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Senior Legal Counsel Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at SSQ
Title: Senior Legal Counsel
Company: SSQ
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
*** Senior Legal Counsel – General Corporate – FINTECH ***
London,
Hybrid working,
Reporting to General Counsel
SSQ is delighted to partner with a fast-growing Fintech to secure a corporate lawyer. This will be a senior role with management responsibilities, focusing on general corporate, share schemes, investor relations, debt, and securitisation work.
If you are 6+ PQE with experience in the Fintech space (in-house or from Private Practice), please contact us for more information about this client.
Core responsibilities:
Advise on a variety of legal matters, including varied corporate and strategic matters.
Provide legal advice to various stakeholders and product owners within the business across all aspects of a variety of legal matters (in line with the FCA).
Management and assistance with a variety of corporate project work, including debt transactions, securitisation, share schemes, M&A and senior investor relations.
Act as a key legal advisor to the Co-Founders, Board, C-Suite and CFO across a variety of legal matters.
Work alongside the General Counsel to advise on complex and transformational transactions for the business (including capital raises and IPO readiness).
Resolve issues that arise in existing commercial and corporate deals.
Engage directly with the investors of the business across the various corporate workstreams where required.
Supervise and assist junior team members.
Requirements:
Qualified in England and Wales with at least 6 years post qualification experience
Strong general corporate experience from an in-house company or private practice firm
Experience undertaking the execution of transactions and oversee junior lawyers assisting with this
Experience in advising on share incentive schemes and company secretarial matters (preferred)
If you would like more information about this position, please get in touch. [email protected] / 07534087340
