Legal Counsel EMEA M&A and Integration

IQVIA

Warsaw, Poland or Budapest, Hungary

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.