Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial (Technology)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Company

hirify.global is a research-driven trading firm using quantitative modeling, machine learning, engineering and proprietary technology to provide liquidity across global markets.

What you will do

• Draft, negotiate and review commercial contracts covering IT infrastructure, data centres, telecommunications, software, SaaS, market data, procurement, marketing and events.
• Identify contractual and commercial risks, recommend practical mitigation strategies, and resolve disputes with vendors and commercial counterparties.
• Support complex projects including new market entry, trading infrastructure deployment, entity establishment and investments.
• Advise Technology, Trading and operational stakeholders while coordinating with Procurement, Finance, Corporate Development, Treasury, Risk and Compliance.
• Mentor lawyers and paralegals, manage external counsel across APAC, and coordinate with hirify.global’s global legal teams.
• Develop AI-enabled legal technology, contracting templates, negotiation playbooks, approval and execution processes, and related commercial policies.

Requirements

• Tertiary Law qualifications with top academic credentials.
• Admission as a solicitor in Australia or another common law jurisdiction.
• 10+ years’ post-qualification experience gained at a leading law firm or in-house legal department, ideally in financial services or technology.
• Deep expertise in commercial and technology contracting, including IT procurement and infrastructure, data centre and telecommunications agreements, software licensing, SaaS, market data and intellectual property.
• Experience leading complex, high-value negotiations end to end and achieving commercially sound outcomes under time pressure.
• Strong stakeholder management, commercial judgement, organisational and interpersonal skills, with the ability to advise and influence senior business and technology leaders.
• Strong understanding of legal, regulatory and operational issues in financial markets and trading businesses.
• Experience using legal technology and AI tools, including building templates, playbooks and productivity-enhancing processes.
• Experience mentoring and developing legal professionals; clear communication of complex legal issues to non-legal audiences; ability to work independently across jurisdictions and time zones.

Nice to have

• Exposure to multiple APAC jurisdictions.
• Additional language skills relevant to the APAC region.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-performance legal environment supporting trading activities across the Asia-Pacific region.
• Close collaboration with global legal counterparts in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Amsterdam, Chicago and London.
• Opportunity to influence decision-making and shape commercial legal practices focused on precision, speed and innovation.
• Occasional travel to other hirify.global offices and trading locations is required.