Summit Global Health

Senior Legal Counsel

Summit Global Health

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Act as the legal Subject Matter Expert (SME) for complex contracts, special projects, and complex BAU matters, including legal claim resolution and AR disputes
  • Provide high-level legal support to the Group General Counsel on complex and sensitive matters
  • Independently research, analyse, and summarise complex legal issues and provide practical, commercially focused advice
  • Work directly and autonomously with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and other key internal and external stakeholders
  • Support and manage complex legal matters from issue identification through to resolution
  • Potential to undertake Company Secretary activities and provide management oversight of legal processes and workflows.

Requirements

  • PQE 5+ legal experience in a commercial and/or corporate setting
  • M&A experience, with recent transactional experience
  • International exposure and confidence handling matters away from the English legal system
  • PE exposure and ideally experience of transactions with PE, either buy or sell side
  • Legal process implementation
  • Mentoring and training of legal or support staff for repeat or admin legal processes
  • Knowledge of maritime or IT legal issues and their resolution/negotiation is desirable.
Benefits
  • A diverse range of benefits, depending on your geographical location.
  • A place to grow your career - we’ll help you set big goals and exceed them.
  • Competitive salary package.
  • Work with talented, committed, and supportive teammates.
  • Value Award celebration events.
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