Legal Counsel - Residential Living

How will you make an impact?

Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members dignified retirement?

Hostplus is an investor in residential property development alongside specialist joint venture development partners. Over the last decade alone, our equity investment has contributed to the delivery of over 7,600 land lots, townhouses and apartments nationally. As part of our strategy evolution, the residential investment management function is currently being internalised with a specialist Residential Living investment team.

As part of this team, the Legal Counsel is responsible for providing legal advice and support to the Hostplus Residential Living investment team. Investment activity is focussed on residential property development in Australia with scope to consider development across the residential apartment, residential led mixed-use, townhouse and master planned greenfield community sub-sectors. 

The opportunity

As Legal Counsel within the Hostplus Residential Living investment team, you will support land acquisition and due diligence activities by reviewing confidentiality agreements, managing property due diligence, and contributing to the negotiation of transaction and development rights documentation in collaboration with external counsel. You will also assist in structuring joint venture arrangements, including preparing term sheets, conducting legal due diligence on prospective partners, and negotiating joint venture and associated service agreements.

In addition, you will be responsible for portfolio management through the review of material contracts, oversight of disputes, and provision of timely, commercial legal advice. You will manage external legal counsel, support compliance with relevant laws and internal policies, and play a key governance role through engagement with directors and investment committees. A critical part of your role will be identifying, mitigating, and managing legal risks across all residential investment activities.

About you

• Demonstrated experience (at least 5 years PQE), working as a property development lawyer and/or corporate transactional lawyer with property law experience, and experience working on large-scale corporate transactions
• Current Practicing Certification
• Tertiary qualifications and qualified to practice law in an Australian jurisdiction.
• Experience negotiating joint venture agreements associated with property development
• The ability to take a frontline role in complex, often time pressured investment transactions
• Strong project management skills including workstream prioritisation
• Strong stakeholder management skills required to manage internal and external relationships
• Works well with limited supervision
• Demonstrates sound judgement as well as structured thought
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-motivated, and willing to take the initiative 

What can we offer you?

Our employees are passionate about what we do and are proud to be part of an organisation which helps everyday Australians achieve a brighter future. We value diversity of thought and have an open and flexible workplace. Some industry leading benefits we offer include:

• Hybrid and flexible work environment
• 15% superannuation
• Additional paid leave over Christmas and New Year
• Additional 5 days paid “flex leave”, so that you can take time out when you need it
• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Total Wellness Program, including benefits such as free flu shots, comprehensive EAP support, access to medical experts and wellness related events throughout the year
• 3 days community service leave
• 4 weeks paid gender affirmation leave
• Access to long service leave at 5 years
• Access to subsidised financial advice
• Dedicated per person development budget to support your growth

Just to name a few!

About us

At Hostplus, we passionately provide around 1.8 million members with the best possible service; constantly looking for new ways to deliver better value while helping members get the most out of their super. We are inspired to help our members achieve greater security for their future and ensure they retire with dignity.

Your role at Hostplus will make a difference, whether you're in marketing, financial advice, operations or any of our other divisions - you'll be contributing to ensuring our members retire with the best possible outcomes, and what better feeling is there than knowing your role helps someone to retire with dignity and security?

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. We celebrate diversity and believe that different backgrounds and experiences enrich our relationships and bring meaningful benefits to our people, our members, and the communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone and if you require any adjustments made during the recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to us at talent@hostplus.com.au and to let us know how we can support.

How do I apply?

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