Legal Counsel

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🌐 Australia, New Zealand – Remote

🇦🇺 Australia – Remote 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The company focuses on enabling its clients to make better decisions, improve results, and enhance productivity by leveraging advanced technology and data. RELX serves various sectors, including Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions, by offering specialized information and analytical tools that facilitate critical decision-making. The company is committed to corporate responsibility and delivering societal benefit through its products by contributing to scientific advancement, legal justice, and effective market transactions.

📋 Description

• Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice across the Australian and New Zealand businesses • Manage a broad range of legal matters end to end with a high degree of autonomy • Draft, review and negotiate B2B customer agreements, content licences, supplier and technology agreements • Negotiate directly with customers, suppliers and other counterparties • Balance legal risk with business objectives • Build relationships with senior business stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand • Support business projects, new products and technology initiatives, including AI-enabled solutions • Use generative AI and legal technology to improve legal service delivery • Develop templates, playbooks and practical guidance • Deliver legal training and participate in legal clinics • Support disputes and pre-litigation matters and manage external counsel where required • Collaborate with legal colleagues across the Pacific and internationally

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years’ PQE • Admission to practice in Australia or New Zealand, with a current practicing certificate or eligibility to obtain one • Strong commercial contracting experience, particularly drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements • Experience within a top-tier, national or international law firm and/or a large corporate or multinational in-house legal team • Ability to manage matters independently and sound judgement around when to escalate • Strong stakeholder management, drafting and negotiation skills • Practical experience using generative AI tools in legal work • Commercially pragmatic mindset and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-moving environment • Curiosity, adaptability and appetite to work with ongoing technology and product transformation • Experience in technology, intellectual property, competition and consumer law, content licensing, SaaS, AI or legal technology advantageous

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working or fully remote • Annual team get-together involving international travel • Country-specific benefits • Accessible hiring process and workplace accommodations

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