Lawyer, Corporate Advisory

• Role category: Lawyer
• Employment type: Permanent
• Work pattern: Full time

Location: Melbourne

Job Description

About G+T

Gilbert + Tobin is built on enduring values of excellence, trust, respect, integrity and good corporate citizenship. We are a leading firm with over 500 lawyers, trusted by our clients to navigate today’s increasingly complex world.

We are purpose-built for our clients’ most complex work – across transactions, disputes and regulation. Our partners are leaders in their fields, delivering the highest quality of legal advice and providing an exceptional edge for our clients. They also provide our lawyers the opportunity to work with and learn from them. We are innovators in the use of technology, redefining value and service in the legal industry.

Our open, merit-based culture attracts and inspires the best legal talent. Founded in 1988, G+T’s journey has been one of relentless ambition and rapid progress, achieving extraordinary success in just over three decades.

We remain as determined as ever to be the best it’s possible to be.

About the role

Our Corporate Advisory team brings sharp legal insight and strategic thinking to some of Australia’s most complex and high-value transactions. From high-profile public and private mergers and acquisitions, to private credit transactions involving leading global and domestic funds, and equity capital markets work for prominent ASX-listed companies – we are at the centre of Australia’s most significant corporate advisory work.

Our Melbourne Corporate Advisory team is growing. We are looking for an experienced Mergers and Acquisitions lawyer to join us.

You will work side by side with market-leading partners on landmark transactions in a dynamic, progressive and collegiate environment. From day one, you will be trusted with real responsibility and supported by a team committed to your development and success. If you are motivated by challenge and ambition, this role offers the opportunity to match it with impact.

Our team

In the past 18 months, our Melbourne Corporate Advisory team has advised on some of Australia’s highest-profile transactions across a wide range of sectors, including technology, healthcare and life sciences, consumer, energy, infrastructure and financial services. Our clients include leading global and domestic private equity firms and ASX-listed corporates.

What you bring

• Significant experience in mergers and acquisitions transactions
• Motivation to work on complex matters at the top of the market
• Strong drafting, analytical and client advisory skills
• Technical excellence with a practical, commercial mindset
• A collaborative approach and commitment to delivering outstanding client outcomes
• Experience mentoring and supporting junior team members

What we offer

Pay at the top of the Australian legal market

Exposure to high-profile, cutting-edge corporate transactions in a supportive and flexible environment

Real responsibility and autonomy from day one, accelerating your learning and deal experience

The opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing practice with clear pathways for career progression and leadership

A wide range of benefits, including 26 weeks paid parental leave, extra annual leave, subsidised gym membership, five-star end-of-trip facilities, retail discounts, social events and more – view the full list here: G+T benefits

Additional Information

Please submit your interest via our career’s website with a resume.

We are committed to providing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment and a culture where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.