Simmons Adaptive – Interim Corporate M&A Lawyer

About Us

Simmons & Simmons Adaptive:

Clients today need flexible resourcing solutions to meet the changing demands of the marketplace. Simmons & Simmons has always been willing to adapt and embrace new forms of service delivery to meet changing client demands. Simmons Adaptive is a flexible resourcing solution to meet client requirements at the same high quality you expect from Simmons & Simmons. We understand that our firm is equal only to the strengths of our people and place great emphasis on recruiting and retaining staff who meet our high standards.

As an Adaptive consultant, you will be fully supported by the Simmons & Simmons team with a sponsoring Partner and a client team with whom we would encourage you to engage on a regular basis. You will have access to the firm's resources and Know-how and have the opportunity to be involved in training and development at the Firm.

Simmons Adaptive is the flexible resourcing team for leading international law firm, Simmons & Simmons. For additional information on the firm, please visit www.simmons-simmons.com.

Main purpose of the role:

Simmons Adaptive is seeking an experienced Corporate M&A lawyer to support a restructuring project within a dynamic investment firm.

The successful consultant will work closely with senior stakeholders and will be responsible for a range of corporate M&A, commercial, and funds-related matters.

You will ideally have experience across:

• Corporate M&A
• Termination of contracts
• Setting up new companies
• Managing novation contracts
• Handling transactional work, including fund-related transactions
• Supporting the investment side of the business
• Managing sale and purchase agreements, investment advisory agreements, and management agreements
• While private equity experience is advantageous, it is not essential.

This is a full-time role, requiring 5 days a week with 1 day of remote working.

Person specification:

• You hold the relevant right to work in the UK.
• You are a qualified lawyer with minimum 10 years’ PQE specialising in corporate M&A (the client will also consider applicants focussing on private equity funds).
• You can hit the ground running and work autonomously.
• You are a team player with the gravitas to manage senior stakeholder relationships.
• You can thrive in a high-performance culture with minimal supervision.
• You have strong communication and organisational skills.

Why you should join Simmons Adaptive:

• You will have access to high-quality roles and work within Simmons & Simmons’ market-leading clients
• You’ll have support from a Simmons & Simmons ‘sponsor Partner’ whilst on external assignment
• You will be given access to the Firms’ resources and Know-how when on assignment
• We will invite you to our in-person and virtual networking events exclusively for Adaptive consultants, along with firmwide webinars and events
• You will have the backing of a leading international law firm.

Equal opportunities:

• We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
• We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
• At Simmons & Simmons we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.

Background screening:

All recruits of Simmons & Simmons will be required to go through our background screening process. Depending on the position you apply for this may include a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a DBS certificate on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. The firm's policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.