With eight design studios worldwide, chances are you've encountered our work. We specialise in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban design. Our diverse, multi-disciplinary team brings together a wealth of skills and perspectives that unlock the economic, social, and cultural potential of projects.
Across our studios we connect insight and creativity, creating a better future by designing the world’s best places – places people love, is what drives us.
At Hassell, we're dedicated to sustainability and regenerative design. Our designers play a pivotal role in shaping a better future for communities and our planet. Join us in making a lasting impact.
Hassell, a leading global design practice, is looking for a Legal Counsel to join our team and provide expert legal support across the Hassell group. Working closely with our Company Secretary / General Counsel, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to broaden your experience across a diverse range of legal, commercial and project-related matters within a collaborative and supportive environment.
This opportunity will suit a lawyer with 4+ years’ post-admission experience, ideally gained at a well-regarded Australian law firm, and with exposure to clients in the construction, consultancy or built environment sectors.
About the role
As Senior Legal Counsel, you will support the business on a wide range of matters, with a strong focus on drafting, reviewing and negotiating key agreements, including:
You will also:
About you
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Why join Hassell?
Hassell is an international design practice known for creating places people love. Our work spans architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design and strategic design across Australia, Asia, the UK and the US.
Joining Hassell means being part of a creative, globally connected business where you can:
If you are looking for a role where you can apply your legal expertise in a commercially focused, in-house environment, we would love to hear from you.
Our team enjoys a wide range of benefits to support their development and well-being:
Hassell is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity. We demonstrate our commitment to reconciliation and cultural safety by fostering inclusive environments that value the cultural identities, perspectives, and practices of all individuals. We prioritise ensuring that everyone feels safe, included, and respected.
Our local studios serve as primary hubs for in-person connection and collaboration, and we offer flexible and hybrid work arrangements. Hassell encourages sustainable work hours and actively supports the holistic health and well-being of our people.
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Please note that we do not accept speculative candidates via agencies or third parties.

We are a leading international design practice with studios in Asia, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Our purpose is to create a better future by designing the world’s best places – places people love.
Our design values are shared globally across all our studios, by the talented people who work in them: architects, interior designers, landscape architects, urban designers, planners and specialist consultants.
We work across a broad range of scales, from the interior design of a boutique retail store through to major public architecture and strategic urban planning for cities. And we work together in integrated design teams because they produce the best outcomes for our clients.
Our focus is on people and how we create better, more meaningful experiences for them. We do that through creative, holistic thinking, a deep knowledge base and a rigorous design process.
We judge the success of the buildings and places we design by the way people use and enjoy them - the clients who commission them, the people who inhabit them.
We are a Certified B Corp.
For more information on us, visit our website www.hassellstudio.com