Professional Support Lawyer, Corporate – Private Capital

Herbert Smith LLP

This new role is part of the general Corporate PSL team, which is a highly respected and valued part of the London Corporate Division. This is a chance to be at the forefront of legal and regulatory changes, and to develop your technical skills. The topics covered by the general team include corporate law, contract law, M&A, ECM, listed company regulation and corporate governance. This new role will focus on the private capital practice, including clients such as private equity, sovereign wealth funds and growth capital across all sectors. It is an exciting time to join this practice at a time of rapid growth. Candidates should have strong legal skills, be excellent at drafting, and be able to organise and manage workload priorities effectively. The role will include establishing our financial sponsor PSL capability. Our practice A key element of our Ambition 2025 strategy requires a significant level of growth in our global private equity, growth capital and infrastructure practice. The role will be at the intellectual heart of some of the most important elements of that growth, in our London office, with the potential to drive up the standard of our worldwide offering in these areas. Recent Matters BlackRock and GIC on their landmark acquisition of Aberdeen-based pipeline owner-operator, Kellas Midstream Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on their acquisition, development, refinancing and divestment of over £1.5bn of energy assets Impilo on its acquisition of The Fertility Partnership and The Fertility Partnership on its acquisition of VivaNeo ATNAHS on the sale of a majority stake in the company to Triton Accacia on its entry into an agreement with Link Fund Solutions Limited (LFS) to purchase shares in up to 19 public and private life sciences companies from the LF Equity Income Fund Marcol on a number of transactions including the proposed acquisition of MedVivo, and the acquisition of the Validium Group Antin Infrastructure on the €850 million acquisition of Ufinet Spain, a fibre optic wholesale operator in Spain HPS and MDP backed Ardonagh Group on several acquisitions including Arachas, Bravo Group, Swinton Insurance, Autonet and Price Forbes Tandem Money on its fundraisings with Convoy, Pollen St Capital, QIA and Toscafund Asset Management Cabot Square Capital on a number of investments in financial services businesses, including MoneyFarm, Blue Motor Finance, JBR Auto Finance, MSP Capital and Simply Asset Finance Blackstone on the acquisition of the acquisition of Prolgis’ UK logistics portfolio for £473 CPP Investment Board on its joint venture developments at Milton Park (Didcot), Paradise Circus (Birmingham), Wellington Place (Leeds) and Nova, Victoria (London) Goldman Sachs on its investments in eKomi and Africa Internet Group Responsibilities The role is strategic and varied, and key responsibilities would include a combination of the following: Co-ordination and upkeep of model forms documents to support the private capital practice Co-ordinating and leading automation and other legal tech initiatives Managing know-how and precedent repositories Thought leadership client campaigns and events Preparing, co-ordinating and presenting client training and internal training, including e-learning Dealing with technical queries from the Division and across the firm Supporting and feeding into a range of firm-wide initiatives
Posted
Title
Staff Attorney
Practice Areas
Corporate
Specialties
M&A, Capital Markets, Compliance/Regulatory
Experience
1+ year
Type
Law Firm