3 Banking & Finance Law jobs

Our firm White Knight Lawyers is a rapidly growing Australian law firm which offers premium litigation, transactional, and advisory legal services. We generally practice in litigation and dispute resolution, insolvency and bankruptcy, tax controversy, commercial law and advisory, public law and construction law. We are currently engaged in diverse ongoing litigation work including proceedings before the Supreme Court of NSW and Supreme Court of Victoria, District Court of NSW, Federal Court of Australia, AAT, and NCAT (both original jurisdiction and appeal panel).   We pride ourselves on the quality of our work, developing relationships of trust with our clients, and efficiently delivering engagement-tailored legal services.  Our available role We are very excited to offer practical legal training to a recent law graduate on a volunteer basis.  We expect that you will be honest, diligent, and enthusiastic when carrying out the following tasks and responsibilities, amongst others: Attending client meetings and court hearings and taking minutes and file notes respectively. Assisting in the preparation of internal processes, procedures, policies, guidelines and protocols. Assisting in the preparation of precedent documents and checklists. Drafting publications and legal updates on topical legal issues across a wide range of areas of law. Undertaking legal research and drafting research memorandums. Drafting statements of claim, affidavits, and other forms and processes.  Administrative assistance including file management, diary maintenance, and office management. About you You must be committed to establishing a career in commercial private legal practice and have a keen interest in litigation and dispute resolution.  You must have a proven record of legal ability, whether by way of your academic success, prior industry experience, or relevant extracurricular activities.    Your application If you are interested in the above and think you have what it takes, then please email us your curriculum vitae, academic transcripts, and a sample of your writing (preferably one (1) academic piece and one (1) creative piece). 

On the hunt for a career move where you work 1 on 1 with Partners on various legal transactions and advice? A full time career opportunity for a talented lawyer!   An exceptional opportunity exists for a switched on, focused Graduate.  You will work across the firm’s various disciplines including Property & Projects, Financial Services, Litigation & Insolvency and Corporate & Commercial, exposing you to a variety of quality matters. Working directly with encouraging and experienced Partners and senior practitioners, you will enjoy excellent mentoring and training.   As part of our team we will expect you to be proactive and client centric, producing quality, accurate legal work in a timely manner.  This is a genuine opportunity to develop and enhance your technical skills in a supportive environment.     Duties and Responsibilities   Matter Related Responsibilities General conduct of Court proceedings in all courts Undertaking property and commercial transactions Drafting a wide variety of legal documents Establish and maintain strong professional working relationships with clients including providing advice as is appropriate to your level of experience. Under supervision, you will be asked to demonstrate your ability to operate within, understand and respond to complex legal procedures.     Qualifications and Skill Base LLB or equivalent (recently graduated or soon to graduate)     Personal Attributes Excellent attention to detail Self-motivated and result driven individual Ability to think commercially Excellent time management skills Good communicator and approachable manner Excellent written communication skills Willing and flexible in regard to adapting to evolving business needs Ability to review priorities and work to operational deadlines Genuine team player   A competitive salary is on offer as well as a firm culture which promotes work/ life balance.   Applications to be emailed to r.patta@clarkekann.com.au .  Applications to include Cover Letter, CV and a copy of your full academic transcript. Applications without a transcript will not be progressed.     Applicants must have Australian Residency.

Evolve Lawyers is seeking an enthusiastic junior lawyer to be part of its growing corporate, commercial and migration practice. The successful candidate can expect: excellent mentoring from highly experienced senior legal practitioners; to work predominately with clients having a connection with the Asia Pacific region on a variety of corporate, commercial, migration, funds management, franchising and banking/finance related matters; opportunity to work on substantial transactions with the Australian branch of some of Asia's leading brands and corporations;  to work in an environment where you will not be ruled by individual budgets where your primary focus is on getting the job done for our clients in a timely and efficient manner; and to work with a young and energetic team of professionals in a genuinely collegiate, supportive and flexible workplace.  We are seeking a candidate who: has strong analytical and critical thinking skills; has excellent attention to detail; is friendly, proactive, self-motivated and possesses a strong work ethic; has a positive and inquisitive attitude towards learning; has an interest in our practice areas and business activity in the Asia Pacific region generally; and has recently completed the necessary practical legal training requirements to qualify for admission as an Australian lawyer.  If you (or someone you know) might be interested, please send through your CV, cover letter and academic transcript to Winston Lay, Director at  careers@evolvelawyers.com.au   Further information about our firm can be found at our website www.evolvelawyers.com.au