Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

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