Description:
About the role:The team:
This position is with the Corporate Legal Department based in London and New York, consisting of 4 lawyers, 3 paralegals and 1 legal administrative assistant, and reports directly to the Associate General Counsel, International Corporate. The team covers our legal entities globally from a subsidiary governance and corporate legal perspective.
The Impact:
This position contributes to the subsidiary governance of over 300 legal entities globally and supports the Treasury, Controllers and Tax functions from a corporate legal perspective. This position joins a wider global legal team of over 150.
What's in it for you:
- Working in a friendly in-house environment with colleagues across multiple functions and business lines, and with third parties, around the globe.
- Opportunity to develop in-house legal skills within the role.
- Potential for flexible working.
Responsibilities:
- Serving as primary point of escalation for US corporate issues.
- Liaising with colleagues in Treasury, Controllers and Tax to provide legal advice and support achievement of their company goals, including cash repatriation, loans and structuring.
- Preparing and arranging execution of board and shareholder resolutions for US subsidiaries, including to declare dividends, issue loan notes, alter share capital, allot shares, amend articles, change officers and approve annual accounts.
- Updating and maintaining corporate books and compliance for the company's US subsidiaries, including overseeing filings and record keeping.
- Assisting with management of local counsel and corporate service providers abroad to ensure appropriate subsidiary management, corporate compliance and governance of the company's subsidiaries across LATAM and Canada.
- Preparation of intercompany agreements and delegations of authority.
- Liaising with notaries, local counsel and corporate service providers in the US and abroad to assist with corporate subsidiary management, including preparing certificates and arranging for documents to be notarized and apostilled, legalized or consularised.
- Assisting with maintaining internal record‐keeping systems. Experience of Diligent Entities preferred.
- Corporate due diligence and company searches, obtaining certificates of good standing and similar in the US and worldwide.
What We're Looking For:
Basic Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of relevant experience gained at law firm and/or in-house.
- JD or LLM from an accredited law school and maintains active bar membership in at least one US state.
- Excellent corporate law knowledge (NY and Delaware), in particular in the areas of corporate transactions, corporate governance and compliance. Corporate secretarial experience as part of legal role is important.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills needed to manage time well, prioritize effectively and handle multiple deadlines. Ability to react quickly and adjust priorities on short notice.
- Computer Skills are preferred - Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook, Diligent Entities.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
- Professionalism and responsiveness required and ability to effectively communicate with people at all organizational levels of the company.
- Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive, enthusiastic attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the team and with other colleagues.
