Senior Legal Counsel - Property

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

• Work with a supportive team
• A pivotal leadership role within our Legal Property team

This role provides comprehensive legal support to the Endeavour property team, covering network management, expansion, and optimisation through the negotiation and documentation of leases and acquisitions. Responsibilities also include offering legal counsel on property matters, ensuring regulatory compliance, representing legal interests in property committees, assisting with planning and development, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading the legal property function.

Our team embraces a hybrid working model, currently attending the state based offices on Tuesday and Thursday.

Sounds good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role

• Supporting the Endeavour property team in all aspects related to maintaining the existing network, optimising the network, and growth of the network
• Negotiating and documenting agreements for lease and leases
• Negotiating and documenting hotel and retail acquisitions
• Negotiating and documenting lease renewals and variations as required and managing outsource partners who provide services in this regard
• Providing legal advice and guidance on property related matters including lease interpretation and landlord disputes
• Helping ensure compliance with local, state, and federal laws impacting site licensing requirements
• Representing legal at all property committee meetings and vetting all property committee submissions to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Assisting with council planning applications and disputes in connection with these
• Assisting the business in its attempts to unlock development opportunities within its freehold and leasehold assets
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including legal, licensing and property to develop strategies that mitigate legal risks, improve processes, tracking and knowledge sharing
• Leading the legal property function including coaching and developing junior lawyers

Now let’s talk about you

Working autonomously, with support from the General Counsel - Group, Property and Transition as appropriate, you will have the following experience;

• Current practising certificate
• 8+ years PQE specifically in Property Law
• Legal Retail and hospitality experience
• Specialisation in Property Law
• Deep Understanding of Relevant Legislation (e.g., Retail Leases Acts, planning laws, property law acts)
• Experience in supervising or mentoring junior lawyers
• Prior experience working as an in-house lawyer, particularly within a retail or similar commercial organisation, is often highly regarded
• Top tier law firm background, highly regarded.

The benefits are good too!

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on HYPERLINK"https://www.linkedin.com/company/endeavour-drinks-group/?viewAsMember=true"LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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