Greenhill European Legal Director

Description

The European Legal Director is the principal point of contact for all day-to-day European legal matters in Greenhill’s European offices. Reporting directly to the General Counsel for Europe, this role will be based in our xx office.

Discretionary annual bonus and attractive benefits package including pension plan and private medical insurance.

Key responsibilities include:

Reviewing and negotiating all legal documentation including business side (for example, engagement letters, NDAs) across Europe, and globally as required;

Managing and overseeing the Firm’s European supplier onboarding according to relevant compliance and regulatory requirements including:

supplier due diligence to ensure compliance with GDPR, UK Modern Slavery Act and anti-money laundering legislation;

reviewing supplier contracts and contractual wording to ensure they are in compliance with GDPR;

Assisting the General Counsel for European in supporting the banking team in UK sponsor and UK Code transactions, and other equivalent types of transactions in Europe;

Providing company secretarial support for all European entities and Cayman, ensuring the maintenance of company books, registers and Companies House filings (or equivalent);

Assisting the General Counsel for Europe in maintaining the Firm’s compliance with all corporate filings, monitoring legal developments and implementing new and revised policies and procedures, as appropriate;

Assisting with reviewing, updating and enhancing firm manuals, written supervisory procedures and other policies;

Coordination with the group’s global legal and operations teams, based in New York;

Assisting with the development and delivery of training programmes to ensure employee compliance to the firm’s European legal and regulatory obligations;

Assisting the General Counsel for Europe with interactions with regulatory agencies, including handling regulatory audits, enquiries and exams;

Assisting with the preparation of management reports;

Working closely with senior managers on significant corporate initiatives and special projects;

Supporting the Human Resources and Operational team members with legal advice, as required; and

Attending senior management committees including European fairness, BCP and management committees, as required

Knowledge and Experience:

The successful candidate will:

Possess an excellent academic record expected

Be a qualified lawyer with corporate finance experience;

Have transactional experience in public and private M&A, with working knowledge of the Listing Rules, Prospectus Rules, Disclosure and Transparency Rules, and the Takeover Code and their European equivalents is helpful, together with experience in advising in the application of the rules around sponsor services set out in the Listing Rules;

German, French and/ or Spanish language skills are helpful, but not essential; and

Be proficient with Outlook, Word, and Excel

Essential Skills:

Excellent organisation and time management skills

Team player

Ability to multi-task

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Capacity to prioritise tasks

Strong oral and written communication skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Strong interpersonal skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Professional, poised, polished

Greenhill: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As part of working with internationally-minded clients, often as part of a close cross-border collaboration with other Greenhill offices, fostering diversity of thought throughout the firm is of significant importance to Greenhill. This importance drives a recruitment strategy that seeks to identify candidates based on their capabilities and affinity to a collaboration-based team environment, as well as the cultural value-add they can bring to our firm.

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Greenhill & Co., Inc., part of Mizuho Americas, is focused on providing financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings and capital raising to corporations, partnerships, institutions and governments globally. It acts on behalf of clients throughout the world from its offices in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.