Legal Counsel
Core
Provide high-quality legal advice and serve as the central coordination point for all legal matters across Sika's Australian legal entities, managing external counsel and advising on commercial, corporate, employment, and regulatory issues.
Role type
Senior in-house legal counsel (commercial & regulatory)
Builds
Commercial agreements, compliance frameworks, and corporate governance structures for a specialty chemicals company
Domain
Industrial manufacturing / Construction materials
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Commercial contract negotiation, litigation management, compliance framework design, corporate governance, employment law advisory, external counsel coordination
Preferred skills
Experience in industrial/manufacturing sectors, leading cross-functional stakeholders
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Draft and negotiate commercial agreements (supply, procurement, distribution, agency, services, lease, financing, employment), manage litigation and dispute matters, lead compliance frameworks (anti-corruption, competition, data privacy, trade), ensure corporate governance principles and statutory filings, advise management on regulatory and restructuring matters
Seniority
Senior, standalone legal lead