Corporate & Commercial Associate - London, United Kingdom - Kingsley Napley LLP

Kingsley Napley LLP

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

To assist on a variety of corporate transactional matters as listed below:

Assisting with large-scale corporate transactions, and running own smaller-scale transactions, with a particular focus on:
M&A transactions;
Capital markets work; and
Investment work (acting for angel investors, founders/companies, and VCs) and generally working with entrepreneurs and earlystage ventures.
Negotiating all or discrete aspects of corporate transactions and drafting the relevant documentation;
Advising on other areas of corporate law, including in relation to reorganisations, capital reductions, share buybacks, shareholder agreements, JV agreements, share option schemes, directors' duties and governance issues;
Taking ownership of, and working through large technical documents, including sale and purchase agreements and prospectuses;
Taking the lead on verification, due diligence work and other legal processes including:
Reviewing and processing due diligence materials;
Managing access to a transactional dataroom and managing the flow of information; and
Managing other fee earners and support staff in relation to the same;
Providing administrative support to the team on transactions but also providing active back up on transactions, e.g. checking and chasing information;
Liaising with other lawyers and legal representatives;
Company secretarial work where required and some drafting such as minutes of meetings, share transfers and resolutions;
Attending meetings, running discrete aspects of meetings, taking notes and following up on issues;
Managing other fee earners and support staff in relation to documentation bibles, document lists etc;
Researching points of law, applicable rules/regulations and other factual issues, through the use of legal databases, textbooks and other appropriate sources; and
Assisting with ad hoc administrative and legal tasks under instruction.
Asset tracing.

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