Job overview:

As a key part of the IQVIA M&A legal team, this individual will support the Legal Director, EMEA M&A and Integration and also have day-to-day responsibility for their own M&A, joint venture, reorganisation and other corporate transaction projects in the EMEA region, under general guidance of Legal Director, EMEA M&A and Integration. The legal counsel will work closely with other members of the in-house team in other jurisdictions and be responsible for managing external counsel where required in the transactional work.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the EMEA M&A legal team on M&A, joint venture, reorganisations and other corporate transaction projects, as well as taking the lead on some of their own transactions.

• Ensuring legal training and best practices are disseminated to the business and functional teams

• Accountability for adapting, driving and implementing acceptance and use of new M&A templates, innovations and processes within EMEA

• Collaborating with the Corporate Development team, as well as the EMEA and global legal teams to facilitate business goals and objectives

• Actively work to align the legal objectives and business objectives to collaboratively execute M&A and other corporate transactions efficiently whilst appropriately managing legal risk.

• Provide strong support and guidance to the business and legal teams throughout the integration process

• Providing legal support on UK company secretarial matters in collaboration with the external company secretarial team

Experience and knowledge:

• Strong experience of cross-border M&A and corporate transactions across EMEA, having trained and/or had post-qualification experience at an international law firm

• Experience of advising and supporting on UK company secretarial matters preferred but not essential

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent judgement with the ability to anticipate and identify issues.

• Ability to engage in complex problem solving

• Collaborative

• Ability to earn the trust of the management teams of the business

• Self-reliant, hard-working and results-orientated

• Culturally sensitive

• Fluent English

• 4-6 years relevant PQE

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