Corporate Counsel, Portfolio Management

Job Responsibilities

• Drive the development and implementation of group legal strategy and contribute to the development of the organization’s general business strategy.
• Provide proactive, in-depth, business focused advice and execution.
• Partner with Product Managers to support newly acquired portfolio companies
• Implement processes for newly acquired portfolio companies to ensure adherence to relevant local legislation and regulatory regimes.
• Work closely with the Finance and Investment teams on key reporting and governance matters.
• Assist in transactional activities including M&A, majority and minority investments and joint ventures as well as restructurings.
• Manage and assist with legal response to matters encountered by the company and internal stakeholders and provide sound and robust legal advice and support; and taking charge of external communication on legal matters including negotiation with external parties.
• Be responsible for drafting and reviewing legal documents and providing holistic risk assessment and suggestions to enhance business value while mitigating downside risk across multiple areas of the company.
• Partner with cross-functional and regional teams and provide support on legal matters of varying complexity, sensitivity, and tangibility.
• Provide legal business partner training and counsel non-Legal associates to enable stronger legal acumen across the company.
• Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws relevant to your own substantive area to provide strategic advice and foster compliance.
• Identify legal framework developments, align and promote consistency of approach in legal matters between the internal stakeholders.
• Take prudent risks within the context of the overall business, and advise and implement solutions to address issues identified.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5-7 years of post qualification experience working in-house at a well-established organisation or a reputable law firm.
• Strong team player and good business sense.
• Ideally trained in a reputable law firm within the corporate practice with a transactional focus, ie M&A/PE/VC.
• Restructuring and Fund Raising experience is also required.
• Possesses solid legal technical expertise as well as sound business and people judgement sense.
• Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects.
• Can develop relevant and creative solutions to meet current and evolving business needs.
• Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.