Senior Legal Specialist

Kia ora,

After recently being voted as New Zealand's most attractive employer, Air New Zealand is continually capturing the world's attention for its great culture, outstanding customer service and innovations that are truly cutting edge. Grow your passion & reach your full potential, with the support of our whānau! 

Air New Zealand has a great opportunity for a talented, commercially astute lawyer to join our in-house legal team on a 9-month fixed term contract based in Auckland.

We have a great opportunity for a commercially astute lawyer to join our in-house legal team.  We can offer you a dynamic and exciting environment where no two days will be the same.

Being part of the Legal Chapter within the Legal, Enterprise Risk and Governance function, you will be part of a team that is responsible for managing and providing specialist, professional and commercially attuned legal advice in a range of areas across the business. Broad general commercial experience is required. Experience advising on consumer, marketing and fair trading issues, and negotiating commercial contracts particularly relating to loyalty programmes and partnerships would be preferrable but is not essential.

You will have around 8+ years post-admission experience in private practice or in-house. You will need to be curious, flexible and have a pragmatic approach that lends itself to dealing with competing demands in a fast-paced industry.  In return, you will be rewarded with a fun, supportive environment and a variety of work in a highly visible organisation.

This is a great opportunity to progress your legal career in-house and to work for an iconic NZ company!

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