Legal Counsel

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About the role

️ Legal Counsel | Permanent Full-Time at Fujitsu (Vic, Australia)

Company: Fujitsu

Location: Victoria (Vic), Australia - Hybrid (In-office required a few days a week)

Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time

Reporting To: Manager, Legal & Reputation Team

Are you an experienced Commercial Lawyer passionate about technology and driving business success? Fujitsu is seeking a motivated Legal Counsel to join our dynamic Legal & Reputation team in Melbourne. This essential role provides critical commercial support across nominated market segments and customer accounts.

The Opportunity

As a Legal Counsel, you will be a key player in supporting decision-making on customer transactions and managing commercial activities. You will translate complex legal concepts into clear commercial outcomes, ensuring our growth is compliant and risk-managed.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate diverse commercial agreements, including tenders and customer contracts.
• Provide essential legal support on new business opportunities and customer transactions.
• Advise the business on legal risk and ensure strict alignment with internal policy and legal compliance.
• Support the resolution of contractual issues or disputes.
• Contribute to the development of terms that balance customer needs with business objectives.
• Increase value contribution through collaborative teamwork and supporting digital initiatives within the Legal team.
• Take ownership of matters, independently managing complex workloads, and contributing to team knowledge and innovation.

What You'll Bring

Mandatory Qualifications & Experience:

• Law degree and a current legal practising certificate or eligibility for one.
• Typically 5+ years of experience in a commercial/legal role, with a minimum of 3-4 years in commercial/contract law (private practice or in-house).
• Thorough knowledge of deal structures, contract structures, and schedules.
• Ability to translate the impact of negotiated terms on P&L and project delivery risk.
• Good, continuously developing legal and Risk Management skills.
• Knowledge of the Competition and Consumer Act and Corporations law requirements.
• Must be an Australian Permanent Resident or Citizen.

Highly Desired Experience:

• Experience in IT law and/or IT contracts is highly desirable.
• Good understanding of Pricing Structures & Methodologies.

Why Fujitsu?

We are an organization with a strong set of values and a history of respecting fairness and equality, whilst promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. We constantly push ourselves to do better and strive to bring together a diverse mix of perspectives and talents in an inclusive environment, where we encourage our people to bring their full selves to work. We call this Be Completely You.

• We put people first. We believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and our Work180 accreditation, AWEI (Australian Workplace Equality Index) Gold Employer status and Rainbow Tick certification for LGBTI+ inclusion show that we value an inclusive culture.
• We offer tailored career paths across our global organization to support your professional and personal growth.
• Our customers trust us. We have an excellent reputation across the region and globally.
• Best in class reward and recognition programs flexible work, volunteering leave and more.
• We live our values of aspiration, trust and empathy, all day, every day.

As an inclusive employer, Fujitsu aims to recruit a diverse range of talents to help us achieve our purpose. In line with our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, we welcome applications from women and gender diverse people; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Māori and Pacific people; LGBTI+ people; people with a disability; culturally and linguistically diverse people; and veterans and emergency responders. Applicants who identify as transgender or gender diverse can contact careersapac@fujitsu.com for a copy of our Frequently Asked Questions to assist with the recruitment journey. For all other general inquiries, please contact careersapac@fujitsu.com

If you dont tick every box in this job description, please dont rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who value inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes so if this resonates with you, then please apply. For more information, please email careersapac@fujitsu.com.

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Fujitsu does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs or resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written agreement in place for this position will be considered the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired by Fujitsu due to an agency referral where no existing agreement is in place with the Fujitsu Talent Acquisition Team. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions must be through engagement by the Fujitsu Talent Acquisition Team.

For Security Cleared Roles - PLEASE NOTE:

Due to the inherent requirements of the role, candidates must be Australian Citizens and hold a minimum Baseline Australian Federal Government Security Clearance. As a consequence of these restrictions and requirements, applicants may be adversely impacted if they are not Australian citizens, are dual nationals, hold citizenship from proscribed countries or are not of Australian national origin. Please refer to Discrimination (Fujitsu Australia Limited) Exemption 2017 (No 1) Notifiable instrument NI2020-672 (ACT).