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Job Location drjobs

London - UK

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Role Description

We are looking for an exceptional corporate finance lawyer to work within our Group Corporate Legal team. The role will be varied and cover a range of matters relating to the corporate structure of the Group managing and negotiating matters relating to our shareholder governance arrangements acquisitions and disposals and advising in relation to the Groups portfolio of venture investments. It will also involve understanding and advising on our Group credit arrangements.

The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to Group governance arrangements as they apply to our Group holding companies and subsidiaries across multiple jurisdictions. The Legal team is in the process of reviewing the Group governance framework and the corporate lawyers will be expected to contribute.

The role will also involve advising on corporate aspects of other Group wide restructurings and the Groups equity incentive plans.

The right candidate is someone who has a passion for a delivering complex legal projects has a detailed analytical brain good organisational skills can understand and navigate a complex multi-facetted business and can link in with multiple teams across the business to generate the best legal and commercial outcomes for FNZ.

Specific Role Responsibilities

What you will be doing

  • Provide strategic legal advice on M&A venture investments corporate governance

  • Drafting reviewing and negotiating in relation to high value and high complexity shareholders agreements

  • Advising the corporate development and senior leadership teams on legal risk across multiple jurisdictions including liaising with external counsel

  • Supporting on a broad range of corporate transactions including on diligence and structuring

  • Effectively managing external counsel and legal budgets

  • Working collaboratively across functions such as Finance corporate development tax

  • Supporting group restructuring projects

  • Supporting governance framework reviews

Experience required

What you will need: -

  • 8 years of PQE experience in corporate roles (private practice and/or inhouse)

  • Strong background in corporate law and M&A

  • Excellent academic and law firm credentials

  • Sound judgment composure under pressure and a collaborative mindset

  • Confidence making decisions where there is ambiguity or incomplete information

  • Experience working in a start-up or scale-up

  • As this is an individual contributor role you must have a hands-on approach.

  • Proven experience in contract negotiations and managing disputes in collaboration with senior leadership

  • Exceptional stakeholder management and communications skills.

Nice to have: -

  • Experience in fintech or financial services industry

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About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealths growth platform to help. We provide a global end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12000 wealth managers with US$1.7 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers we help over 26 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.


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Senior IC

Employment Type

Full-Time

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