Jobs at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Acts as a senior Workday subject matter expert, leading configuration, optimization, enhancements, projects, testing, troubleshooting, reporting, security, governance, and data integrity. Partners with People Operations, Payroll, Recruitment, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions and improve people processes. Contributes to the People Technology roadmap, evaluates Workday releases, supports change delivery, and mentors team members through training, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

Designs, develops, supports, and maintains automated legal templates and knowledge solutions using Contract Express, SharePoint, Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Copilot, and AI platforms. Partners with lawyers, knowledge professionals, Digital, IT, and vendors to deliver practical technology solutions. The role also supports solution prioritization, experimentation with low-code and no-code automation, stakeholder communication, and adherence to workplace safety requirements.

Advises governments, regulators, energy market participants, and private capital clients on Australian energy regulation and infrastructure matters. Work includes regulatory strategy, energy market reform, project structuring, grid connections, revenue arrangements, government support mechanisms, M&A, joint ventures, and clean energy project development. The role requires translating complex regulatory frameworks into clear commercial advice while managing multiple priorities and contributing to Australia’s energy transition.

Join a leading corporate projects, energy, and infrastructure practice advising on M&A, joint ventures, project development, and commercial contracts such as power purchase agreements. The role involves collaborating with partners and national teams, supporting clients across energy and infrastructure sectors, delivering technically excellent advice, and managing transactions to tight timeframes. Candidates should be admitted lawyers in Australia or New Zealand with corporate M&A experience and a strong interest in energy transition, innovation, and emerging technologies.

Handle Australian and international trademark filings and prosecutions, portfolio management, rebranding and clearance advice, coexistence agreements, IP due diligence, and trademark and domain name disputes. The role supports national and international clients within a leading trademarks and broader intellectual property disputes team in Melbourne or Sydney.

Manage strategic HR business partnering across talent development, employee experience, workforce resourcing, employee relations, wellbeing, recruitment, and cyclical people processes. Coach senior leaders, develop junior team members, interpret policies, manage performance and investigations, and collaborate with HR centers of expertise in a complex professional services environment.

Supports two Partners and senior lawyers in a Projects, Energy and Infrastructure team. Responsibilities include matter management, time entry, billing, scheduling meetings, preparing documents in Microsoft Office and iManage, organizing travel, reconciling expenses, supporting business development events, coordinating with other Legal Assistants, mentoring Administrative Assistants, and maintaining file management and risk compliance. The role requires legal support experience, billing exposure, strong organization, and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Advise clients on corporate equity capital markets and public and private M&A transactions, including drafting and negotiating transaction documents. Collaborate with clients, advisers, regulators, and internal legal teams to meet deadlines and deliver integrated services. Support business development, supervise junior lawyers, and contribute to team learning and culture. The role requires Australian or New Zealand admission and 4–7 years of relevant post-qualification experience.

Advise clients on complex technology, data, IP, digital transformation, outsourcing, telecommunications, privacy, cybersecurity, AI, and commercial transactions. Draft and negotiate agreements, support M&A separations and carve-outs, advise on governance and risk, manage client relationships, contribute to thought leadership, and mentor junior lawyers across global, cross-border matters.

Join a leading Melbourne disputes team handling class actions, commercial and corporate disputes, and contentious regulatory investigations. Responsibilities include managing files, providing technical legal advice, identifying issues, developing solutions, delivering excellent client service, supporting business development, and collaborating with lawyers across national and international offices.

Provide competition, consumer law and regulatory advice across investigations, merger clearances, litigation and access/economic regulation. Supervise junior lawyers, manage client relationships, work to tight deadlines, and develop expertise in merger control and emerging technologies.

Provide administrative support to the Digital Legal Delivery team: schedule meetings, manage travel and expenses, draft and manage legal documents using Microsoft Office and iManage, open/close matters and assist billing, handle client queries, mentor junior staff, support business development and events, and champion technology and AI adoption while ensuring firm compliance.