Senior Associate - Public Law (Commercial) Legal - Public Law | Canberra
About us
We are a modern Australian law firm with a leading reputation. We focus on exceptional service, operational excellence and being at the forefront of employee experience. We work closely with Australian and international businesses, organisations and governments.
About the role
We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Associate to join our high-performing Public Law - Commercial team in Canberra. You will be working closely with pre-eminent partners in a leading national firm. Our team has a strong reputation for providing exceptional legal services to government clients.
You will be joining a cohesive and friendly team which goes above and beyond to support each other to produce work of first-class excellence. You will enjoy all the benefits of working with an existing, cohesive, and productive team. In addition, you will be working with highly creative lawyers who are often market leaders in new areas of technology commercial work, such as cloud services and AI.
You will primarily be advising Australian government clients on a broad range of exciting ICT, government procurement and contracting, and commercial matters with a strong focus on ICT projects. You will work on some of the most complex, high value, interesting, and nationally significant projects undertaken by governments. We are therefore looking for someone to help us provide pragmatic and solutions-focused ICT, procurement, commercial advice, and high quality contract drafting to government agencies. You will have a key role in supervising other lawyers in the team, contribute to business development activities, and generally support the partners in a genuine, innovative, and collaborative team environment.
About you
We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
5+ years' experience as a commercial lawyer working with government clients Procurement and general commercial law experience Strong technical, analytical, drafting and research skills A collaborative and team-focused attitude Strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills Motivated, with a keenness to learn and innovate A diverse and inclusive workplace: We have been named an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workforce Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since 2004 along with being named a Silver Employer at the Australian Workplace Equality Index's 2024 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. We promote diversity internally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, Maddocks CALD and Maddocks Pride groups.
Career Development: Learn and develop through structured learning and development programs at each stage of your career and study support programs.
Community involvement: Give back to the communities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono and grants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.
Work flexibly: Work in a hybrid way with part of your week in the office and support to set up your home office.
Wellbeing & Benefits: Access to up to 20 weeks paid parental leave, discounted gym memberships & health insurance, salary continuance insurance, Employee Assistance Program and parents and carers wellbeing programs.
Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is a result of our inclusive culture and focus on complex and interesting work.
To be eligible for this role you must be legally permitted to work in Australia. Please note that unsolicited applications from agencies will not be considered at this time.
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