Senior M&A Deal Lawyer - Global Investment Bank
- Recruiter
- Robert Walters Ltd
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £140000 - £180000 per annum + bonus + benefits
- Posted
- 10 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 25 Aug 2022
- Ref
- 50798513/001
- Contact
- Brian Nason
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Corporate, Corporate Finance / M&A
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Fantastic opportunity for a Corporate/M&A deal lawyer to join an established legal team which specialises in the bank's own account M&A.
I have been exclusively instructed on an exciting mandate by the General Counsel of a global investment bank who is looking for a stellar M&A deal lawyer to join their well-established team in London. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years' PQE and will come from a top law firm or leading financial services organisation.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- providing and overseeing all legal advice, guidance and support for the Global Mergers and Acquisitions team of Group Strategy and Planning, and to support the work of General Counsel, Group M&A to ensure that the Group's exposure to legal risk on M&A projects is appropriately managed and that the execution of the Group's M&A strategies and initiatives are appropriately facilitated. In addition, the incumbent will be expected to provide legal support on general corporate matters arising within Group Strategy and Planning, as required;
- providing legal advice, guidance and support to the Strategic Innovations Investments (SII) team and supervise and develop junior team members to provide support on strategic and principal investing;
- providing counsel and end-to-end support on a variety of legal matters in the M&A field globally (acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and strategic alliances) including matters that are complex or have potential for significant impact;
- driving legal aspects of M&A projects, including transaction structure, legal due diligence, bidder process, deal negotiation, contract drafting, regulatory compliance and transaction management;
- advising the business by ensuring that commercially sensitive, pragmatic and practical legal support and advice is provided in a cost-effective manner to the Global M&A team and Group Strategy and Planning / SII;
- providing support and guidance to the Global M&A team, Group Strategy and Planning, SII and the Global Legal Function with regard to the identification and management of legal risks in the M&A area;
- providing leadership, guidance, assistance and oversight to/of other M&A practitioners in the Global Legal Function, drive the M&A process, policy and standards implementation to ensure that the Group's exposure to legal risks in M&A globally is managed appropriately; and
- reassessing the operational risks associated with the role and inherent in the business, taking account of changing economic or market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements, operating procedures and practices, management restructurings, and the impact of new technology.
The diverse responsibilities of the job and the number of jurisdictions in which the bank operates will require the role holder to adapt work style to meet sometimes complex and varied workloads and have the ability to prioritise workloads in terms of legal risk and commercial considerations. The lawyer will also need to travel for work and be able to deal with multiple projects in different time zones.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Corporate/M&A lawyer who would like to work in one of the top M&A deal teams across the investment banking space in London.
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please email me at for a confidential discussion.