Junior Legal Counsel - Venture Capitalist IT Investor - London
- Employer
- EMEA Legal Recruitment
- Location
- London (Greater) (GB)
- Closing date
- 22 Jul 2021
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Junior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Corporate, Funds, Private Equity, Corporate Finance, M&A, Capital Markets
- PQE
- Newly Qualified, 1-3 Years
Job Details
Our client is an early-stage venture capitalist in search of a Junior Legal Counsel with Corporate Funds experience to assist a newly appointed GC and manage an external law firm on numerous UK & EMEA investment projects. This business is an early-stage venture capital investor focussing on Enterprise IT Infrastructure ("Deep Tech") opportunities including AI, Visual Computing, Cloud Native ecosystem, Cyber Security and Clean Energy amongst other sectors.
You will work as part of an excellent team of commercially minded investment professionals who have all gained extensive VC experience with a substantial number of transactions and previously worked for leading blue-chip tech giants. The GC will provide you with an array of interesting corporate investment funds work where you’ll advise senior management whilst making a valuable contribution to ensure all investments are successfully prepared and completed. As you’ll fundamentally act as the main lawyer for investment-related work you will work autonomously as part of a tightknit team with an endless amount of knowledge to share.
The ideal candidate will be NQ-1 yrs PQE from a leading UK/US Law Firm with excellent academics who is currently on secondment and keen to make their first in-house career move. Applicants with Venture Capital / Private Equity experience would be advantageous however, candidates must be pragmatic with a natural ability to provide commercial solutions and build strong relationships.
For further details please contact Liam Taaffe at liam@emea.legal
Company
EMEA Legal is an in-house legal recruitment consultancy firm specialising in the search and selection of in-house lawyers located in London, Dublin and mainland EU. Our key clients are Cloud/SaaS, fintech and e-commerce multinationals, and start-ups. However, we also have a strong network of clients ranging from industry, private equity and family practices.
EMEA Legal is the preferred choice for legal candidate searches by leading multinational corporations. Our expertise and extensive global network enable us to headhunt legal talent with niche backgrounds and specialised skills sets for in-house roles.
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