General Counsel
General Counsel Role
Beonic is seeking an experienced Corporate Counsel to support our global business across EMEA, the United States, and APAC. This role is a trusted business partner position, providing pragmatic, strategic, and high-quality legal advice to leaders and teams across the organisation.
Reporting directly to the CFO, this is a highly visible role with scope to influence business strategy, support growth initiatives, and help foster a positive, collaborative culture. The role suits a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys operating at both a strategic and hands-on level in a fast-paced, global environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Executive Support
- Advise the Board, CEO, and Executive Team on legal, regulatory, and governance matters across jurisdictions.
- Provide clear, commercially balanced guidance on legal risk to support strategic decision-making.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments impacting the business and proactively advise on implications and required actions.
Corporate, Commercial & Regulatory
- Manage legal risk across contracts, transactions, and strategic initiatives.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts, including customer agreements, professional services agreements, and supplier arrangements.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, investments, and other corporate activities, including due diligence and transaction execution.
- Provide guidance on corporate governance, entity management, and general corporate law matters across regions.
Financial Services & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with applicable financial services regulatory frameworks, privacy, and related legislation.
- Partner with compliance, risk, and audit teams to align legal oversight and strengthen governance frameworks.
- Lead the development, implementation, and review of internal legal policies, procedures, and frameworks.
Employment & People Matters
- Advise on employment and workplace law matters, including employee relations, performance management, terminations, and immigration compliance.
Disputes & External Counsel Management
- Oversee litigation and dispute resolution matters, including early risk assessment and strategy.
- Manage relationships with external legal counsel, ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with business objectives.
Collaboration & Culture
- Work closely with product, marketing, sales, finance, and operations teams to enable compliant and customer-focused outcomes.
- Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and solutions-oriented culture by acting as an approachable and trusted advisor.
Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- 7+ years' post-qualification experience in private practice and/or in-house as a generalist corporate or commercial lawyer.
- Admitted as a solicitor or barrister in an Australian jurisdiction.
- Strong experience across corporate law, commercial contracting, and regulatory compliance.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives on complex legal issues.
- Excellent legal drafting, negotiation, and advisory skills.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
- Proven ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively under pressure along with high integrity and sound judgement.
- Ability to collaborate across multiple time zones and global teams.
