The Opportunity
Join a leading financial services organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.
- Duration: 5 months (to December 2026)
- Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
- Location: Sydney
About You
You are a seasoned financial services regulatory lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.
Your Experience & Expertise:
- Australian financial services regulatory experience
- Experience advising on regulatory matters affecting wholesale banking, institutional banking, global markets or capital markets activities
- Strong understanding of ASIC and APRA regulatory requirements applicable to foreign banks operating in Australia, including Australian branch and subsidiary structures
- Experience advising foreign authorised deposit-taking institutions or other regulated financial institutions on Australian prudential and banking obligations
- Knowledge of markets and securities regulation, including equities, equity derivatives, futures, clearing arrangements and market participant obligations
- Familiarity with the ASIC Market Integrity Rules, ASX Operating Rules, ASX or ASX Clear (Futures) Operating Rules and related market infrastructure requirements
- Experience advising on derivatives regulation including trade reporting, clearing obligations, margining requirements and regulatory reform
- Experience supporting regulatory change projects, including assessing new regulatory requirements, advising on impact and helping implement changes across legal, compliance, operations and business teams
- Experience assisting with regulatory engagement, including preparing notifications, responses, submissions or correspondence to ASIC, APRA or other Australian regulators
- Ability to monitor, interpret and assess Australian regulatory developments relevant to banking, markets, securities and derivatives activities
Skills & Attributes:
- Excellent understanding of Australian financial services regulation as it applies to wholesale banking and global markets
- Ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and translate them into practical, business-ready advice
- Strong regulatory judgement and the ability to assess whether incidents may constitute breaches of compliance obligations
- Strong drafting skills, including the ability to prepare clear incident reports, breach reports, compliance notices and regulator-facing correspondence
- Sound knowledge of financial services compliance and regulatory risk principles
- Ability to work efficiently through a high volume of incident assessments or overflow matters
- Confidence liaising with internal business teams, legal, compliance, risk and senior stakeholders
Requirements:
- Current Australian practising certificate
- Right to live and work in Australia
About Reach
Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.
Why join Reach?
Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.
Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:
- Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
- A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
- The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.
Interested?
Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Fiona Craig, our Senior Talent Manager, at [email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.
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