Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate & Commercial
Reporting into the Head of Legal, this role involves providing commercially strategic legal expertise to support the business with decision making and ensure its operations are conducted within acceptable parameters with relevant legal and regulatory obligations.
The successful candidate will play an integral role in advising senior executives with a focus on the Commercial, Technology and Betting Product and Data departments.
The Senior Legal Counsel will be the key legal representative on the ‘Global Betting Platform’ Project and will play an integral role in various commercial workstreams that fall within this space.
There are two positions available within the legal team – one permanent and one 12 month maternity leave cover both supporting Corporate and Commercial.
- Providing advice (and managing advice provided by external lawyers) on legal and regulatory issues to broader business stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Partner with Commercial, Marketing and Finance (including Procurement) etc, to support them achieve their strategic objectives (eg. increased technology innovation and data protection / privacy).
- Negotiating key agreements / major commercial transactions, including technology and service agreements, advice regarding data, privacy and regulatory risks.
- Identifying and mitigating legal risks in contracts, operations and the conduct of the business, particularly in the Commercial and Technology departments.
- 5 - 8 years post admission experience within a leading top tier firm in either Commercial, Technology and Data Protection or Competition / Regulatory practice areas, or equivalent in-house experience (required).
- Strong legal drafting and negotiating skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and escalations (required).
- Experience in providing commercially focused legal support and innovative solutions (required).
- Competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus for permanent staff members.
- 25 days annual leave.
- Hybrid working policy (Monday and Friday from home).
- $1,050 home office allowance for new starters.
- Industry leading Parental Leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for Primary Carers and no wait time.
- Progressive return to work benefit for the first 6 months back.
- Hack Days for creative and collaborative projects.
- Access to outstanding career development programs, including expert-led internal training and external learning opportunities.
- Weekly concierge service including free massages and nail appointments.
- Free breakfast, daily fresh fruit and weekly rotating socials.
- End of trip facilities with onsite table tennis and pool tables.
- Discounted health insurance and free flu jabs yearly.
Sportsbet is a leading Australian online wagering operator and part of Flutter Entertainment. It serves more than 2.4 million customers through a customer-first, insight-driven approach, helping Australians engage with racing and sporting events. The company employs more than 1,300 people across Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin, with over half working in technology and data. As a market leader, Sportsbet emphasises corporate and social responsibility, customer safety and high industry standards, and is headquartered in Melbourne.