At a Glance
- Tasks: Support due diligence activities and manage the Q&A inquiry process for legal matters.
- Company: The client is a corporate entity requiring immediate legal counsel support.
- Benefits: Completion bonus for project work and flexible working arrangements.
- Other info: Role requires working 3 days a week in London.
- Why this job: Ideal for corporate solicitors with a proactive nature and project management skills.
- Qualifications: 2-5 years PQE as a corporate solicitor, UK or other jurisdiction.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Our client would like to employ a corporate legal counsel on a 6-12 month FTC basis. This is an urgent requirement which will need the ability to start immediately.
The role will include supporting due diligence activities and working with a magic circle law firm and the General Counsel in a professional, discrete and pro‑active manner to ensure the project keeps to tight timelines. The key duties of the role will include:
- Working through the Information Request List
- Sourcing the applicable information from approved contacts within the Group
- Populating the Virtual Data Room with sourced information
- Ensuring materials are complete and indexed correctly in the VDR
- Managing the follow‑up Q&A inquiry process on the Legal Due Diligence, tracking the responses, liaising with external counsel and updating the Q&A register
- Supporting the business mapping work and pre‑sale re‑organisation
- Generally supporting deal execution as and where needed
There may also be room and capacity to support the wider business and stakeholders with general commercial legal matters. This may be an administrative‑heavy role but a crucial one for the business and it does require a corporate solicitor with 2-5 years PQE (UK or other Jurisdiction) to confidently manage and support the General Counsel with these activities.
If you are a corporate solicitor who is great with managing project work to tight deadlines from start to finish and has a pro‑active and inquisitive nature, this could be an ideal role for you!
Start date: ASAP
Working arrangements: 3 days a week in London.
Legal Counsel (Corporate) – 9 Month FTC employer: Taylor Root Dusseldorf
This role offers a completion bonus and the opportunity to work closely with a magic circle law firm. Located in London, the position supports crucial business activities during a pre-sale re-organisation phase.
