Key Highlights:

This firm offers a collaborative, growth-focused environment where early-career lawyers can gain invaluable hands-on experience and clear career progression pathways.

• Work on high-profile corporate transactions and commercial matters.
• Mentorship from experienced lawyers with deep industry expertise.
• Direct client engagement to build your legal and commercial skills.
• Opportunities for career progression within a thriving firm.
• Supportive, tight-knit team culture in a specialist practice.

About the Company:

Join a respected boutique corporate and commercial law firm in Melbourne, known for delivering strategic legal solutions to ASX-listed companies, private businesses, and high-growth industries such as mining, healthcare, tech, and finance. This firm has built a reputation for excellence in fundraising, M&A, corporate governance, compliance, and commercial structuring.

This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in corporate law, gaining more exposure to complex transactions, regulatory compliance, and high-value deals in a supportive, team-oriented environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work across M&A, fundraising, ASX and Corporations Act compliance.
• Assist in due diligence, contract reviews and corporate governance.
• Collaborate with senior lawyers on business sales, joint ventures and restructures.
• Gain direct client and regulator interaction early in your career.
• Develop technical expertise and commercial acumen in a fast-paced legal practice.

Requirements:

• A qualified lawyer (1-2 years’ PAE), admitted in Victoria.
• Eager to develop corporate and commercial law expertise.
• A strong communicator and critical thinker with keen attention to detail.
• Proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• A team player who enjoys working closely with clients and stakeholders.

If you’re an ambitious early-career lawyer looking to fast-track your corporate and commercial law expertise, this is the perfect opportunity.

Interested in this position?

Apply now or email your resume to Janine Cloete (Legal Division) at [email protected] to hear more about the opportunity. You can also contact Janine on +61 499 656 731.

Connect with Janine on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/janinecloete1990

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