DLA Piper

Corporate Senior Associate

To be our clients' most trusted legal partner delivering exceptional results globally

  • Finance and accounting

  • Full-time

  • Office | Melbourne, VIC, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.

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Why DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm capable of taking care of the most important legal needs of clients wherever they do business. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world.

Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology.

About the role

That's our commitment. This is your opportunity.

DLA Piper's Corporate practice is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Associate (ideally with 5 – 7 years’ experience) to join the team in Melbourne. Your role will involve working closely with the team on a broad range of M&A transactions, advising both local and international clients where DLA Piper is a trusted advisor. Our clients benefit from a valuable combination of global insight and local knowledge that allows us to advise on all legal aspects of their key strategic opportunities or threat. You will be central to this offering, helping to win new clients by drawing on DLA Piper’s global expertise and building a trusted advisor relationship around it.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with our Head of Corporate, Australia Jyoti Singh and Partners on a diverse range of corporate matters and be part of a team ranked #1 for global M&A by deal count for 15 years, supporting the world’s leading companies. We work with clients through all stages of their transactions to ensure successful deal outcomes.

You will also have access to our DLA Piper Career Academies, an award-winning international development forum designed to cultivate high performance and support your career goals.

If you're a high performing Senior Associate, ready to take the next step in your career, we want to hear from you. Be part of a team that thrives on complex challenges and delivering exceptional results. We're trusted advisors, innovators and game changers and now, we're asking you to join us and be part of our success. Together, we can make business better. Apply now and be part of our future.

What you'll be responsible for

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    Team Collaboration

    Collaborate with team members and other professionals to deliver high quality services to clients

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    Tax Planning

    Develop and implement tax planning strategies to minimize tax liabilities and maximise savings for clients

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    Tax Compliance Advisory

    Advise clients on compliance with tax laws and regulations

Skills you'll need

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    Collaboration

    Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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    Decision Making

    Considers the costs and benefits of potential actions and determines the most appropriate one

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    Critical thinking

    Identifies and synthesizes patterns and trends amongst various sources of information to reach a meaningful conclusion, perspective or insight

Meet the team

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