Perspective Financial Group Ltd
Legal Counsel
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About us Perspective Financial Group is one of the UK's most active financial planning and wealth management groups. Founded in 2008, we now have 70+ offices, 950+ staff and £16bn+ of assets under advice, backed by US private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners.
We have completed 138 acquisitions to date, 27 of them in the last twelve months, ranging from sole trader IFAs to firms of 50 people.
The opportunity Our legal team is small, close-knit and led by our General Counsel. Acquisition volumes have grown, and the team's focus has always leant towards M&A, leaving a gap for someone to take ownership of the commercial and generalist workload across the Group.
What you will be doing
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, including supplier, IT and consultancy contracts, alongside bespoke financial services documentation
- Providing day to day legal advice across operations, finance, compliance, property and M&A, working closely with our General Counsel
- Supporting on property matters across our office network, largely by instructing and managing external counsel
- Handling regulatory queries, employment matters and claims as they arise
- Supporting our joint venture and partnership arrangements
- Building out contract templates, playbooks and processes as the Group scales
- Supporting our M&A activity if that interests you. It is available rather than compulsory
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About you
- A qualified solicitor with around 2 to 4 years' PQE – others should still apply
- A commercial contracts background is ideal, gained in private practice or in-house.
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills, and able to explain risk simply to people who are not lawyers
- Organised enough to run your own workload across several competing priorities
- Comfortable being a generalist, picking up unfamiliar issues quickly and taking a view
- Open to AI. The legal team is already using specialist legal AI software in its own work and as a function is enthusiastic how the use of AI can help support the wider business as efficiently as possible
- Financial services or another regulated environment is useful but not essential
- Someone who will fit a small, friendly team. Culture matters to us as much as technical ability
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Why join us
- Broad remit across commercial, property, regulatory, employment and transactional work
- A small team where you have direct access to the General Counsel and senior leadership, and great development opportunity
- Exposure to a private equity backed business going through significant growth
- Sensible working hours. We are busy, but this is not a burnout culture
- Chorley head office, currently Mondays and Thursdays as anchor days for the Legal team. We are flexible for the right person
- Competitive salary and benefits, details available on application
How to apply To apply, please send your CV and salary details to adamz@thinklegalrecruitment.com
This assignment is being handled on a retained and exclusive basis by Adam Zdravkovic of Think Legal Recruitment. All direct and third party applications will be forwarded to him for consideration.
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