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Sole Counsel - Franchising

Inner Suburbs Melbourne Permanent AU$130,000 - AU$150,000 per year View Job Description
Sole Legal Counsel for fast-growing franchise business in the Food & Beverage space, this role entails managing all franchising and leasing matters whilst also working broadly to provide ad-hoc legal support for the C-Suite on general topics. The firm prides itself on a flexible, family-oriented business environment so can provide flexible, hybrid working (Wednesday is anchor day).
  • Franchise and Leasing Lawyer with chance to learn broader corporate law topics.
  • 2-3 days on site in Fitzroy (Monday - Wednesday) with WFH 2-3 days also.

About Our Client

My client was established in Melbourne and is still privately owned by the founders. They have built a successful food franchise business with over 60 locations across metropolitan areas in Victoria and NSW. Indeed, they have great brand recognition. They are currently in a growth phase looking to scale to 200 locations in Australia, as well as internationally in the long run. Having hired a Franchising Expert to be CEO, they pride themselves on a fair and democratic company approach that centralises success and growth to benefit all.

Job Description

  • Manage new and existing franchise agreements, advising on the nuances of franchise law to the business as well as franchisees.
  • Ensure compliance to franchise law and company expectations of franchisees, employing a balanced approach to ensuring mutual success.
  • Support Leasing of sites nationally - acting on behalf of the company, but advising franchise owners on their legal options and ensure they have adequate support.
  • Provide legal in-put to strategy meetings within the company be that related to sales and operations; corporate topics.
  • Build relationships and engage regularly and positively with broader teams to ensure they are comfortable to ask for legal advice when necessary.

The Successful Applicant

  • Qualified Lawyer with unrestricted practising certificate.
  • Previous experience in Franchise Law and/or Leasing is preferable. If you are still new in these areas but are willing and able to learn autonomously, then please still apply.
  • Independent worker with ability to manage workload autonomously, and who can be trusted to deliver.
  • Willingness and interest in proactively developing expertise in broader areas (through exposure) to develop the position into a General Counsel is highly advantageous - but definitely not required.
  • Able to be on site in Fitzroy every Wednesday plus 1-2 other days (Monday or Tuesday).

What's on Offer

  • Positive working environment with flexible arrangements to suit care-giver responsibilities available; as well as hybrid WFH set ups. Everyone needs to be in Fitzroy on Wednesdays, but everyone works from home on Thursdays and Fridays. Additionally, Fridays finish early.
  • Direct exposure to C-Suite reporting to CFO whilst also working closely with CEO.
  • Discount vouchers for franchise locations.
  • $130k-$150k + Super + bonus
Contact
Kate Castell
Quote job ref
JN-092024-6548991

Job summary

Function
Legal
Subsector
Legal Subsector
Industry
Consumer
Location
Inner Suburbs Melbourne
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Kate Castell
Job reference
JN-092024-6548991
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