Career opportunities

Hynes Lawyers is always on the lookout for high calibre professionals.

If you have experience in the areas we specialise in, then our Human Resources department would like to hear from you.

Current positions

We currently have the following positions available:

Marketing Coordinator

We are currently looking to appoint a bright, energetic and astute individual to perform the role of Marketing Coordinator.

Reporting to the Marketing and Human and Resources Manager, you will be responsbile for coordinating marketing and initiatives including:

• creation and maintenance of marketing collateral including e-newsletters;
• creation and maintenance of firm prospecting lists;
• website maintenance;
• event management;
• supporting ongoing business development initiatives; and
• general administration duties.

The ideal person for this role will have:

• at least two years experience in marketing;
• an interest in brand development;
• adobe creative suite skills;
• a high attention to detail;
• highly developed organisational and time management skills; and
• a proven ability to adhere to deadlines and budgets.

Resource/Mining Lawyer - Corporate team

Reporting to the partners of the corporate team, the successful candidate will have:

• a broad understanding of exploration and mining processes;
• an understanding of state legislative frameworks relating to minerals tenure and dealings in (with knowledge of more than one jurisdiction an advantage); 
• experience in conducting minerals tenure due diligence (including conducting and interpreting the relevant tenure searches);
• transactional experience in acquisitions and disposals of mineral tenures, joint ventures, farm-in arrangements and royalty agreements (including negotiations, drafting documentation, liaising with relevant third parties and government departments, and completion); 
• knowledge of the relevant stamping procedures for mining transactions;
• previous corporate law experience (particularly capital raising) will be an advantage;
• the ability to work as part of a team and provide mining law expertise in the context of large corporate transactions;
• the ability to think outside the square and provide clients with commercial solution;
• a commitment to continued learning and training; 
• a positive and enthusiastic attitude;
• excellent legal, analytical and interpersonal skills; 
• be highly motivated and organised in order to flourish in a dynamic and busy corporate practice; 
• be able to operate easily in a team driven environment, communicating and working effectively with other team members, as well as liaising directly with clients; and 
• have experience in and be prepared to get involved in a number of business development and marketing initiatives on behalf of the team.

Lawyer - Aged care and retirement living team

Working closely alongside the partner of our aged care and retirement living team in our Brisbane office, you will have experience in:

• acquisitions and sales (share or asset) of aged care and retirement village assets;
• legal due diligence investigations (vendor and purchaser and establishment and operation of data rooms);
• transaction documentation (for example, negotiation and drafting of non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, heads of agreement, sale agreements, and shareholders/joint venture agreements); 
• corporate restructuring (for example, incorporation of proprietary and public companies, incorporated and unincorporated joint ventures, partnerships and incorporated associations); 
• restructuring, registration and redevelopment of retirement villages;
• initial and ongoing disposal of rights to reside in retirement villages (including freehold, leasehold and licence options);
• regulatory compliance for aged care providers and retirement village operators; and
• business development and marketing initiatives. 

Legal support positions

We are currently looking to appoint an:

• intermediate legal support in our Fortitude Valley office; and
• intermediate legal support in our Gold Coast office.

The successful candidates will be self motivated, enthusiastic and have a positive attitude towards a busy and demanding work load.

Ideally, you will:

• have great administration and time management skills;
• be highly motivated, efficient and organised; 
• be a team player; and
• have strong typing skills and accuracy.

Some of your day-to-day duties will involve:

• diary management;
• dictation;
• billing; and
• file management.

Previous experience in Open Practice, HotDocs and Microsoft office will be highly regarded.

Applications

Any interest in the above roles will be taken in the strictest of confidence. Please refer all applications to the Human Resources Manager by email human.resources@hyneslawyers.com.au.