Legal Manager, Corporate
Akaysha EnergySydney, New South Wales
Full Time
Posted October 6, 2025
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Job Description
The Legal Manager - Corporate at Akaysha Energy is responsible for overseeing corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and legal support for commercial agreements across multiple international regions, while also leading legal operations and ensuring efficient legal processes within a fast-growing renewable energy company.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee corporate governance requirements, regulatory filings, and statutory records across multiple jurisdictions.
- Prepare and coordinate board and shareholder meetings, including drafting resolutions and maintaining governance documentation.
- Ensure compliance with corporate laws and regulatory obligations in all operating regions.
- Draft, review, and negotiate business agreements such as consultancy, SaaS, master services, and leases.
- Develop and maintain contract playbooks, templates, and workflows throughout the contract lifecycle.
- Embed privacy and cybersecurity compliance requirements into agreements and operational processes.
- Design and manage supplier due diligence and contract management systems in collaboration with procurement, compliance, and risk teams.
- Lead and mentor the legal operations team, fostering continuous improvement and delivering training.
- Manage corporate registrations, filings, and governance registers in multiple jurisdictions.
Requirements
- Experience managing board processes, preparing resolutions, and maintaining efficient governance practices in a corporate setting.
- Strong background in ensuring multi-jurisdictional compliance and overseeing regulatory filings across Australia, the US, Japan, and Germany.
- Proven capability in drafting and negotiating consultancy, technology, SaaS, master services, labour-hire, and lease agreements.
- In-depth knowledge to implement privacy and cybersecurity law requirements across global operations, including robust KYC and data protection compliance in diverse jurisdictions.
- Experience in developing and maintaining contract playbooks, templates, and workflows, and overseeing the full contract lifecycle from approval through to execution and filing.
- Ability to embed privacy and cybersecurity compliance requirements into agreements and operational processes, collaborating with IT, risk, and compliance teams.
- Experience designing and managing supplier due diligence and contract management tools, including checklists, escalation procedures, and recordkeeping systems, in partnership with procurement, compliance, and risk functions.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a legal operations team, fostering continuous improvement, delivering training, and ensuring efficient legal support for a fast-growing, international organization.
- Experience managing corporate registrations, filings, and governance registers across multiple jurisdictions.
- Ability to prepare and coordinate board and shareholder matters, including drafting resolutions, compiling meeting materials, and maintaining statutory records.
- Track record of designing and managing effective board and committee governance systems, streamlining administration, documentation, and statutory compliance.
- Strong legal skills in supporting commercial business agreements, including balancing legal risk with commercial goals.
- Ability to monitor and advise on changes in corporate governance and related regulatory obligations to ensure ongoing compliance.
- Experience in implementing and refining practical legal operations systems, including playbooks and templates, and improving legal tools and operational processes.
Benefits & Perks
Hybrid and remote-compatible workplace with flexibility
Annual development allowance
Additional paid time off
Curated learning content for professional development
Career support including promotion pathways, lateral moves, and secondment options
Annual wellbeing allowance
Generous paid parental leave
Employee and family assistance programs
Mobile phone allowance
Competitive pay with performance bonuses and long-term incentives
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