What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Legal Counsel position at Belron NZ Ltd?
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel and working as part of an in-house global legal team, the Corporate Legal Counsel provides comprehensive legal advice on a wide range of commercial matters, helping to maximise business opportunities and protect the group and its people. This role plays a crucial part in safeguarding the company’s legal interests and supporting informed decision-making across the organisation. This includes:
- Assisting the Senior Legal Counsel to provide exceptional legal services to all of the Australasian business units.
- Provide advice on areas such as contract, commercial, property and compliance for both New Zealand and Australia.
- Drafting and reviewing contracts, privacy, marketing, evaluating the impact of new legislation, and advising on statutory compliance in both Australia and NZ.
This role is based at our Belron NZ Support Office (1 Carmont Place, Mount Wellington, Auckland 1060), 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
What we’re looking for
- New Zealand qualified solicitor with unrestricted practicing certificate.
- 2-3 years of experience practicing corporate law, commercial law, or related areas, either in a law firm or in-house legal department.
- Proven experience in drafting and reviewing contracts.
- Experience in leasing will be advantageous.
- Strong knowledge of relevant laws and regulations.
What we offer
- Great leadership and support.
- WFH Flexible working opportunities (minimum 3 days in office).
- We offer a comprehensive wellness programme, including a free day-to-day health cover plan designed by Southern Cross to help you actively take care of your health and keep costs down.
- A fantastic reward programme - earn vouchers and discounts across 70 New Zealand businesses – Groceries, Fashion, Health/Beauty, Home/Garden, Entertainment, Travel/Holiday.
- We offer a yearly $200 wellbeing fund to support the cost of a variety of activities or initiatives that help to improve or promote your Wellbeing in some aspect, these include but is not constricted to: Medical/Health related costs, Gym/Team fees, Immunisation/flu shots, Self-development classes, Sports equipment, Dietician, Opticians, Spa Day Visits.
- A days paid leave in your birthday month.
- We offer our new parents 10 days paid leave to spend time attending appointments or just take time out to bond as a new family.
- We allow time for you to go out and support your community with a day’s leave to contribute to your community is some small way.
- We also offer development opportunities for your career.
- Being part of the Belron group brings its bonuses as you can access jobs not just locally but internationally as well.
About us
Belron® is the world's leading vehicle glass repair and replacement group, operating in 40 countries across 6 continents, and home to 26000 employees.
Our New Zealand operations consist of three well-respected brands in the market being Smith&Smith®, Laser® and Exceed. Smith&Smith® is New Zealand’s leading Automotive Vehicle Glass Repair and Replacement specialist; Laser is New Zealand’s leading Plumbing and Electrical brand and Exceed is a leader in repairing door and window hardware.
O’Brien® was founded in Australia in 1924 and became part of the Belron group in 1998. Today O’Brien® is recognised as the market leader, offering a professional glass repair and replacement service across Australia.
At Belron NZ, you’ll be joining a whānau where diversity, equity and inclusion are at the core of who we are. We believe in recognising and rewarding the contributions of our team members, offering competitive pay rates, comprehensive benefits, and ongoing opportunities for development. We also take our role in society seriously and are proud to have been awarded a Gold 2023 EcoVadis Sustainability Rating for the past seven years – putting us in the top 5% of global companies rated by EcoVadis for our social, environmental, and ethical performance.
If you’re interested in learning more or want to apply for the role, click Apply Now.
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