Senior Corporate Counsel: Disputes, Capital Markets, & Strategic Initiatives Staines-upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom Legal in Surrey

Senior Corporate Counsel: Disputes, Capital Markets, you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world. We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS. The Senior Legal Counsel will support the full remit of the Global Head across three areas: the global disputes portfolio, financing and capital markets activity, and legal delivery on the company's high-profile strategic programs. This is a senior individual contributor role. The postholder owns assigned matters end-to-end — including direct instruction of external counsel and direct engagement with business stakeholders. Responsibilties Assist on assigned litigation, arbitration, and pre-contentious matters from intake through resolution: fact development, document collection, witness preparation, and management of instructed counsel Prepare matter assessments, exposure analysis, and reserve recommendations for review by the Global Head Draft and negotiate settlement documentation; manage litigation holds and disclosure obligations Track matter budgets and external counsel performance; flag variances early Capital Markets Support debt financing and refinancing workstreams: review and mark up credit agreements, amendments, security and guarantee documents; manage condition-precedent and closing checklists Coordinate legal diligence across jurisdictions and functions; consolidate responses to lender enquiries Strategic Initiatives Act as embedded legal support on assigned strategic and transformation programs; attend workstream meetings and translate program decisions into legal requirements Coordinate specialist input (commercial, corporate, employment, privacy, regulatory) and consolidate it into a single position for the business Maintain the legal issues and dependencies log for assigned programs, escalating blockers with a recommended path Produce first-draft governance, approval, and risk materials for program steering committees Qualified lawyer with 6–10 years' post-qualification experience, in-house or in practice Strong transactional grounding: drafting and negotiating commercial and/or finance documentation, running deal workstreams to fixed deadlines, and coordinating diligence across multiple parties and jurisdictions Track record of owning complex matters end-to-end with competing stakeholders and immovable dates Experience acting for or within a multinational business, including work spanning more than one jurisdiction Confident instructing or working alongside specialist advisers, and consolidating their input into a single clear recommendation Analytical rigor in assessing risk and exposure, with the judgment to present options and a recommendation rather than escalating open questions Strong written work product — able to produce material that goes to senior leadership with light editing Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities across three distinct workstreams Sound judgment about what to elevate and when WhatWe’reOffering Flexible paid time off, including sick and holiday RRSPwithcompany contribution Flexible spending accounts Life insurance and disability benefits Community involvement and volunteering events Additional Information We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life alongside ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community. By clicking the link above or any third-party link within this posting, you are leaving this site and going to a third-party website where the third-party website's terms and privacy policy apply #J-18808-Ljbffr