and contract library and maintenance of the same. 

• As required, instruct and manage external lawyers on matters requiring external legal advice. 

Your profile: 

• Strong drafting skills for different legal documentation including commercial cooperation agreements, finance agreements, security agreements, priority agreements, etc. 

• Understanding of commercial relationships and commercial driver for transactions. 

• Understanding of risks to the financier in a business finance contract (primarily loan, lease and hire purchase). 

• Be fully conversant with all relevant aspects of Australian and New Zealand contract and corporate law, in particular those relating to a finance business including the PPSA, AML/CTF, privacy and Australian Consumer Law. 

• Being able to work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders (including sales managers, credit analysts, compliance officers, internal and external lawyers, asset managers, vendor partners etc). 

• Tertiary qualifications in Law, admitted to practise in an Australian state or territory. 

To succeed in this role, you will need: 

• Strong experience in finance agreements, commercial contracts and PPSA 

• Ability to set own agenda and manage your workload in a fast paced environment 

• Strong relationship building and communication skills 

Ready to work for a company that is Partnering for a Better World! 

Choose wellbeing: 

DLL’s wellbeing ambition is to educate, equip, and empower members to build connections, manage their mental, emotional, physical, and financial wellness, and maintain balance between work and the other priorities that make up their lives. 

Our four wellbeing categories are as follows:

• Connection – Build meaningful connections with other members
• Health – Manage mental, emotional, and physical health 
• Finance – Provide learning opportunities to help members achieve personal financial health
• Lifestyle – Maintain balance between work and life priorities

These are the things that matter to our members and the wellbeing of our members matters to DLL! 

Settling in: 

At DLL, we are many things. We are team members, family members, community member. We are members of society, members of different cultures and nationalities. Members of change. We each have different beliefs, different passions, different viewpoints, talents and interests. We come from different backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and histories.

But for all of our differences, we share one thing in common: each of us are members of DLL.

Our company was founded in the Netherlands. But today we are truly a multinational business. Our unique culture is rooted in higher collaboration, less hierarchy and a honest directness that enable us to integrate, ideate and innovate across country lines.

Many companies say they are European, American, Asian or Australian, at DLL we are all these places and more.

We are a cross-culture collaborative – an interconnected network – that comes together every single day with one goal in mind: Partnering for a better world.

Good to know: 

• The selection process may involve an assessment

• Applications via email will not be reviewed. Please apply online via our career website

• DLL’s referral program applies

• For more information, you can contact Indie Bayliss, Talent Acquisition Partner on indie.bayliss@dllgroup.com 

DLL appreciates the time you spend applying to our openings. We advise only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted. Hiring subject to successful completion of a background check.

DLL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation in accordance with our values and all applicable legislation.