Corporate Lawyer

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Axiom seeks an experienced corporate transactional lawyer for a full-time onsite role in Sydney, partnering with healthcare and life sciences clients on complex M&A, property acquisitions and dispositions, and commercial contracts across Australia. You will lead due diligence, structuring, drafting and negotiating deal documents, coordinate with external counsel, and advise on governance and regulatory matters to support new ventures and property holdings. Requirements: 5+ years Australian practice, strong M&A, real estate and commercial contracts experience, healthcare exposure preferred, and excellent negotiation with practical business advice. Competitive package with benefits; most work is remote with onsite client requirements. To apply, tailor your CV to healthcare deals, cite concise deal outcomes, and show stakeholder management and regulatory insight.

Axiom is seeking expereinced corporate transactional lawyers interested in partnering with sophisticated healthcare and life sciences organizations across Australia on complex mergers and acquisitions, property acqusitions and dispositions and commercial contracting. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage legal aspects of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions, including due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting and negotiating deal documentation, and coordinating with external counsel and advisors.
• Provide legal support on real estate and property matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, leases, facility development projects, landlord/tenant issues, and related regulatory and zoning considerations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, such as vendor and supply agreements, service and management agreements, technology and licensing agreements, distribution arrangements, and other key commercial relationships.
• Advise on corporate governance and entity structure in connection with new ventures, acquisitions, and property holdings, ensuring alignment with healthcare regulatory requirements.
• Identify and mitigate legal risks in transactions and contracts, and develop standard templates, playbooks, and processes to drive efficiency and consistency across the business.
• Manage relationships with external counsel on transactional, property, and specialty matters, ensuring high‑quality, cost‑effective legal support.
• Stay current on legal and regulatory developments impacting healthcare M&A, real estate, and commercial arrangements, and advise leadership on their implications for the company’s strategy and operations.

Requirements:

• Qualified lawyer with 5+ years of experience and a current, active practising certificate in Australia.
• Strong experience in M&A, real estate/property law, and commercial contracts (ideally within or heavily involving the healthcare sector).
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills, and the ability to provide clear, practical, business‑focused legal advice in a fast‑paced environment..
• Pragmatic, commercial and solutions-focused, with excellent stakeholder management skills. 

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more.  Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites predominately work remotely, with the exception that some clients require on-site presence.

Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.

 Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.

 Learn more about working at Axiom.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

We understand that many legal professionals have chosen to adopt the consultancy model, and we are happy to discuss this option with you. We offer both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster.  Contact us in complete confidence to find out more about opportunities to work with Axiom as an employee or consultant.

Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at [email protected] and include “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. 

Axiom respects your privacy. For an explanation of the kind of information we collect about you and how it is used, our full privacy notice is available at https://www.axiomlaw.com/privacy-notice. 

Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work.

By submitting an application, you acknowledge that all information contained therein, and provided at any part of the application process, is correct and accurate to the best of your knowledge.

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