Senior Legal Counsel

As one of Australia's largest profit-for-members superannuation funds, we always remember whose money it is and whose future we're looking after. We work to reimagine a new way forward for our 1.1 million members and their communities.

Your New Role

A rare opportunity to join the growing Aware Super UK office as a Senior Legal Counsel, advising on a broad range of investment, corporate and commercial matters. As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll be a key partner to the UK investment business, providing expert legal support across complex transactions in Private Equity, Infrastructure and Property. Based in London, you’ll lead legal execution across the full investment lifecycle while supporting governance, regulatory compliance and business operations in a growing international platform.

We are looking for strong transactional experience within the UK and European markets, rather than previous superannuation industry experience.

Your role will include:

• Provide end-to-end legal support on investment transactions across Property, Infrastructure and Private Equity, from origination through to execution and asset management.
• Review and negotiate a broad range of transaction and corporate documents, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and commercial objectives.
• Advise on legal structuring of investments, including UK and European SPVs, and support the ongoing management of investment vehicles.
• Support the UK business with corporate, commercial and regulatory legal advice, including vendor, IT and operational agreements.
• Manage external legal counsel and support governance, company secretariat and regulatory compliance activities.

How do you exceed our expectations?

• Qualified lawyer (UK or Australia) with 6+ years’ PQE across private equity, corporate, funds, property or infrastructure transactions in UK and Europe.
• Strong experience managing complex investment transactions and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Sound understanding of UK legal and regulatory frameworks, with experience across cross-border structures highly regarded.
• Excellent stakeholder management & communication skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior investment professionals.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under tight timelines.
• You are balanced in accepting risk in any decision you face. You are curious to understand risk context and choose to speak up as we simplify, learn and grow.

Employee Experience

We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.

Why you’ll love working at Aware Super

• Have a super impact: You’ll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
• Be part of something super unique: You’ll work to reshape super and retirement. We’ll invest in your growth and give you the opportunity to work on career-defining projects.
• Work with super humans: You’ll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
• Feel super cared for: We’ll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.

The Aware Super difference

At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.