Companies hiring legal, compliance & risk in Australia
As of 5 November 2026, 402 companies are hiring legal, compliance & risk in Australia, with 1,218 open roles; 794 opened in the last 30 days and Sydney has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Top city
- Sydney · 268 roles
- Largest role family
- lawyers and legal counsel · 38%
- Leadership roles (director+)
- 55 · 32 companies
- Remote share, last 30 days
- 8%
- Postings with a salary
- 2% · 12 companies
- Most-named tool
- Power BI · 19 companies
Most new legal, compliance & risk roles, last 30 days
Companies with the most new postings in the last 30 days; job boards and directories left out. Headquartered in Australia. Open legal, compliance & risk roles and all open roles per company.
| Company | Size | new, 30 d | open legal, compliance & risk | all open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Moray & AgnewGeneralist law firms | 501-1000 employees | 23 | 22 | 34 |
MallesonsCommercial corporate law firms | 501-1000 employees | 19 | 22 | 47 |
CommBankRetail & commercial banks | 10,001+ employees | 17 | 18 | 236 |
DownerCivil infrastructure contractors | 10,001+ employees | 10 | 18 | 582 |
WestpacRetail & commercial banks | 10,001+ employees | 8 | 7 | 156 |
AvantInsurance companies underwriters | 501-1000 employees | 7 | 10 | 30 |
AustralianSuperOther wealth management investment | 1001-5000 employees | 6 | 8 | 28 |
BOQRetail & commercial banks | 1001-5000 employees | 6 | 11 | 69 |
CuscalGeneral payment service providers | 51-200 employees | 6 | 6 | 13 |
Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt | Holman WebbGeneralist law firms | 201-500 employees | 6 | 6 | 13 |
Auto & General InsuranceGeneral insurance brokerage | 1001-5000 employees | 5 | 5 | 103 |
Clayton UtzCommercial corporate law firms | 1001-5000 employees | 5 | 14 | 33 |
Sparke HelmoreGeneralist law firms | 501-1000 employees | 5 | 7 | 18 |
Western UnionCurrency exchange & money transfer | 10,001+ employees | 5 | 29 | 93 |
AFCAConsumer debt relief claims | 501-1000 employees | 4 | 8 | 69 |
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By city, seniority and role family
Postings, then companies. Cities as the posting states them.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Sydney | 268 · 106 |
| Melbourne | 145 · 61 |
| Brisbane | 74 · 40 |
| Perth | 23 · 16 |
| Australia | 19 · 5 |
| Adelaide | 12 · 9 |
| Barangaroo | 12 · 3 |
| Cooma | 12 · 2 |
| NSW | 12 · 8 |
| Newcastle | 12 · 6 |
| Surry Hills | 12 · 2 |
| Brisbane QLD | 11 · 1 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| partner | 5 · 1 |
| Trainee, apprentice | 5 · 5 |
| Entry | 132 · 62 |
| Mid | 69 · 52 |
| Senior | 586 · 244 |
| Manager | 158 · 85 |
| Director | 43 · 24 |
| VP | 10 · 6 |
| C-level | 2 · 2 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| lawyers and legal counsel | 457 · 149 |
| contracts management | 217 · 96 |
| compliance | 200 · 137 |
| risk management | 147 · 88 |
| financial crime and investigations | 105 · 50 |
| paralegal and legal support | 73 · 39 |
Tools legal, compliance & risk postings in Australia ask for
Office software left out. Click through to every company on a tool.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Hybrid | 103 · 53 |
| Onsite | 27 · 16 |
| Remote | 12 · 9 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Posted in the last 7 days | 134 · 75 |
| Posted in the last 30 days | 794 · 294 |
| All open | 1,218 · 402 |
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402 companies have 1,218 open legal, compliance & risk roles in Australia; 294 of them posted 794 in the last 30 days. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/hiring/legal_compliance_and_risk/australia)
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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- Job postingsRead hourly from the applicant tracking systems behind company career sites, with portals filling the gaps. Reposts collapse into one record; a role closes when the company closes it.
- Function and familyRole tree v2: every title classified into a function and a family, in every language.
- LocationThe posting's stated location, normalised to city and country. This page counts roles located in Australia.
- ExclusionsJob boards, directories and aggregators are kept out of company lists; staffing firms stay in only for their own hiring.
Legal, compliance & risk hiring in Australia: questions
What counts as a legal, compliance & risk role?
A posting classified into the legal, compliance & risk function by our role tree (v2), whatever the title says. "Account Executive", "Vertriebsmitarbeiter" and "SDR" all land in the same function, then in a family such as lawyers and legal counsel.
Why is Australia the posting's country, not the company's?
This page counts roles located in Australia. A US company hiring in Berlin counts; a Australian company hiring in Paris does not. Company pages show the reverse view.
How fresh is it?
Career systems are checked hourly, so a role usually shows up the same day it opens and disappears the day it closes. Reposts collapse into one record.
Can I get the hiring manager?
Yes. For each company, the person the new hires report to, with a verified e-mail. The first 15 companies are on this page; the rest, and a weekly feed of new legal, compliance & risk hiring in Australia, is in the product.
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