Legal Practice Assistant supporting a principal’s administrative duties within a legal professional services firm. Coordinating client meetings, managing correspondence, and ensuring timely billing processes.
About the role
- General Manager Legal at AP+ overseeing legal operations and strategic legal advice across a multi-brand payments ecosystem. Leading a high-performing legal team and advising senior executives with focus on regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted deputy to the Chief General Counsel, supporting legal strategy and execution across the enterprise.
- Lead legal operations, driving continuous improvement in processes, service delivery and prioritisation.
- Oversee complex commercial contracting and negotiations, providing guidance on high-value and strategically significant matters.
- Provide strategic, commercially focused legal advice across all business units, including regulatory, risk, employment and dispute matters.
- Lead regulatory engagement and ensure alignment with evolving legal and compliance obligations in partnership with Group Risk.
- Support major transactions, partnerships and strategic initiatives across AP+ and its schemes (eftpos, BPAY, NPP).
- Manage external counsel relationships and legal budget.
- Act as the escalation point for sensitive, high-risk or complex legal issues.
- Build, mentor and lead a high-performing legal team, ensuring quality, consistency and capability uplift across the function.
Requirements
- 10+ years post-qualification experience, with a current practicing certificate.
- A strong track record in leading legal teams and legal operations within complex organisations.
- Deep experience advising senior executives and Boards on strategic, regulatory and commercial matters.
- Proven ability to operate in highly regulated environments - experience in payments, financial services, critical infrastructure or technology is highly regarded.
- Strength in governance, risk management and regulatory engagement.
- A commercial mindset, with the ability to balance legal risk with business outcomes.
- The credibility and influence to operate as a trusted advisor across a diverse stakeholder landscape
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