*** Senior Legal Counsel – General Corporate – FINTECH ***
London,
Hybrid working,
Reporting to General Counsel
SSQ is delighted to partner with a fast-growing Fintech to secure a corporate lawyer. This will be a senior role with management responsibilities, focusing on general corporate, share schemes, investor relations, debt, and securitisation work.
If you are 6+ PQE with experience in the Fintech space (in-house or from Private Practice), please contact us for more information about this client.
Core responsibilities:
* Advise on a variety of legal matters, including varied corporate and strategic matters.
* Provide legal advice to various stakeholders and product owners within the business across all aspects of a variety of legal matters (in line with the FCA).
* Management and assistance with a variety of corporate project work, including debt transactions, securitisation, share schemes, M&A and senior investor relations.
* Act as a key legal advisor to the Co-Founders, Board, C-Suite and CFO across a variety of legal matters.
* Work alongside the General Counsel to advise on complex and transformational transactions for the business (including capital raises and IPO readiness).
* Resolve issues that arise in existing commercial and corporate deals.
* Engage directly with the investors of the business across the various corporate workstreams where required.
* Supervise and assist junior team members.
Requirements:
* Qualified in England and Wales with at least 6 years post qualification experience
* Strong general corporate experience from an in-house company or private practice firm
* Experience undertaking the execution of transactions and oversee junior lawyers assisting with this
* Experience in advising on share incentive schemes and company secretarial matters (preferred)
If you would like more information about this position, please get in touch. Poppy.Taylor@ssq.com / 07534087340