Our client is an international consultancy firm specialising in providing consultancy and advisory services in asset acquisition and management. The company is currently looking for a Russian Speaking Legal Specialist/Junior Legal Counsel.

Objective: Providing legal support to the company’s senior legal specialists and company clients

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Drafting and arranging for execution of various documents relating to intergroup financing (intercompany loans, BOD resolutions)
• Drafting and arranging for execution of corporate documents (BOD resolutions and POAs) of the legal entities of the clients
• Coordination of work of local external and internal legal counsels
• Developing and assisting with the implementation of standard documentation
• Assisting with drafting and negotiating contract documentation under English law or other common law jurisdictions. Examples:

o the management contract with hotel operators in hospitality projects

o EPC contract for hotel development

o financing and security documentation in respect of the delivery of offshore drilling rigs

o Share SPA, SHA, share pledges, options and other similar documents relating to various projects

o project financing documents

• Assisting with the restructuring of the client’s groups of companies
• Making tenders to hire external legal and tax counsel when appropriate.
• Legal support of company’s operations

o office lease

o insurance

o employment matters

o corporate etc.

• Setting up and following legislation changes monitoring and KYC in the UK
• Assisting chief legal with reviewing various Russian law documents prepared by Russian legal counsel

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in English law
• Ideally Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Russian law
• Minimum 3 years at a law firm or strong in-house with a substantial “hands-on” experience in corporate, M&A and contractual matters.
• Proficient knowledge of UK law
• preferably proficient knowledge of Russian law
• Advanced computer literacy, experience with Google for Work (or any other cloud-based applications) is a plus
• Must speak up-to-native standard of Russian and English
• Good knowledge and understanding of all main UK law institutions (warranties, indemnities etc.) and ability to verify contractual and other documents from a UK law perspective and identify any risks including non-enforceable provisions
• Ability to draft and negotiate legal and commercial documents under English law or other common law systems (eg., Cypriot laws) and identify limited key areas where external advice is required
• Critical thinking; ability to identify commercial issues in addition to purely legal issues
• Ability to perform multiple tasks and work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills
• Accurate and with excellent attention to detail
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Result oriented

Capable, reliable and willing to go an extra mile? Apply right now!