Senior Legal Counsel

20 hours ago

London Area, United Kingdom Simmons & Hanbury Full time

The company

S&H are exclusively partnering with a leading global retailer. The business is seeking a high quality corporate lawyer to join its in-house team in a key Senior Legal Counsel role, supporting the Group General Counsel. This is an exciting and varied position.


The role

A business facing in-house role at a top tier company, with a balance of business partnering and advising stakeholders on a variety of corporate and strategic matters. The role can be broken down as follows:


  • Supporting the CEO and Group GC on a variety of Corporate and M&A matters:
  • Advising on share and asset acquisitions, JVs, corporate restructurings.
  • True business partnering with a variety of business units.
  • Support the business in capital structure and corporate financing.
  • Supporting in corporate governance, compliance and company secretarial matters.


About you

  • Significant corporate M&A legal experience with secondment/in-house experience essential.
  • Strong academics
  • Law firm trained
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • PQE bracket is 6 years and above. This is a guide only.


Due to the high volume of applications, if you haven’t heard back from the team on this role, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. If your profile matches any of our other opportunities, one of our consultants will be in touch.


About Simmons & Hanbury


Simmons & Hanbury is a specialist executive search firm that sources and secures the best human capital and future leaders for our clients. We provide an integrated international service to support our clients across the globe, from our group headquarters based in the heart of the City of London. We support some of the most prestigious organisations in the world, across financial services, commerce & industry, and professional services. Our services include executive search, interim solutions and market intelligence within the Legal, Compliance, Corporate Governance and Human Resources practice areas.


We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in the application process, please reach out directly. We welcome discussions about your needs and endeavour to provide support to ensure a positive experience.

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