Senior Counsel, Family Office & Corporate/Commercial
Lead Lawyer
The Opportunity
Our client is a newly formed family office which is looking to appoint its first lawyer. You will be part of a small and trusted team, brought together to protect assets, structure investments, handle succession planning, navigate complex tax issues, make charitable contributions and anything else which may be required. You will also ensure risk is managed as well as compliance with any governance requirements.
In addition, you will also be Head of Legal, Corporate for the main business for approximately half the time. This part of the role will involve leading on corporate and compliance matters for the main business, ensuring a robust compliance function and managing risk. You will advise on investment decisions and support on company secretarial, governance and data privacy matters.
About You
The role will be broad and will suit an individual who is highly organised, who can look at what needs to be done and make decisions accordingly.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be part of a newly formed organisation, bringing protection to assets which have been built up over a long period of time whilst also taking the lead commercial legal role for a well established business.
Whilst you will certainly be able to utilise outside counsel for niche and specialist matters, it’s most likely a corporate, private client or commercial background would be best suited to the position, although this is definitely flexible, depending on other relevant experience.
The role will be London based, 4 days a week in the office with occasional travel to the other parts of the UK.