Legal - Commercial | Sydney

About us

We are a modern Australian law firm with a leading reputation.We focus on exceptional service, operational excellence and beingat the forefront of positive employee experiences. We work closelywith Australian and international businesses, organisations andgovernments.

About the role

We currently have an opportunity for a 6+ years PQECorporate/Commercial Senior Associate to work as part of ourcollegiate and highly regarded commercial healthcare team led byLucille Scomazzon, Angela Wood and Aaron Kloczko, leading lawyersin the healthcare sector. The successful candidate will have solidexperience in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and generalcommercial advice work. Experience in or advising thehealthcare sector or other regulated sector is ideal, but a desireto be part of, and contributing to, a sector facing healthcare teamis essential.

About you

Ideally you will:

• Have experience working in a corporate or commercial teamin private practice
• Have a client-focused approach and have a keen interest inunderstanding the sector’s commercial drivers andregulatory context
• Be confident when solving complex problems and effectivelycommunicating to others
• Be able to demonstrate the capacity to develop clientrelationships
• Be an independent thinker, comfortable with learning newconcepts quickly

Maddocks is simply a great place to do great work. We foster aculture of collaboration, learning and engagement where you willexperience:

A diverse and inclusive workplace: We have beennamed an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WorkforceGender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since 2004 along withbeing named a Bronze Employer at the Australian Workplace EqualityIndex's 2022 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. We promote diversityinternally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, MaddocksCALD and Maddocks Pride groups.

Career Development: Learn and develop throughstructured learning and development programs at each stage of yourcareer and study support programs.

Community involvement: give back to thecommunities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono andgrants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.

Work flexibly: work in a hybrid way with partof your week in the office and support to set up your homeoffice.

Wellbeing & Benefits: access to up to 20weeks paid parental leave, discounted gym memberships & healthinsurance, salary continuance insurance, Employee AssistanceProgram and parents and carers wellbeing programs.

Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is aresult of our inclusive culture and focus on complex andinteresting work.

To be eligible for this role you must be legally permittedto work in Australia. Please note that unsolicited applicationsfrom agencies will not be considered at this time. 

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