Job Description
Edward Reed is actively recruiting for an experienced Corporate lawyer to join our acquisitive professional services client, head-quartered in the Northeast.
We are searching for a very capable and ambitious transactional lawyer. The ideal candidate must be adaptable and be able to work in a team environment dealing directly with the wider M&A team, professional adivsors, acquisition targets and panel legal firms.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to operate with a level of commercial acumen and transaction experience in addition to strong technical legal and strategic knowledge.
Primary Responsibilities
- Leading the legal process
- Early stage legal structuring and planning on more complex acquisitions
- Leading on legal documentation including NDAs, Heads of Terms together with all buy-out and full acquisition document suites
- Internally running a number of deals each year (a minimum of 6)
- Legal DD input and co-ordination
- Project management of the legal process
- Managing outsourced legal services when used
- Working closely with the Head of Financial Due Diligence and Transaction Services to obtain board approval on acquisitions
- Full acquisition execution process and reporting
- Creative adaptation and development of legal deal structures to enable the company to adapt to market movements/opportunities and continue to differentiate, whilst still
- Support in managing commercial risk and return
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced legal professional to support and lead a strategic operation, key to the continued success and growth of our client.
Should you be interested in a confidential conversation please get in touch.
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