Senior Legal Counsel

• Location: Perth
• As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll be a trusted legal partner across HBF, providing practical, strategic advice that helps us navigate complexity, manage risk and make confident decisions.
• Working closely with our Chief Legal Counsel, Executive Committee and senior leaders, you’ll have the opportunity to influence some of the organisation’s most important commercial and strategic matters.
• This is a broad, hands-on role where you’ll move between corporate transactions, regulatory matters, contracts and governance, translating complex legal issues into clear advice that enables the business to move forward.

What you’ll do

• Be a trusted legal partner: Provide practical, commercially focused advice across corporate, commercial, regulatory, governance and compliance matters.
• Navigate regulatory complexity: Advise on regulatory and legislative matters involving APRA, ASIC, ACCC and the OAIC.
• Support strategic transactions: Provide legal advice across corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and other strategic initiatives.
• Shape commercial outcomes: Draft, review and negotiate contracts, agreements and other legal documentation supporting key business initiatives.
• Influence at the highest level: Provide clear, considered advice to senior leaders, the Executive Committee and Board.
• Stay ahead of change: Monitor emerging legislation and regulatory developments and help translate change into practical action across HBF.
• Champion good judgement: Bring a strong ethical lens to decision-making while helping balance legal, regulatory, member and commercial considerations.

About you

You’re an experienced legal professional who combines strong technical capability with commercial judgement. You’re comfortable working through complex and sometimes ambiguous issues, getting to the heart of what matters and providing advice that is clear, balanced and actionable.

You operate with a high level of independence, managing competing priorities while knowing when to challenge, influence or escalate. Just as importantly, you’re collaborative and relationship focused, with the credibility to work effectively with senior executives, Boards, regulators and external advisors.

You also bring

• A Bachelor of Laws and current admission to practise law in Australia
• 10+ years’ post-admission experience
• Strong corporate and commercial law experience, including exposure to regulatory matters, major investigations or enquiries
• Experience supporting corporate transactions, ideally including mergers and acquisitions
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to turn complex legal issues into practical business advice
• Why Join HBF?
• Fully subsidised Gold Hospital Insurance Cover
• Flexible working and work from home options
• 18 weeks parental leave
• 3 additional wellbeing days each year (on top of our standard 20 days annual and 10 days personal leave)
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Onsite Barista with subsidised coffee
• Access to corporate discounts across a range of gyms, retail, restaurants and hotels

Next Steps

To apply, click on the “Apply Now" button to complete your application and send through a copy of your CV outlining your skills and experience in relation to this role.

At HBF, we believe in the unique potential of every individual. We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and celebrated, because they make us stronger.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

We want you to Be You, Be Bold, and feel supported every step of the way. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected] so we can work together to accommodate your needs.

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