A well-established FinTech is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate to join a fantastic team on a 12-month Contract. The role offers an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven corporate lawyer to provide high quality legal advice within a fast paced and growing company.
The successful candidate will be offered interesting work combined with a great working environment with a collegiate feel and plenty of opportunities for development and growth.
Key duties will include:
Advising on shareholder and board matters and preparing all relevant board papers/other corporate documentation.
Advising on constitutional documents and drafting any deeds of amendment, board resolutions and ancillary documents (eg. investor consents) required.
Maintaining statutory registers and managing the corporate governance requirements, including making all relevant filings to Companies House and working with local company secretaries to submit filings to foreign company registries.
Advising on all matters related to corporate structure and share capital, including share issues, transfers and reorganisations.
Managing the set-up of offices in foreign jurisdictions including working with other internal departments and local advisors to review and coordinate the legal, data protection, insurance, HR, tax and infrastructure workstreams.
Advising the board and senior management team on potential investment and growth opportunities.
Advising on joint ventures and partnerships.
The successful candidate will have a minimum 5 years PQE in Corporate - including a comprehensive knowledge of private company law and, ideally, private equity experience. You must be able to think commercially and strategically, have great attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
If the role is of interest, please get in touch!
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