Legal Counsel

5 hours ago


Auckland City, New Zealand AA New Zealand Full time

commercial opportunity
- Hybrid working
- HRD employer of choice 2020/2021

The AA is one of New Zealand's most enduring brands and has become a permanent feature of our cultural landscape with more than 110 years of history.

**The role**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Counsel to come join our Legal and Risk team. This role will work with senior executives and have the opportunity to present to our Board.

You will come in and establish credibility instantly, holding your own in debate, understand the fabric of operations, and open up thinking on all board legal matters as they arise.
- Deliver in-house legal counsel and advice on matters relating to a broad range of commercial activity and its legal implications.
- Handle the registration and management of protectable trade marks, designs or patents of the organisation with support from external counsel
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations and provide advice on courses of action.
- Prepare and review legal documents including contracts, licenses, leases, joint venture agreements, sale and purchase agreements, advertising and product collateral.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you'll have energy, natural curiosity and presence. No job is too small and your strength in commercial law will support your delivery to stakeholders and bring added value to our legal team of experts.

You will be a Legal Counsel or someone looking to leave a legal firm to join your first commercial organisation. Ideally you will be qualified with 5-6 years' experience. This is a not new role, but it has been re-calibrated to support change and innovation. The work environments and are gritty, complex and diverse so you will need superb communication, relationship and influencing skills, empathy and patience.

You will be reporting to the Chief Legal & Risk Officer and playing an active part in direction with a team of legal and risk specialists. So now ask yourself:
**Do our AA values resonate with you?** We're honest, we're experts, we're friendly, we're a team and we solve it

**Do these press your buttons?** Our strategic priorities are built around supporting our businesses with best practice while taking on a growth mindset.



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