Senior Legal Counsel

Axiom, the leading provider of on-demand legal talent globally, is partnering with a major government‑owned utility responsible for delivering essential services across the Northern Territory, including electricity networks, water supply, and sewerage for both urban centres and remote communities. As a senior litigation leader, you will take full ownership of the organisation’s litigation strategy—managing high‑stakes regulatory matters, guiding external counsel, and shaping strategic responses to complex, high‑value disputes—while providing critical coverage during a period of executive leave.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, refine, and execute strategic approaches to all major disputes, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and long‑term risk posture.
• Manage law firm engagement, guide strategic positioning, and ensure high‑quality, commercially sound advice across complex matters
• Shape the organisation’s approach to investigations and enforcement activity involving regulators such as the ACCC and energy market bodies.
• Identify, evaluate, and communicate legal, commercial, and reputational risks associated with significant disputes and regulatory issues.
• Provide strategic counsel to leadership on dispute trajectories, negotiation options, and organisational positioning in high‑value matters.
• Maintain stable, high‑quality management of all litigation activities during a key executive’s extended leave period, ensuring no loss of momentum or strategic clarity.

Requirements:

• 15–20+ years leading complex disputes, ideally with exposure to major regulatory or government‑related matters.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior strategic advisor within a large, multifaceted organisation.
• Experience engaging with bodies such as the ACCC, energy regulators, or equivalent high‑impact authorities.
• Capacity to be based two weeks per month in Darwin and two weeks working from home, ensuring consistent leadership and availability across all litigation activities.

Why Rejoin Axiom?

• Flexibility: Choose assignments that fit your lifestyle and career goals.
• Professional Growth: Continue to develop your expertise through diverse projects.
• Community: Reconnect with a network of forward-thinking legal professionals.
• Impact: Contribute to impactful work with leading global organizations.

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more.  Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites predominately work remotely, with the exception that some clients require on-site presence.

Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.

 Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.

 Learn more about working at Axiom.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

We understand that many legal professionals have chosen to adopt the consultancy model, and we are happy to discuss this option with you. We offer both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster.  Contact us in complete confidence to find out more about opportunities to work with Axiom as an employee or consultant.

Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at benefits@axiomlaw.com and include “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. 

Axiom respects your privacy. For an explanation of the kind of information we collect about you and how it is used, our full privacy notice is available at https://www.axiomlaw.com/privacy-notice. 

Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work.

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