Junior Legal Counsel (corporate M&A)

Bending Spoons; London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Bending Spoons seeks a Junior Legal Counsel for corporate M&A in London, offering an enriching environment for personal growth and collaboration. This role involves advising on acquisitions, drafting legal documents, and ensuring compliance with regulations, all within a dynamic digital business context that values ethical standards and ambitious goals.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Remote working options

Top-tier health insurance

Learning and training support

Generous parental support

Yearly retreat

Access to equity in the company

Rapid career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Law degree required; legal experience preferred.
• Must be fluent in English and Italian.
• Demonstrated reasoning skills and team spirit.

Responsibilities

• Support and advise on cross-border acquisitions and due diligence.
• Negotiate and draft commercial contracts.
• Collaborate with finance and legal teams on various projects.

Skills

Reasoning ability

Drive

Team spirit

Fluency in English

Fluency in Italian

Education

Law Degree

Job description

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At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

To achieve this objective, we execute the following strategy: We acquire a digital business with untapped potential and make it as successful as we can by leveraging our platform—which comprises our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and company culture. Then, we invest the proceeds into making our platform more powerful, and into acquiring new businesses. Thus, our strategy sees us combine an investor’s attention to capital allocation with the hands-on approach of an operator.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Support and advise our Accounting, Finance, & Legal team and our Business Acquisitions team on cross-border acquisitions, conducting due diligence, analyzing and drafting transaction documents, and following post-completion integrations
• Collaborate with our Finance team to manage debt and equity financing and investments, as well as equity plans and instruments
• Collaborate with outside counsel to assist with corporate reorganizations and governance matters in Italy and abroad
• Negotiate, draft, and review commercial contracts—including confidentiality, service, partnership, and technology agreements
• Seek out new opportunities to unlock value for the company and address business needs by staying up to date on all relevant legal and regulatory developments
  
  

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive. You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit. You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Fluent English and Italian. You can read and write fluently both in English and in Italian.
• Some experience. After obtaining a law degree, you practiced at a law firm or as in-house counsel in Italy for a period of time, in which you encountered some of the main challenges you’ll face in the role.
  
  

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. You’ll work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We go to great lengths to hire individuals of outstanding potential—then, our priority is to put them in the ideal position to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And if you’ve got what it takes, you’ll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.
• Competitive pay and access to equity in the company. Typically, we offer an individual at the start of their career a salary of £83,997 in the UK and €80,457 elsewhere. If they possess a few years of relevant experience, the salary on offer tends to be between £110,389 and £194,964 in the UK, and €105,737 and €186,748 elsewhere. Pay grows rapidly as you accumulate experience and translate it into greater impact. You can also receive some of your pay in company equity at a discounted price, thus participating in the value creation we achieve together. If relocating to Italy, you may enjoy a 50% tax cut.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location. We help each Spooner set up the conditions to do their best work.
  
  

Commitment & contract
Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time.

Location
Milan (Italy), London (UK) or remote.

Before you apply
Bending Spoons is a demanding environment: We're extremely ambitious and we ask a lot of ourselves and one another. While this tends to lead to fantastic learning, achievements, and career growth, it also requires a significant commitment. So if you like the role and are ready to give your very best, don't hesitate to apply.

The selection process
If you pass our screening, we’ll ask you to take on a few tests that assess how you approach unfamiliar problems. If you’re successful with those, we’ll invite you to a series of interviews.

Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider for employment any applicant and we provide reasonable accommodations for an applicant with disabilities, which can be requested through this form.

Studies suggest that women tend not to apply for a job if their CV isn’t a perfect fit. Here, talent takes precedence over experience. So if you like the role and think you could be awesome at it in time, go ahead and apply.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal and Finance

• Industries

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