Senior Legal Specialist

Role Overview

• Review, draft, and negotiate NDAs and ancillary transaction documents across private equity, M&A, and financing transactions.
• Apply client-specific playbooks and structured frameworks to ensure alignment with agreed client positions.
• Identify deviations from playbook positions and implement appropriate fallback language in line with client guidance.
• Review the work of junior team members and assist with their professional development and ongoing training.
• Manage your own workflow and document queue, prioritising effectively to meet defined turnaround times and service levels.
• Support live deal execution across multiple concurrent transactions in fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues across our global legal team to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
• Work directly with internal stakeholders to maintain operational efficiency and service excellence.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of internal processes and delivery of workflows.

Requirements

• 3+ years' experience in transactional legal work, contract review, or similar environments, gained within law firms, legal tech companies, ALSPs, Big 4 legal teams, or in-house legal departments.
• Experience reviewing NDAs and/or similar transactional agreements.
• You enjoy working within clearly defined rules and guidance, with a strong preference for applying structured playbooks rather than navigating legal ambiguity.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Enthusiasm for new technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, with a desire to innovate within the legal industry.

Benefits

• Hybrid and remote working options, with the ability to work from other countries (upon request)
• Paid Sick Leave days per year to recover or care for family.
• Confidential Support: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Professional Development: 7 days per year of paid study leave annually for exams and structured learning.
• Annual Bonus: Discretionary and performance-based.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Annual leave + bank holidays