Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

  • Location Amsterdam
  • Segment Mid-Market
  • Job Function Legal
  • Job Level Associate
  • Years Of Experience 3+

To further strengthen our well-established global corporate legal team we are looking for additional legal support in our Amsterdam office.

This role offers an ambitious junior – mid level associate the exciting opportunity to join a diverse and growing investments business and gain exposure to a broad range of complex, international legal matters. You will join the Amsterdam office, working as part of the wider Aurelius legal team based across our global offices on a broad range of interesting and challenging corporate legal matters.

Responsibilities

  • Contract drafting and negotiation, for equity issuances, reductions, redemptions, buybacks and dividends, as well as intercompany loans and cashflow reconciliation letters
  • Corporate governance matters, including director appointments/resignations, changes of company names/details and Companies House filings
  • Maintaining company registers, and records of contracts
  • Drafting documentation to assist with reorganisations and/or solvent liquidations

Qualifications required

  • Qualified English lawyer
  • Min. 3+ years of legal work experience (preference for background in corporate, M&A, PE or debt finance)
  • Profound knowledge in English corporate law
  • Strong technical aptitude and commercial ability
  • Versatility and adaptability – ability to undertake a broad and varied range of work
  • Ability to quickly and effectively understand, analyse and communicate complex structures and issues
  • Structured and thorough but pragmatic and result-oriented working methodology
  • Strong negotiation, communication and presentation skills
  • High motivation and commitment to professional development
  • Results-orientated personality in timely manner/pro-active, highly developed sense of responsibility
  • Strong team player, but able to operate independently
  • Business fluency in English, other language skills are an advantage but not essential

Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.