Corporate Lawyer (FTC)

Working arrangements: Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office

Location: Manchester, UK

Package: Base salary, pension, PMI, life assurance, 25 days leave annually, flexible working.

Reporting to: Group Company Secretary

The Role

Working within a friendly and supportive team, we are looking for a proactive and experienced corporate lawyer, to join our international Legal and Company Secretarial team. You will undertake a varied corporate role, working with senior business leads across the group on a variety of business-critical projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and support relating to corporate matters including international restructuring projects, cross-border M&A (both share sale and business & asset transfers), and corporate governance matters.
• Provide legal advice and support relating to general commercial matters and projects.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts relating to the matters above.
• Work with internal and external specialists to identify TUPE requirements, data protection, and other regulatory matters.
• Manage all legal requirements throughout the corporate transaction life cycle, including due diligence and outside counsel.
• Work with the Company Secretariat on UBO and KYC information requests, maintenance of Group Structure Charts, corporate record keeping, and statutory filings.
• Assist the Group Company Secretary on Corporate Insurance matters (renewals, claims, reporting & process). Prior experience with insurance matters (although welcome) is not necessary.
• Oversee the maintenance of a Group property database and manage a General Administrator who will be responsible for building it.
• Develop, manage, and maintain relationships to help deliver legal support working with other Inizio departments across the globe.
• Contribute to the Legal and Company Secretarial Department's planning, cohesion, and consistency in advice, and the general effectiveness of the department as a whole.

What you bring to the role

• Qualified lawyer with at least 4 years' post-qualification experience.
• Experience with corporate transactions at a reputable firm and/or an in-house legal team.
• Knowledge of company and contracts law.
• Appreciation of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions.
• Experience with general commercial contracts such as client and supplier agreements, and consultancy agreements.
• An active interest in improving the delivery of legal services within a large organisation.
• Ability to assess legal risk against commercial goals.

About us

We help our clients navigate their clinical development and commercialization journey by connecting the best scientific knowledge, market intelligence, actionable data, technology, communication, and creative execution.

With a global presence and multiple career paths, the career possibilities are expanding at Inizio. We're a growing global team of over 10,000 people - a $1.5bn revenue business working with the world's leading health and life sciences businesses, and we have exciting growth plans. Whoever and wherever you are, we'll empower you with the autonomy you need to experiment, learn, and grow. We'll make sure that you feel valued, supported and, of course, because we're helping our clients to transform healthcare and improve millions of lives you can feel pride in your work at Inizio.

Our Pledge

At Inizio, we value inclusivity, recognize the power of diversity, and inspire the next generation of change-makers. We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in creating a work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We aim to recruit from a diverse slate of candidates and foster an environment that provides the right conditions for long-term success. We welcome all applications regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability.

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