Legal Counsel

The Role

As Legal Counsel, you will play a key role in supporting legal matters across both the Australian and New Zealand businesses. Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel and working as part of the broader Corporate & Legal Affairs Team, you will provide practical, commercially focused legal advice that enables business objectives while effectively managing legal and regulatory risk.

This is a hands-on role where you will partner with stakeholders across the organisation, offering strategic guidance on a broad range of legal matters and helping to ensure the business operates in a compliant and responsible manner.

You will be a trusted advisor to the Senior Legal Counsel, Head of Corporate & Legal Affairs, and key business leaders, contributing to business decisions, supporting projects and initiatives, and fostering a strong culture of governance and compliance across Australia and New Zealand.

Work for an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees.

Principle Accountabilities

• Provide commercially focused legal and regulatory advice to business stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand, supporting strategic decision-making and risk management.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer supply contracts, trading terms, and supplier agreements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation and regulations, including competition law, privacy and data protection requirements, industry regulations, and corporate governance obligations.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks by monitoring legislative developments, advising on external communications, and partnering with external legal counsel where required.
• Support and promote a strong compliance culture through the development and delivery of training programs, policy reviews, regulatory reporting, and compliance initiatives across the business.
• Provide practical, audience-focused legal advice that resolves complex issues and disputes in a timely manner while balancing legal risk with broader commercial objectives.

Skills and Experience Required

• Australian-qualified lawyer with 3+ years' PQE, gained in a top or mid-tier law firm and/or a large corporate or FMCG environment.
• Strong knowledge of commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, Australian Consumer Law, competition law, and privacy legislation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide practical, commercially focused legal advice across all levels of the business.
• Commercially astute, organised, and able to effectively balance legal risk with business objectives in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills; experience within a highly regulated industry is advantageous.

What We Offer

You will receive a

• Comprehensive compensation package
• With salary + bonus scheme
• Paid parental leave
• Hybrid working
• North Sydney location 
• Close to train station 
• EAP support
• Relaxed working environment
• Five weeks annual leave and
• Further benefits

An inspiring place to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial Brands, we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.