About you
We are looking for a Lawyer/Associate to join our to join our Commercial and Business Banking team in Brisbane, led by our Partner, Shantal Read.
To be successful and thrive in this role you will have the following skills
- 1 – 3 PQE years’ experience demonstrated working experience as a Banking & Finance lawyer
- An ability to communicate effectively and professionally (written and verbal).
- Be a team player who relishes the opportunity to develop your career and use your initiative.
- Have exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders.
- A demonstrated skillset to manage timeframes and proactively manage priorities within a team.
This is a great opportunity to join a highly regarded team where you can learn from experts and build a long-term career.
Your role
This role will involve you acting for major banks and other banks and financial institutions as well as non-banks, including funds and privately owned companies, across a broad and diverse range of transactions.
You will get exposure to all types of property finance matters from term loan facilities and residual stock facilities through to constructing lending. You will also have the opportunity to work on commercial and corporate transactions for the major banks and smaller banks across all types of industries including agriculture, health, education, childcare and mining.
In the role, the type of work will include:
- Drafting and negotiating facility agreements and securities
- Providing advice to clients in a timely manner as issues arise throughout the course of a transaction and using your legal and technical expertise to formulate a commercial response
- Conducting due diligence, including reviewing presale contracts, leases and bespoke agreements and preparing side agreements as required
- Working closely with our Construction team in relation to advice provided to clients in relation to building contracts
- Working closely with our Restructuring and Insolvency sub-group, which sits within the team in relation to advice required by clients to manage early defaults
- Conducting settlement on PEXA or in paper, if necessary
- Acting across a range of cross border matters, although the majority of the work will be Queensland based; and
- Regularly meeting with clients to discuss matters and for the purposes of relationship building and marketing
You will have the opportunity to build your career working in one of Australia's most dynamic and leading Banking and Finance practices.
About Gadens
At Gadens, we engage with all of our people to create a work environment that encourages and promotes inclusion and diversity, while instilling pride in the firm and our values of collaborate, authentic, responsible and excellent. Our values and culture assist us in creating a cohesive environment in which we are committed equally to professionalism and personal fulfilment. We strive to create a culture where the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility are embraced and lived by our people every day. This includes respecting and connecting with First Nations people and providing access to justice to those in need through our pro bono practice. This is what makes Gadens a great place to work.
Gadens is a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of.
At Gadens, we:
- develop and inspire our people
- do the right thing and make an impact
- work with quality clients in our chosen markets
- solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
- are a widely recognised and respected brand.
What we offer
- 30 weeks paid parental leave – Our market leading policy includes 30 weeks paid parental leave for all permanent staff, with no tenure required. This includes superannuation contributions while on parental leave, an external coach to support through various stages of parental leave and support and paid leave for surrogacy and IVF treatment.
- Flexibility – Hybrid working arrangements. This includes flexible working hours as well as equipment to support working from home.
- Annual leave - Ability to purchase up to 4 weeks of annual leave a year as well as a gifted day of leave for your birthday month which we call “Gadens day”
- Health & Wellbeing – We offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits to empower and support our people including, regular social events, employee assistant program, bonus program for non-fee earners, discounted private health insurance, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, recognition awards and much more!
- Learning & Development –We promote a culture of continuous learning opportunities including access to professional development for all employees, coaching, mentoring study support as well for further education.
- Community involvement – We give back to the community through our well-established pro bono program as well as staff volunteering initiatives.
We are always on the lookout for star performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit
