About this role
At BMW Group Australia, our Legal team provides legal support across our Australian and New Zealand businesses. The team supports a broad range of legal and compliance matters, working closely with business departments, dealer networks, government authorities and external law firms. Our Legal team is currently searching for a Legal Graduate.
What awaits you?
- Assist with preparing legal agreements and template documents, including Dealer Agreements and Disclosure Documents for the BMW, MINI and Motorrad dealer networks.
- Maintain document and contract registers, organise and archive contracts, and support the implementation and use of contract management, legal matter intake and digital signature systems.
- Act as a first point of contact for government authority requests and third-party demands, coordinate responses and documentation, and receive complaints and litigation matters escalated to Legal.
- Provide day-to-day support to the Legal team across automotive and financial services matters, assist with compliance queries and coordinate responses to intellectual property infringement matters.
- Support process improvements within the Legal team, including procedures for authority requests, deeds of novation, record keeping and contract management.
- Subject to your qualifications and practising certificate, provide supervised legal services and advice, including reviewing documents and marketing materials and preparing promotional terms and conditions, supply agreements and non-disclosure agreements.
What you should bring along?
- A legal background, preferably a completed law degree and an intention to seek admission to legal practice.
- Strong reading and writing skills, with a keen eye for detail when preparing and reviewing documents.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to organise information, maintain accurate records and support document management processes.
- Good computer skills and a willingness to learn legal systems and applications; familiarity with Excel is desirable but not essential.
- Initiative, sound judgement, honesty and an eagerness to learn, supported by a proactive approach and a willingness to work hard.
- Exposure to, or an understanding of, professional office practices and the ability to work with internal teams, government authorities and external law firms.
- Please note: An internship at BMW Australia cannot serve as a supervised legal training programme for the purposes of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2015.
What do we offer?
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives Lifelong learning & career development BMW & Mini promotions and product offers Annual spend on BMW & MINI merchandise Free onsite parking Onsite café Subsidised onsite gym, dry cleaning and car wash facilities A dynamic, inclusive and sustainable working environment BMW Group is an equal opportunities employer and takes great pride in fostering and promoting diversity in every aspect of our work life and culture.
- We highly regard the skills, knowledge, experience, ideas, perspective and energy our diverse workforce brings into the company.
- Employment at BMW Group Australia is conditional upon pre-employment checks undertaken by the candidate on request and clearances received.
- This includes qualifications and employment checks, relevant background checks and may include police check(s) and credit check(s).
- By submitting an application for a role at BMW Group Australia the candidate confirms: They have valid rights to work in Australia They agree to undertake integrity checks upon request should their candidacy progress to an offer of employment.