Lawyer
- Recruiter
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Location
- Australia (AU)
- Salary
- Competitive market rate
- Posted
- 19 Oct 2018
- Closes
- 16 Nov 2018
- Job Title
- Lawyer
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Lawyer
Australia
Competitive market rate
Private practice
Herbert Smith Freehills would like to meet with talented Lawyers in the UK and Ireland who are keen to explore career opportunities in Australia. They will have Partners from their Australian business visiting London at the start of November and Robert Walters are engaging with talent on their behalf.
Herbert Smith Freehills have Lawyer opportunities in Australia.
Herbert Smith Freehills 2017-18 highlights include:
■ Industry-leading client work on some of the most significant matters of the year, including advising Santos, Origin, Yancoal, Tabcorp, Wesfarmers and Macquarie Group.
■ Herbert Smith Freehills, CSIRO’s Data61, and IBM have formed a consortium to build Australia’s first cross-industry, large-scale, digital platform to enable Australian businesses to collaborate using the IBM Blockchain Platform and blockchain-based smart legal contracts. Known as the Australian National Blockchain (ANB), the new platform will represent a significant new piece of infrastructure in Australia’s digital economy, enabling companies nationwide to join the network to use digitised contracts, exchange data and confirm the authenticity and status of legal contracts.
■ Diversity & Inclusion achievements:
- Employer of Choice for Gender Equality - Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (2016 - 2017)
- Stonewall Top 12 global employers for LGBT inclusion (2015 - 2018)
- Pride in Diversity Australian Workplace Equality Index Silver Tier employer (2018)
■ Our pro bono and citizenship work including donating $1m to our focus areas, sending our 50th Jawun secondee to support Indigenous organisations in Western Australia and contributing to cross-border projects such as working with Anti-Slavery International, Focus on Labour Exploitation and Justice Without Borders.
■ Herbert Smith Freehills is undoubtedly the leader in Australian M&A. We have advised on more deals in Australia in 2017 than any other firm (92 announced deals, total value over USD 54 billion).
Sponsorship opportunities available for those without working rights in Australia.
If you're interested, please contact Dugald Locke based in our Robert Walters London office on dugald.locke@robertwalters.com or +44 (0) 207 509 8258.