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Corporate Counsel – M&A

  • Location: Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Salary: £100,000 per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted over 1 year ago

  • Sector: Legal
  • Contact: Emilia Thomas
  • Contact Email: ethomas@merje.com
  • Contact Phone: 07900981572
  • Expiry Date: 20 November 2022
  • Job Ref: ET/19685

​Great opportunity for a Corporate Counsel within the M&A space for a leading Utilities firm. As a Corporate Counsel, you’ll play an important part in helping achieve several of the Group’s strategic priorities, including:

• Supporting the Group to maximise growth opportunities afforded by the Energy Transition and Net Zero, including low carbon energy solutions for homes and businesses; and Delivering the Group’s strategic objectives with respect to joint venture and equity investments

Supported by the Associate General Counsel - Corporate & M&A, you will primarily provide the following legal services:

• Provision of legal support to Group level corporate transactions and corporate finance transactions, including: M&A, equity investments and the creation and management of joint ventures; and

• Providing direct corporate legal assistance to the business and a number of the Group’s functional teams,

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The Role:

• Provide legal and transaction assistance to Group M&A and business unit teams, including pre- and post- transaction work for acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and minority investments

• Draft, review and negotiate documentation including share purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, joint venture and shareholder agreements

• Provide corporate legal assistance to the Treasury, Finance and Pensions teams, including advising on collateral, debt finance and debt capital markets matters, with assistance from external counsel

• Advise on group structuring, reorganizations and intercompany transactions

• Provide ongoing corporate legal assistance and advice to shareholder teams managing major Centrica joint ventures

• Instruct and manage external counsel and other advisers when required on a project-by-project basis

• Engage and work closely with other teams within Legal as necessary in order to ensure delivery of seamless and coordinated Legal M&A advice (e.g. Competition, Employment and IP teams)

• Work closely with and mentor the Corporate legal trainee

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The Person:

• Law Degree or Graduate Diploma in Law as well as a Legal Practice Course

• Demonstrable post-qualified experience as a Corporate/M&A or Projects/Infrastructure associate and/or in an in-house role

• Thorough knowledge of corporate law and M&A market practice

• Experience in the energy and infrastructure sector would be an advantage

• Knowledge/experience of UK Listing and market abuse regimes

• Knowledge of debt finance, debt capital markets and/or pensions is an advantage but not essential

• Ability to assess and advise on legal risk, taking into account commercial viewpoints

• Proven transaction management skills

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Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days due to the large volume of applications, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful. However, we may be in touch with similar relevant opportunities.

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