Summer Clerk – Legal

Job description

We are currently accepting applications for a paid 4-week summer clerkship in our Legal team in Australia. This is an exciting opportunity to get hands-on experience within a fast-paced, results focused, global organisation that values diversity.

The Legal team is responsible for providing legal advice services in relation to all of the Lending and Markets based businesses which are located in the Societe Generale Sydney office. This includes providing legal advice covering a range of responsibilities from drafting, negotiation and review of related documentation to advising on the interpretation of laws and regulations and liaising with external counsel. It also includes staying up to date on developments and change in the regulatory sector which could affect the Australian business, including in relation to financial services laws, the Corporations Act and modern slavery legislation. The team also provides assistance in updating internal guidelines and procedures.

The summer clerk will have the opportunity to work with senior professionals and learn certain basic legal skills in a range of different financing businesses in an atmosphere where they are mentored and trained.  They will cultivate key skills including drafting, transaction management and legal research, and they will have the opportunity to work with and develop relationships with business and legal staff in the Sydney and APAC offices of Societe Generale including Hong Kong and Singapore.

This role offers a great entree to a legal career in banking and finance, with an opportunity for the summer clerk to gain exposure to a range of banking and finance areas and to elect afterwards to seek graduate in-house legal roles or to head into private practice with some initial professional experience.

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QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

·  Current student in Law (completing their penultimate year of studies) and another discipline (for example, Arts, Commerce, Economics or Science)
·  Pre-graduate experience in a financial or legal institution desirable and considered favourably but is not necessary for the role
·  Strong ability in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office generally
·  Knowledge and understanding of Australian laws, regulations and guidelines in relation to banking and financing activities and a working knowledge of related areas of law and regulatory environment

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

·  Proven analytical skills including the ability to apply legal analysis to different fact patterns
·  Good communication skills with the ability to clearly explain complex financial and legal issues
·  Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to develop working relationships with business teams in Sydney and the wider APAC region
·  Curious and keen to learn with a genuine interest in the banking sector
·  Team player

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

·  INTERNAL: staff from business divisions and Legal and support functions (including operations, risk and credit, compliance) locally, regionally and globally          
·  EXTERNAL: clients and external advisors (e.g. other lenders and external legal counsel)

Business insight

Societe Generale, one of Europe's leading financial services groups and a major player in the economy for over 150 years, supports 30 million clients every day with 133,000 staff in 61 countries. Our Group draws on our European roots to develop our activities internationally. Our unique geographic positioning enables us to connect Europe and Africa with major global financial centres in Asia and the Americas. The Group combines financial strength, proven expertise in innovation and a sustainable growth strategy with the objective of creating value for all our stakeholders. We seek to be a trusted partner in the projects of those building tomorrow's world today.

Societe Generale has been present in Australia since 1981. Located in Sydney, it currently provides financing and advisory, as well as global markets solutions. Leveraging the strength of its client coverage and leadership in structured finance including energy, metals & mining, infrastructure finance, together with product and service offerings such as debt capital markets, asset-backed products and commercial real estate finance, Societe Generale supports its Australian wholesale clients in their financing and advisory needs, and to serve its global clients who wish to access the Australian market with global banking services. Societe Generale also provides its global markets solutions by offering futures execution and clearing, equity derivatives sales and structured product distribution.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents , regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.

Reference: 22000XPA
Entity: Société Générale Sydney Branch
Starting date: immediate
Publication date: 2022/12/01