Halliford Partners
Legal Counsel
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We are working with a fundraising advisor to the private markets, which since inception has advised on primary fundraisings and secondaries for its first-class client base. The firm is known for its specialist expertise in Private Equity, Private Credit and Climate & Impact.
Role Overview
They are looking for an enthusiastic, diligent, and hardworking Legal Counsel to join their London office within their Legal & Compliance team. Working alongside the General Counsel and Compliance Manager in a team of three, the role will encompass all aspects of legal support for the global business across five operating countries. The ideal candidate will have a naturally high attention to detail and approach all interactions (both internal and external) with professionalism, maturity, and a commercial can-do attitude.
LOCATION: London
COMPENSATION: Competitive salary and bonus scheme
REPORTING TO: General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Key Responsibilities
The role will have a wide-ranging mandate, assisting the General Counsel on delivery of full legal support across the global business. Some of the key responsibilities include the following:
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating client / GP engagement letters, NDAs, commercial contracts, supplier contracts, intercompany agreements, leases, and employment-related agreements
- Providing legal support for corporate activities
- Providing legal advice in connection with fund marketing
- Engaging with external litigation counsel on the rare dispute – briefing, monitoring progress, reporting internally
- Providing legal support to the HR team on employee relations matters
- Providing legal support in connection with their investment platform, including fund subscriptions, structuring, and documentation
- Supporting the General Counsel with group company secretarial activities, including attendance at board and committee meetings
- Providing legal support on risk and governance matters across the group
- Ad hoc legal research and input to support the General Counsel
- Development and maintenance of legal precedents and templates
- Supporting and delivering legal training (induction, regular training sessions for the business, etc)
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Key Competencies
- Clear desire to work in-house in a wide ranging, challenging and varied role
- Fast learner with ability to demonstrate initiative
- Trust and integrity essential to the role
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, practical and business-focused
- Rigorous attention to detail
- Good judgment on escalation
- Comfortable working autonomously and as part of a small team, across seniority levels
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities effectively
- Professional, confident, articulate
- Natural curiosity to learn new things
- Ability to work with external counsel, analyse advice and make internal recommendations / decisions in a commercial way
- Genuine interest in private markets/private equity
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Experience
- Qualified lawyer in England & Wales or New York
- 3–5 PQE (indicative only)
- Background either in private practice (funds, financial services regulatory or private equity experience preferred) or in-house at a financial services firm
Halliford Partners
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