Senior Lawyer

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Main responsibilities:
• Negotiating, drafting and review of agreements for sale and purchase of shares and shareholders agreements (primary UK, USA law); (Russian law, primary related to LLC structure)
• Conducting due diligence review
• Work with international law firms and coordinating their work in cross-border transactions and advising clients regarding various matters in different jurisdictions
• Drafting legal opinions, memoranda and notes to the clients regarding different matters • AML and other compliance procedures, preparing of documents and coordination of process
• Structuring initial investment and further financing deals and drafting and reviewing transactional documents governed by Russian, English, Delaware and New York laws, including SPAs, SHAs, Investment and Subscription Agreements (both internally and engaging legal counsels)
• Drafting step-plans, summaries and notes to the beneficiary and the business team regarding different matters
• Engaging firm's international offices as well as local counsel and coordinating their work in cross-border transactions and advising clients regarding various matters in different jurisdictions
• Study of existing corporate processes and documents, general analysis of the corporate structure and system of startups, providing recommendations to startups on further actions to improve internal corporate processes
• Coordination of internal processes with legal aspects

Main requirements:
• University degree in Law. Relevant postgraduate awards/certifications would be an advantage
• At least 7 years' of relevant work experience in the legal area
• Practice areas: Corporate law, Private equity, Venture capital, M&A, Joint ventures, Commercial law
• Fluent English
• Personal skills: strategic thinking, good organizational skills, focus, systematic approach to problem solving