Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate

Could this be one of those rare moments to do the best work of your career?

The Lottery Corporation is Australia's largest lottery company offering exciting games that deliver life-changing wins to customers and make a meaningful difference in the community.

We're the team who bring you Australia's favourite lottery and Keno games. For more than a century, we've been playing our role in creating positive impacts by delivering winning moments every day to our people, our customers, retailers, partners and our community.

Share joy, spark possibilities and join the winning team today!

Rare opportunity for a skilled corporate advisory specialist to join the in-house legal team of a Brisbane-headquartered ASX-50 company.

As Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate, you will advise on a broad range of complex, strategic and high-profile matters across The Lottery Corporation, including corporate transactions, capital management, governance, and listed company matters.

Working closely with the Deputy General Counsel - Corporate Services, you will play a key role in supporting critical business functions and help The Lottery Corporation navigate complex legal and regulatory issues with commerciality and judgement.

What you'll do

• Provide high-quality, commercially focussed legal advice to a broad portfolio of internal stakeholders, including Company Secretariat, Corporate Development, Treasury & Investor Relations, Statutory Reporting, Tax and Property teams.
• Advise on a wide range of corporate transactions, strategic projects and business initiatives
• Support Treasury on debt portfolio matters and advise on capital management initiatives
• Partner with the Company Secretariat team on governance, corporate reporting and listed company matters
• Work closely with colleagues across Legal & Regulatory teams to support broader commercial and strategic priorities
• Monitor and help manage regulatory developments relevant to the corporate portfolio
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes and ways of working across the team.

What you'll bring

• Law degree and admitted to practice, with at least 8 years post admission experience in an in-house and/or private practice environment
• Demonstrated experience advising on complex M&A and corporate finance transactions (debt and equity)
• Specialist knowledge of corporate and commercial law, governance, and legal issues relevant to ASX-listed entities
• Sound judgment, commerciality, and the ability to provide pragmatic advice on strategic matters
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging senior executives and cross-functional teams
• Ability to operate autonomously - a self-starter with initiative and drive
• A proactive, collaborative approach and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-complexity environment

What you'll get

Not only will you receive an awesome candidate experience from our caring Talent team, but you'll get a genuine feel for who we are and what it's like to be part of our team.

The benefits of working with The Lottery Corporation are pretty good. Just to name a few:

• Balance work and life with our 'flex for great outcomes' approach - hybrid working, plus a range of generous leave options.
• Reward and recognition programs at all levels. Your hard work won't go unnoticed.
• Ignite your potential with our dedicated learning and development platform to support your bright future.
• We empower careers to grow from within. 50% of all roles in 2025 were filled by our own people, proving that your next opportunity is already here!
• A true sense of belonging. We're committed to Inclusion & Diversity with a range of initiatives such as our Gender Affirmation Support, employee inclusion networks and diversity memberships and celebrations.
• Make positive impacts with opportunities to volunteer with our community partners. We'll also dollar match fundraising efforts of our employees lending their support to registered charities.

If this role is of interest to you and you're ready to spark possibilities with The Lottery Corporation, but don't feel that your experience aligns 100%, we would still love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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