You’ll join our APAC in-house Legal team, primarily supporting ANZ agencies across the Groupe’s creative, media, PR and technology businesses in Australia - including brands such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo, Publicis Worldwide, Digitas, Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Publicis Sapient, Prodigious and Herd MSL. You will be a trusted adviser to senior and executive stakeholders on high-value client and vendor engagements, fast-moving pitches/RFPs, and matters at the intersection of advertising, media, data, technology, procurement and risk.
Key Accountabilities:
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Support major pitches and RFP responses, including contract mark-ups and client change tables, balancing commercial outcomes, speed and risk in tight timeframes.
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Draft, negotiate and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements, including client MSAs/PSAs, SOWs, NDAs, letters of intent and memoranda of understanding.
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Identify and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders around key transaction risks and fallback positions, including liability caps, service credits/SLAs, acceptance testing, audit rights, indemnities, insurance, IP ownership/licensing and termination.
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Partner with agency stakeholders and Procurement on contracting, negotiation strategy and contract governance, including through the use of templates, playbooks and contracting triage/decision trees.
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Advise on advertising and marketing law matters, including copy and trade mark clearance, promotions and social campaigns, and compliance with applicable laws, codes, standards and platform policies.
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Provide IP and content advice across the lifecycle of campaigns, including production and talent/vendor arrangements (artists, freelancers, photographers, animators and other suppliers), and management of third-party rights.
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Support technology, data and digital engagements, including SaaS/platform terms, software development, licensing of third-party information and data systems, and digital marketing arrangements.
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Support corporate and commercial change projects as needed (e.g. novations/restructures), including assessing historic liability exposure and ensuring flow-down obligations are appropriately managed.
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Assist with dispute management and commercial issue resolution, including instructing and supervising external counsel where required.
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Support company secretarial matters for ANZ entities in collaboration with our external corporate legal providers, including board and shareholder resolutions/minutes, ASIC lodgements, maintenance of statutory registers, director changes and annual compliance processes.
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Provide broader corporate governance support as required, including advising on internal approvals, delegation of authority and governance-related risk queries.
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Coordinate privacy and security inputs in collaboration with our Global Data Privacy Office (GDPO) and Global Security Office (GSO) to ensure appropriate tiering, assessments and contractual controls are implemented.
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Support incident response matters relevant to agencies, including review of client-facing communications in collaboration with GDPO/GSO and agency stakeholders.
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Build strong, trusted relationships across multiple agencies and functions, with the judgement to escalate appropriately and the practicality to keep the business moving.
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Admitted as a lawyer in Australia with eligibility to practice in NSW.
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Approximately 4–6 years’ post-qualification experience (PQE), ideally with a mix of strong private practice training and/or in-house experience in commercial contracting.
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Proven ability to draft and negotiate complex MSAs/PSAs and SOW-based engagements, and to take matters to close with confidence and sound judgement.
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Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, coach and build trust across multiple agencies and seniority levels.
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Organised and responsive, with the ability to manage competing deadlines in a high-volume, high-visibility environment.
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Interest or experience in advertising/marketing, creative, media, production and/or technology contracting (including copy clearance and IP/content rights) is highly regarded.
