Legal Counsel - Investments, 12 month FTC

Rest

  • Sydney, NSW
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
  • Apply easily
Company DescriptionSupporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholdersClosing date: 7th September 2025Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agenciesRest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlierJob DescriptionEstablished in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.We support nearly two million members, with around $86 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.Join Rest’s Investment Legal Team (RILT) and play a key role in supporting and protecting Rest’s investment objectives. You’ll provide legal advice across domestic and global investment matters, ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks and mitigating legal risks.Key Responsibilities:
  • Advise on legal and regulatory issues impacting investment decisions and operations.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate investment agreements across listed and unlisted portfolios.
  • Support transaction execution, due diligence, and asset management processes.
  • Collaborate with internal teams (tax, finance, operations) to ensure legal protections and documentation.
  • Manage legal risks in investment structures, entities, and service provider relationships.
  • Assist with investment-related litigation and public disclosure obligations.
  • Provide training and guidance on legal rights, obligations, and internal policies.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Laws or appropriate business/law degree with admission in an appropriate jurisdiction.
  • Hold a current Australian legal practicing certificate
Required experience, understanding or credentials including:
  • Must be commercially astute, possess strong analytical and research skills.
  • Demonstrable experience in a corporate/commercial environment and have familiarity within the commercial investment and/or finance environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing multiple complex transactions both domestically and cross-border.
  • Demonstrated ‘commercial’ approach to legal risk management.
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills.
  • Understanding of limitations and risks and the need to escalate to more senior practitioners and brief external consultants when appropriate.
  • Ability to work in an environment requiring attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
  • Well developed inter personal skills and ability to liaise across the fund as required.
Additional InformationOur benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:
  • Personal and professional development opportunities
  • Hybrid working
  • Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave
  • Linkedin Learning
  • Income Protection Insurance
  • Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours)
  • Rest Stops - meeting free breaks
If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.*Funds under management as at 30 June 2024. Rest is recognised as a by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.

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