Head of Legal Operations at Hayfin responsible for designing legal operating model and improving processes. Leading the Legal Operations team while managing vendor relationships and legal spend.
About the role
- Senior Legal Counsel providing high-quality legal advice to internal stakeholders in corporate matters. Supporting a team across M&A, corporate structuring, and other strategic projects in a fintech.
Responsibilities
- Providing high-quality legal advice to internal stakeholders on the areas noted above, with appropriate recognition of commercial considerations.
- Managing multiple projects and supporting colleagues to ensure business initiatives are executed in a timely and accurate manner.
- Instructing and working with outside counsel where necessary on specialist matters.
- Line management responsibility for Legal Counsel within the team as required.
Requirements
- Excellent legal experience (private practice and/or in-house), with between 5 and 8 years PQE*.
- Experience in one or more of the areas the Corporate Legal team supports (as described above).
- Strong analytical, drafting and reviewing skills.
- The ability to communicate effectively and build relationships with stakeholders across the business, up to Executive and Board level.
- Capable of working well in a fast-paced environment with a wide variety of work.
- Positive and collaborative team player.
- *PQE is a guide only
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships
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