Legal Counsel - Asset Management
Posted on: 17/10/2024
London
GBP 100K - 110K per year
Permanent
Financial Services
LONDON
£100,000 - £110,000 BASIC SALARY
PERMANENT ROLE
Role Overview:
Morgan Philips Specialist Recruitment is presently representing an internationally operating financial asset management firm in their search for a Legal Counsel to join their London based team. With a multi-billion dollar AUM this firm is extremely well established and backed by world leading financial institutions, but is also growing quickly and extremely ambitious.
As a member of our clients in house legal team you will need to be a transactional lawyer with financing experience who is hungry to take ownership of deals. You will work with key stakeholders both in-house and externally, on various legal matters.
This role presents a significant opportunity to grow professionally and to lead on big-ticket cross border financing deals from NDA to closing.
Key Role Accountabilities:
- Take the lead on complex financing transactions (cross-border), partnerships, and investment agreements
- Handle legal matters in fields such as securities law, corporate governance, financial services regulation and litigation.
- Draft, review, negotiate and close commercial contracts, including service agreements and related documents with partners, resellers, and vendors
- Interface with foreign legal counsels
- Provide general ad hoc support on other corporate and commercial matters
The successful candidate will have:
- 3+ years of post-qualified experience
- Legal experience gained either from a reputable law firm or in-house at an asset management firm
- Experience of working regularly on financing transactions, funds formation or M&A transactions.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
- Outstanding communication skills
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Morgan Philips Group is a global talent solutions business that disrupts conventional thinking in executive search, recruitment and talent consulting. We operate in over 20 markets in Europe, North & South America, Asia, and the Middle East & Africa. We understand that the future is digital and social, so we embrace the latest technology, including video ads and CVs, as well as social recruiting. Our innovative services are tailored to the new world of work yet we do not lose sight of the fact that employees be they existing and potential are ultimately human beings.
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