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Senior Legal Counsel - ANZ

North Sydney, New South WalesFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-12

Core

Senior Legal Counsel leading Legal, Advocacy, and Governance for JDE Peet's in Australia and New Zealand, acting as a strategic adviser to the General Manager and Leadership Team on growth, transformation, and enterprise risk.

Role type

Senior Legal Counsel (Leadership Team)

Builds

Legal and compliance frameworks, investigations, litigation, regulatory matters, and governance requirements for the ANZ business.

Domain

FMCG (Coffee), Australia and New Zealand

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Strategic legal advice, enterprise risk management, regulatory engagement, litigation management, commercial contract negotiation, cross-border matter management, crisis management, stakeholder management, business transformation support.

Preferred skills

Experience in multinational FMCG environments, managing complex cross-border matters, supporting business transformation, restructures, integrations, acquisitions, and divestitures.

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Leading the Legal, Advocacy and Governance function across Australia and New Zealand; Advising the General Manager and Leadership Team on strategy, growth opportunities, transformation and enterprise risk; Overseeing legal and compliance frameworks, investigations, litigation, regulatory matters and governance requirements; Managing external counsel, budgets and legal resources to deliver efficient, scalable and commercially focused support.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC