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Publicis Groupe Senior Associate, Legal Counsel, Sydney in Sydney, Australia
Company description
Company Details
Publicis Groupe is a global leader in marketing, communications and digital business transformation, and ended 2024 as the world’s largest advertising group by net revenue. Our shared services organisation, Publicis Re:Sources, enables the Groupe agencies to innovate and transform for their clients. With 5,000+ employees across 66+ countries, Publicis Re:Sources provides technology solutions and business services including finance, accounting, legal, IT, procurement, tax, real estate, treasury and risk management.
Overview
You’ll join our APAC in-house Legal team, primarily supporting ANZ agencies across the Groupe’s creative, media, PR and technology businesses in Australia - including brands such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo, Publicis Worldwide, Digitas, Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Publicis Sapient, Prodigious and Herd MSL. You will be a trusted adviser to senior and executive stakeholders on high-value client and vendor engagements, fast-moving pitches/RFPs, and matters at the intersection of advertising, media, data, technology, procurement and risk.
Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities:
Support major pitches and RFP responses, including contract mark-ups and client change tables, balancing commercial outcomes, speed and risk in tight timeframes.
Draft, negotiate and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements, including client MSAs/PSAs, SOWs, NDAs, letters of intent and memoranda of understanding.
Identify and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders around key transaction risks and fallback positions, including liability caps, service credits/SLAs, acceptance testing, audit rights, indemnities, insurance, IP ownership/licensing and termination.
Partner with agency stakeholders and Procurement on contracting, negotiation strategy and contract governance, including through the use of templates, playbooks and contracting triage/decision trees.
Advise on advertising and marketing law matters, including copy and trade mark clearance, promotions and social campaigns, and compliance with applicable laws, codes, standards and platform policies.
Provide IP and content advice across the lifecycle of campaigns, including production and talent/vendor arrangements (artists, freelancers, photographers, animators and other suppliers), and management of third-party rights.
Support technology, data and digital engagements, including SaaS/platform terms, software development, licensing of third-party information and data systems, and digital marketing arrangements.
Support corporate and commercial change projects as needed (e.g. novations/restructures), including assessing historic liability exposure and ensuring flow-down obligations are appropriately managed.
Assist with dispute management and commercial issue resolution, including instructing and supervising external counsel where required.
Support company secretarial matters for ANZ entities in collaboration with our external corporate legal providers, including board and shareholder resolutions/minutes, ASIC lodgements, maintenance of statutory registers, director changes and annual compliance processes.
Provide broader corporate governance support as required, including advising on internal approvals, delegation of authority and governance-related risk queries.
Coordinate privacy and security inputs in collaboration with our Global Data Privacy Office (GDPO) and Global Security Office (GSO) to ensure appropriate tiering, assessments and contractual controls are implemented.
Support incident response matters relevant to agencies, including review of client-facing communications in collaboration with GDPO/GSO and agency stakeholders.
Build strong, trusted relationships across multiple agencies and functions, with the judgement to escalate appropriately and the practicality to keep the business moving.
Qualifications
About You:
Admitted as a lawyer in Australia with eligibility to practice in NSW.
Approximately 4–6 years’ post-qualification experience (PQE), ideally with a mix of strong private practice training and/or in-house experience in commercial contracting.
Proven ability to draft and negotiate complex MSAs/PSAs and SOW-based engagements, and to take matters to close with confidence and sound judgement.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, coach and build trust across multiple agencies and seniority levels.
Organised and responsive, with the ability to manage competing deadlines in a high-volume, high-visibility environment.
Interest or experience in advertising/marketing, creative, media, production and/or technology contracting (including copy clearance and IP/content rights) is highly regarded.