Director, Legal

About the Role In this newly created position of Director, Legal, you will join a team of senior legal professionals, providing and arranging legal advice for the Morrison group, with a particular focus on advising on investment origination, asset management and divestment activities. Your responsibilities will include: • Acting as a member of the deal team, managing external legal advisers, and advising on legal documents and structures for (primarily) private market transactions. • Leading legal workstreams, including managing legal due diligence, negotiating transaction documentation, structuring, shareholder / consortium arrangements, debt financing and regulatory approvals. • Managing external legal advisers and coordinating legal inputs with investment, asset management and operational teams. • Advising on early-stage transaction documents, such as NBIOs, term sheets and framework agreements. • Supporting portfolio entity and asset management activities, including bolt-on acquisitions, refinancings, disputes, management incentive arrangements and shareholder matters. • Providing general legal advice across the Morrison group, contributing to legal precedents and knowledge-sharing, and building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, clients and external providers. About You • Senior corporate/M&A lawyer with 8+ years' post-qualification experience and admission to practise in the relevant jurisdiction. • Strong M&A, corporate, commercial and transaction execution experience, ideally across private markets, energy / infrastructure, asset management and/or cross-border transactions. • Proven ability to lead complex legal workstreams, work independently, manage external counsel and provide clear, commercial recommendations to senior stakeholders. • Excellent technical legal skills, negotiation capability, legal risk judgment, and strong verbal and written communication skills. • Commercial, pragmatic and solutions-oriented, with confidence operating in fast-moving, high-intensity transaction environments. • Collaborative and relationship-focused, with strong interpersonal skills and a "one team" approach. • Highly organised and disciplined, with sound judgment on materiality, escalation and risk trade-offs across multiple workstreams and deadlines. • Curious, improvement-oriented and motivated by working in a supportive, high-performing environment. Why Work for Morrison • We pride ourselves on our values and our culture of working as whānau (family) and supporting each other. • The impact of what we do is important to us. We invest in environmentally sustainable companies and have a strong commitment to ESG. • We offer flexibility and hybrid work so you can bring your best self to work each day. • We offer competitive salary + incentives to reward your contribution to our success. • We have a learning and development program with a focus on building internal capability and supporting your professional and personal development. • Attractive paid parental leave and flexible leave options.