Overview
Legal Counsel Jobs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Paramount Liquor
Title: Legal Counsel
Company: Paramount Liquor
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Company Description Paramount Liquor is the largest independently owned liquor wholesaler in Australia, bringing generations of hospitality experience to venues nationwide. As a long-standing family-owned business, Paramount Liquor combines deep industry knowledge with a commitment to helping hospitality operators thrive. The company offers the largest product range in the country and provides holistic services, including drinks list consultations, an industry-first rewards program, innovative partnerships, and access to insights and data. With a strong focus on the future, Paramount Liquor is redefining what it means to be a liquor wholesaler and aims to be Australia’s leading independent liquor provider while fostering a world-class hospitality culture.
Role Description
We’re looking for a commercially minded Legal Counsel to join Paramount Liquor Group and work closely with our General Counsel across a broad and interesting legal portfolio.
This is a hands-on in-house role suited to a lawyer who enjoys being close to the business, solving problems and providing practical, commercially focused advice.
The role
You’ll support the General Counsel across a range of matters, including:
• drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including supplier, distribution, logistics, warehousing, services and trading agreements
• liquor licensing and regulatory compliance across our wholesale and retail operations
• corporate and governance matters
• privacy and data protection
• employment and workplace matters
• competition and consumer law
• developing templates, precedents, training and legal processes
• supporting the management of external counsel and legal spend.
You’ll work directly with stakeholders across the business and have the opportunity to help shape and further develop Paramount’s in-house legal function.
About you
Ideally, you will have around 3–6 years’ post-admission experience, gained in private practice, in-house or a combination of both, with strong corporate and commercial drafting skills.
Experience in a regulated industry such as alcohol, FMCG, retail or distribution would be highly regarded.</p>
We’re particularly interested in someone who is:
• commercially pragmatic and solutions-focused
• confident assessing and communicating legal risk
• a strong drafter and negotiator
• comfortable managing competing priorities
• proactive, collaborative and able to build strong relationships across a fast-moving business.
Location: Hybrid. Office located at Derrimut, Victoria.
