Lawyer, Ventures and Startups

  • Full-time
  • Role category: Lawyer
  • Employment type: Permanent
  • Work pattern: Full time
  • Location: Sydney

Job Description

About Gilbert + Tobin

Gilbert + Tobin is built on enduring values of excellence, trust, respect, integrity and good corporate citizenship. We are a leading firm with over 500 lawyers, trusted by our clients to navigate today’s increasingly complex world.

We are purpose-built for our clients’ most complex work - across transactions, disputes and regulation. Our partners are leaders in their fields, delivering the highest quality of legal advice and providing an exceptional edge for our clients. They also provide our lawyers the opportunity to work with and learn from them. We are innovators in the use of technology, redefining value and service in the legal industry.

Our open, merit-based culture attracts and inspires the best legal talent. Founded in 1988, G+T’s journey has been one of relentless ambition and rapid progress, achieving extraordinary success in just over three decades.

We remain as determined as ever to be the best it’s possible to be.

About Ventures and Startups

Ventures and Startups is Gilbert + Tobin’s specialist practice group working with early-stage and emerging growth companies. The team acts for many of Australia’s most exciting startups and scale-ups across industries including artificial intelligence, climate tech, deep tech, fintech and SaaS.

As G+T’s specialist venture capital transactions team, we also regularly advise local and foreign venture capital funds, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and other investors on their investments in early-stage and emerging growth companies.

About you

As our successful candidate, you will have:

  • At least four years of experience in venture capital or private mergers and acquisitions
  • A demonstrated interest in the startup space and venture capital industry (experience working on venture capital deals is desirable but not required)
  • A desire to work on dynamic transactions with founders, startups and venture capital firms (VCs)
  • Strong drafting and analytical skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the desire to work directly with clients
  • The ability to work autonomously and in a team environment

What we offer

Gilbert + Tobin will offer you a friendly, flexible and professional working environment. In addition to top of market remuneration, we provide our people with benefits such as up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave, additional annual leave, a subsidised café and gym membership, end-of-trip facilities, exclusive retail discounts, social events and more benefits, which you can view here: http://bit.ly/GTFLYER

Our Sydney office is based in beautiful sunlit open planned offices with panoramic views of the city and easy access to public transport, restaurants, cafes and exercise facilities.

Additional Information

Please submit your interest via our career’s website with a resume.
  
We are committed to providing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment and a culture where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.

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