Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate/Banking
- Recruiter
- Florit Legal
- Location
- Greater Manchester
- Salary
- £65k plus package
- Posted
- 14 Aug 2018
- Closes
- 11 Sep 2018
- Ref
- ACB32058
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Company/Commercial, Real Estate
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate/Banking
Manchester | 5+ years PQE
Pan European Plc, with a superb reputation has a requirement for a corporate or banking lawyer to join their Group Legal team.
The legal team is extremely talented and one of the strongest in the region and it plays a pivotal role across the organisation in the UK and Europe.
The remit of the role will be to provide support to the business on all nature of corporate and commercial legal matters including transactional support on any M&A activity, support to corporate development and corporate financing activity and support the negotiation and execution of commercial contracts. You will also liaise with law firms and other external advisers on outsourced work both in the UK and other European Jurisdictions.
To be considered for the role you will be a UK qualified solicitor with a minimum of 5 years PQE in transactional corporate/banking or real estate finance gained at a Top 100 UK law firm or an in-house legal team. Strong written and verbal communication skills is essential as is the ability to run with complex legal matters autonomously.
On offer is a very competitive base salary and strong benefits package. Given how talented the legal team is, you will also receive excellent development and support, so this would make a fantastic first move into industry from a lawyer in private practice.
Please contact andy.balmer@floritlegal.com