General Counsel, M&A, 15+ PQE

1 month ago


London, United Kingdom Taylor Root Full time

Job Description

Our client is the investment arm of a family office, looking to appoint an experienced M&A lawyer as their General Counsel.

The work will include advising on venture capital and philanthropic deals in fast growing companies across FinTech, financial services and corporates. Investments will include both listed and unlisted companies at varying stages of maturity, both in the UK, US and other jurisdictions.

You will act as a key advisor to the Board and senior management and oversee a wide range of legal matters with a focus on corporate investments as well as commercial, contentious, banking, and employment related work.

You will have trained and qualified at a top City law firm, have a minimum of 10-15 years’ PQE in corporate law, M&A, venture capital and/or private equity. You will have gained In-House experience at a financial services firm, preferably at a family office or an investment/private equity firm. This role would suit a commercially minded M&A/VC lawyer, experienced in working closely with UHNWIs, looking for the next step-up in their career. An ability to think commercially, flexibly with a genuine can-do attitude is key for this role.

Please kindly note that the criteria for this role are quite specific and we will not be able to consider candidates outside of these requirements at this stage.

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