Corporate Transactions Lawyer

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Ryan Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Corporate Transactions Lawyer to join our team at Ryan. As a key member of our legal department, you will play a critical role in directing, implementing, and managing legal matters related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance, and corporate governance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Transaction Management: Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents for potential acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, or other M&A transactions, including non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, term sheets, purchase agreements, schedules, and related/ancillary transaction documents.
  • Due Diligence: Manage legal due diligence and analyze due diligence reports for acquisitions and advise internal stakeholders of risks.
  • Outside Counsel Management: Manage local outside counsels assisting with the transaction.
  • Closing Management: Prepare closing checklists and certificates and manage closings for acquisitions and other corporate transactions.
  • Integration and Restructuring: Work with and support the internal stakeholders on integrating the acquired companies, including post-closing formalities and restructuring, implementation of group policies and standards, and review of corporate contracts. Advise on post-closing litigations.
  • Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant corporate and securities laws in the relevant jurisdictions, particularly related to equity matters.
  • Corporate Governance: Assist and advise on matters of corporate governance and organizational structure for Ryan's affiliated corporations and limited liability companies.
  • Entity Management: Manage entity formation, corporate organization charts, and ongoing entity reporting and maintenance to ensure all entities are properly formed and remain in good standing.
  • Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor adherence to corporate formalities and entity operations by and between entities.
  • Support to Finance and Tax Teams: Support the finance and tax teams on legal matters (e.g. intragroup arrangements).
  • Advice to Executive Stakeholders: Provide clear, concise, and actionable written advice to key executive stakeholders that reflects a full understanding of the pertinent issues.
Requirements
  • Education and Experience: Legal qualifications and at least seven years experience in a large law firm and/or practice in a similar environment.
  • Transaction Experience: Experience drafting and negotiating cross-border M&A transaction documents and managing due diligence required.
  • Law Firm Experience: Experience working with a large law firm preferred.
Personal Qualities
  • Hustle: Meets KPIs established for the Legal Department. Is able to multi-task and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders. Can prioritize work independently.
  • Inclusivity: Seeks appropriate approvals through authority levels. Maintains constructive relationships with clients, stakeholders, and peers and works collaboratively to identify and assess options for resolving compliance issues. Collaborates and builds positive, productive relationships with team members at all levels across the legal department and the service delivery teams.
  • Grit: Able to work without a roadmap and be agile in ambiguous settings. Persistent in driving projects and facilities follow-up when others are involved to obtain timely results.
  • Humility: Appreciates the value of continued learning with a growth mindset. Is able to align with company protocols and preferences. Seeks insights from others for the best work product. Shares knowledge with others in a manner that enables team growth.
  • Staying Current: Monitors change in laws and policies to ensure best practices are recommended relevant compliance is being met, and audits for compliance with laws. Advises on select risk management matters.
Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses
  • Qualified and practicing lawyer
Supervisory Responsibilities

This role has no direct reports.

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