MA Legal Counsel UK Europe

Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies their employees and customers. We are on a mission to acquire build and grow great enterprise software businesses all over the world that have dominant positions in niche vertical markets. In recent years Banyan was named the #1 fastestgrowing private software company in the US on the Inc. 5000 and amongst the top 10 fastestgrowing companies by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 with a permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders Banyan focuses on a buy and hold for life strategy for growing software companies that serve specialized vertical markets.

*Contracted as Legal Counsel*

Job Profile

Banyan Software is seeking to add an exceptional Legal Counsel to join its legal team in the UK & Europe. The successful candidate will work alongside the General Counsel and the European Legal Director and where appropriate outside counsel to provide legal support and advice on a wide variety of M&A matters across the United Kingdom the European Union Australia and New Zealand.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Assist in all stages of the acquisition processes in multiple jurisdictions including coordinating due diligence drafting and negotiating letters of intent and definitive transaction documents and supporting postcompletion integration.
• Support portfolio companies in contract review and negotiation drafting and editing for various business agreements including contracts related to customers vendors suppliers manufacturers product formulators and distributors sales partners product collaborations and other contracts related to intellectual property real estate operations supply chain and product development.
• Support portfolio companies and Banyan HQ with regulatory compliance (e.g. GDPR etc. and HR matters (e.g. employment agreements consulting agreements commission agreements sales rep agreements etc..

Education and Professional Skills/Knowledge:

• A degree in Law or equivalent qualification.
• Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales or Germany.
• 3 years PQE (or German equivalent) of M&A experience ideally in an international law firm with inhouse commercial experience specifically in the Software/Technology industry being a strong asset.
• Proficiency in the German language (oral and written) is required. Businesslevel German would be highly valuable for this position.
• Highenergy selfstarter and a team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to take ownership and thrive in a fastpaced entrepreneurial environment.
• Excellent drafting and communications skills.
• Strong organizational skills discipline and ability to manage multiple highpriority and crossjurisdictional projects and meeting deadlines in a fastpaced environment.
• Strong decisionmaking abilities attention to detail and ability to give executivelevel guidance and direction in a timely manner.

Location Travel

• The role will be based from our office in Munich and we are looking for candidates who are happy working in a hybrid pattern of being in the office 2 days per week to include at least a Tuesday and/or Thursday.
• Extensive travel is not expected in this role but there may be a need to travel to our other European entities or our global HQ in Toronto Canada a couple of times a year.

Diversity Equity Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams associates our Operating Companies and the communities we serve. As a collective our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic including race color genetic information creed national origin religion sex affectional or sexual orientation gender identity or expression lawful alien status ancestry age marital status or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit qualifications experience ability and job performance.