Senior M&A Counsel — Global Growth & Governance

Smiths Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Smiths Detection is seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Legal team and support strategic growth initiatives across our global business. You will lead in-house legal support for mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, while overseeing legal entity governance and ethics investigations.

Reporting to the Divisional General Counsel, you will collaborate with senior leaders across Legal, Finance and Corporate Development to evaluate and execute

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor with a law degree.
• Significant post-qualification experience in-house or at a top law firm.
• Strong M&A and corporate transactional experience.
• Experience managing external counsel and coordinating complex legal workstreams.
• Ability to identify legal and commercial risks to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead legal adviser on acquisition, divestiture and partnerships.
• Manage transactions end-to-end and post-acquisition integration.
• Coordinate external counsel and oversee due diligence.
• Review and negotiate transaction documents and NDAs.
• Support corporate governance across jurisdictions and board changes.
• Lead ethics investigations and ensure governance processes.

Skills

M&A experience

Corporate transaction experience

External counsel management

Drafting & negotiation

Stakeholder management

Risk communication

Education

Law degree

Qualified Solicitor

Job description

Smiths Detection is seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Legal team and support strategic growth initiatives across our global business. You will lead in-house legal support for mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, while overseeing legal entity governance and ethics investigations.

Reporting to the Divisional General Counsel, you will collaborate with senior leaders across Legal, Finance and Corporate Development to evaluate and execute