Buddle Findlay
Law Clerk – Banking and Finance (Sep 2024)
Auckland
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Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- Apply by 7 Oct 2024
- Start date 30 Sep 2024 - 31 Oct 2024
Your role
Is the candidate a recent law graduate seeking to launch a legal career at a top-tier law firm? Does the candidate possess an interest in banking law and aspire to develop their career in this area?
An exceptional opportunity exists for a law clerk to join the Tier-1 banking and finance team at Buddle Findlay. As a member of a collaborative and close-knit team, the candidate will receive comprehensive support for their professional growth and development, while gaining invaluable exposure to a diverse range of clients and transactions, including structured finance, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, mezzanine finance, project and construction finance, syndicated lending, securitization, and debt restructuring.
This unique position offers exposure to a variety of stimulating and challenging work across numerous sectors, including financial services, property development, energy, agriculture, oil and gas, wastewater, and telecommunications. Additionally, the candidate will benefit from mentorship provided by partners Paul Farrugia, Miriam Andrews, and Daniel Collins, renowned experts in the field, and have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across the firm's wider financial services team.
The firm seeks to fill the position in October 2024, however, flexibility regarding the start date is available to accommodate individual circumstances.
About you
They value people who bring a different perspective, and who are passionate, curious, and innovative. To be successful in this role, the applicant would ideally be:
- Completed a law degree or are about to complete your law degree in New Zealand
- A genuine interest in either banking, finance, or commercial law
- Have exceptional communication skills, and you bring confidence to your engagement with people
- Have great attention to detail and can work to processes and deadlines, but also see ahead of the curve and proactively anticipate the next step for our clients
- Have an ability to foster and develop client relationships
- Have excellent digital skills, prioritisation organisation skill
Benefits
A career with the firm offers the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse clientele within globally recognized teams, alongside some of New Zealand's foremost legal experts to influence the future of New Zealand's business landscape. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of benefits, wellness programs, community involvement opportunities, and flexible work arrangements to empower employees to reach their full potential. As an employee, they offer various benefits including:
- Mentoring opportunities and an extensive professional development programme (courses, seminars, CPD and more)
- A range of leave benefits (parental, study, long service leave, and a Buddle Findlay day)
- Flexible working practices
- Regular social, sports and wellness events, charity initiatives, and opportunities to join various committees within the firm (e.g., Diversity and Inclusion Committee)
- Competitive salary, health insurance benefits and an employee assistance programme
To learn more about Buddle Findlay's graduate program, watch this video:
Training & development
Buddle Findlay is committed to fostering a collaborative and supportive atmosphere that promotes professional and personal growth. Summer clerks will rotate through two teams to gain a comprehensive understanding of corporate law and participate in the firm's summer clerk training academy to facilitate a seamless transition into the corporate world. The firm is dedicated to supporting employees' overall success and offers a variety of development, wellness, and community engagement programs to help them reach their full potential.
How to apply
If this opportunity aligns with the candidate's career aspirations and they are interested in applying, they should submit their CV, cover letter, and transcript.
Source
The following source was used in researching this page:
- buddlefindlay.com/careers/
- buddlefindlay.com/careers/students-and-graduates/
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
My role includes dealing with a range of contentious and non-contentious IP issues.
Liaising with clients, drafting documents and agreements
I am a graduate in a Property Team, daily I am looped into various different pieces of work and asked to provide input through research, drafting of documents, correspondence with clients/councils, and digging up relevant precedents.
About the employer
Buddle Findlay
4.3
100 - 500 employees
Law
Buddle Findlay is one of New Zealand’s leading commercial and public law firms, with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Pros and cons of working at Buddle Findlay
Pros
The range and challenge of work. I get to work on something different every day, and feel as if the work I do can actually help people and change things for the better.
The sheer amount of opportunities provided - not only in terms of multiple weekly legal training, but diversity and inclusion and social committees as well as external training e.g. resilience training. 2. He aha te mea nui o te ao (What is the most important thing in the world?) He tangata, he tangata, he tangata (It is the people, it is the people, it is the people). The people make up the culture at Buddle Findlay and everyone is willing to help you along your journey.
Great community/network of people that are kind, caring, professional and knowledgeable.
The firm has a great culture with kind and supportive people. We have a buddy system for summer clerks and law clerks which is very helpful and fosters a very nurturing work environment due to the availability of the buddy to answer questions and help you learn the ropes. We also get to rotate through teams as summer clerks and law clerks which enables you to get a taste of what different practice areas do and helps you to work out what type of law you are interested in and what team you want to end up in. We have heaps of great social events, great development opportunities and the technology of the firm is exceptional.
Cons
Doing challenging, interesting work in a team of high performers can be stressful, and it is easy for imposter syndrome to kick in. This job can be demanding.
Given it is a big law firm, sometimes it takes time to get to know everyone, especially if you are on different floors.
While pay is market rate for law graduates, my knowledge of what other people my age are getting paid in similar (non-law) graduate roles does make it feel as though law graduates start off with relatively low salaries, however I understand that this will climb quickly.