Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate
Location: West Midlands (Hybrid Working 3 days pw in the office ideally)
Contract: Fixed-Term (12 months)
£80,000 - £85,000 + bonus
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join a well-established in-house legal team on a maternity cover contract. This is a key position providing legal support across a range of corporate transactions with a focus on investments (VC PE) as well as commercial, and governance matters.
The Role:
Reporting to the Group General Counsel, you will play a hands-on role advising on corporate transactions and day-to-day legal matters affecting the business.
Key Responsibilities:
• Prepare and negotiate heads of agreement, investment agreements, articles of association, board minutes, shareholder resolutions and other documents relevant to investment deals made by the investment teams;
• Prepare and negotiate loan note instruments, simple loan agreements and security documentation;
• Provide advice to the investment and debt teams in connection with the enforcement of investment rights and security;
• Provide detailed legal advice in relation to corporate governance and corporate finance;
• Provide high level advice in relation to insolvency, intellectual property, commercial agreements, data protection and employment matters;
• Supervise and support a junior paralegal;
• Instruct external legal counsel as appropriate and manage matters that have been outsourced;
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of internal legal training.
About You:
The ideal candidate will:
* Be a qualified solicitor with 5+ (private practice and/or in-house).
* Have strong experience in corporate transnational work ideally with experience of venture capital and private equity investments. (poss EIS VCT) as well as more general M&A.
* Be comfortable leading on legal projects and managing multiple priorities.
* Possess excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Be pragmatic, organised, and collaborative in approach
* Right to work in the UK
Collegiate team, with genuine work/life balance. Proactive, well regarded internally and close to the business