Senior Lawyer - Corporate & M&A Legal
Senior Lawyer - Corporate & M&A Legal
Location: Edinburgh, London
Time Type: Full time
Posted On: Posted 2 Days Ago
End Date: March 3, 2025
Salary Range: £111,809-£131,540 (Edinburgh) £126,047-£148,290 (London)
Working Pattern: Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Corporate and M&A legal team as a senior lawyer. The team provides corporate legal support on a range of matters including acquisitions and disposals, equity investments, joint ventures, intra-group reorganisations, and other transactions, company secretarial and corporate governance matters, corporate disclosure, and financial reporting requirements. Our role is to advise on a range of issues and documentation related to the above with a focus on identifying key legal risks, advising on their implications for Lloyds Banking Group and supporting the business by providing pragmatic, solution-focused advice, often in conjunction with external law firms.
Your key accountabilities will include:
* Providing legal advice to internal clients which ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and balances legal risk with commercial need.
* Drafting documentation which is legally compliant and protects the Group’s interests.
* Assisting with the instruction and management of panel law firms and development of strong relationships with external lawyers.
* Negotiating the terms of transaction documentation in conjunction with internal stakeholders.
* Challenging, advising and influencing the business on legal issues and developments.
* Reporting and escalating legal and governance risks and inputting to recommended solutions as required.
* Assisting with coordination of legal workstream activity on projects.
* Participating in legal and commercial negotiations with third parties.
* Developing relationships with key internal clients and colleagues.
Skills/background:
* At least 10 years' post-qualification experience as a solicitor in the UK (or equivalent qualification).
* In-house legal experience, preferably in a financial services organisation.
* Strong corporate and M&A experience.
* Experience in developing and coaching others.
* People orientated.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
* An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
* Share schemes including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
* 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper.
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