ABOUT US
Home to the iconic brand Villa Maria, our vision is to be one of the world’s great wine companies, sharing the best of New Zealand wine with the world.
Our grapes come from over 3,000 hectares of planted vineyards and blended in our wineries across three of the renowned wine regions - Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay, and Gisborne - and our wines are exported globally.
We’ve been pioneers of wine industry practices since 2003 - we’re passionate about wine and we love what we do!
From our wine supply business to our branded wines - we are proud of our incredible footprint in the industry.
THE ROLE
We are seeking a Legal Counsel to support the Group General Counsel by providing practical, commercially focused legal advice that enables business outcomes while managing legal and reputational risk. This role works closely with key business teams, becoming a trusted advisor across diverse day-to-day matters, with primary focus on:
- Commercial contracting and governance across areas such as sales, procurement, technology, and partnering.
- Broad legal advisory support including disputes, intellectual property, privacy, regulatory/compliance, property, and other operational matters.
This opportunity would suit someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys strong stakeholder engagement, and wants to influence outcomes beyond purely legal matters. You’ll be supported, but expected to be self-directed, collaborative, curious, and improvement-oriented. You’ll be willing to partner with stakeholders to codesign pragmatic solutions and continually lift impact.
This role would offer strong career progression for a mid-level solicitor, in an ambitious New Zealand business, operating in global markets and navigating a changing industry.
What you’ll be doing
- Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and provide clear, pragmatic legal advice aligned to commercial outcomes.
- Draft, review and negotiate a range of commercial agreements, and improve templates, playbooks and workflows.
- Deliver clear legal advice on day-to-day matters including disputes, privacy, intellectual property, regulatory/compliance matters and property-related issues.
- Support efficient legal operations through matter management, process improvement and coordination of external counsel.
ABOUT YOU
• Ideally 4–6 years’ post qualification experience (PQE) in legal practice or in house counsel roles.
• Strong capability in commercial contracting and governance across areas such as procurement, sales, technology, and partnerships.
• Advisory experience across a range of legal areas, including disputes, IP, privacy, regulatory and/or property would be desirable.
• Naturally collaborative, curious, improvement driven, and comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
• Self directed with strong initiative and the ability to balance commercial outcomes with legal risk.
ON OFFER
• Competitive Salary + Phone + Wine Allowance + Wellness Allowance
• Southern Cross Health Insurance
• 1x “You Day” per year to do what you choose
• Option to purchase an additional 2 weeks of annual leave
• Additional company-paid parental leave
• Positive, friendly, and passionate work culture, with occasional wine tastings
• Flexible working
• Dog-friendly office
• Flexible environment empowering you to take ownership of your work
OUR CULTURE
• We think our culture is pretty special. We have talented teams working in a variety of breath-taking locations. Our priority and investment in the wellbeing and diversity of our people is core to our purpose.
• We're all about authenticity and transparency so rather than bombard you with corporate jargon- here's the real Indevin:
• We're a good ol' Kiwi company who is proud to be a wine industry leader and we have years of hard work to thank for it
• Our business is proudly spearheaded by the Villa Maria Brand
• We take our work, but not ourselves, too seriously
• We work with people from all over the world because our diversity makes us stronger
• We're very passionate about what we do. We love wine, sharing our knowledge and making Indevin an inspiring place to work
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