Senior M&A Counsel & Global Growth Lead

Smiths Detection Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Smiths Detection is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to join the Legal team and lead in-house support for mergers & acquisitions, strategic partnerships and joint ventures. You will oversee governance, ethics investigations, and entity management across jurisdictions while coordinating with finance and corporate development.

The role is an initial 6-month FTC with potential extension or conversion, based from our London office, reporting to the Divisional General Counsel.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification legal experience gained within an in-house legal team and/or a leading law firm.
• Strong M&A and corporate transactional experience, including due diligence, negotiations and deal execution.
• Experience managing external counsel and coordinating complex legal workstreams.
• Ability to identify and communicate legal and commercial risks to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead legal adviser on acquisition, divestiture and strategic partnership opportunities.
• Manage the legal aspects of transactions from initial engagement through to completion and post-acquisition integration.
• Coordinate and oversee external legal advisers and specialist providers.
• Review, assess and advise on legal due diligence findings and transaction risks.
• Draft, review and negotiate transaction documentation, confidentiality agreements and strategic partnership arrangements.

Skills

M&A experience

Corporate governance

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Due diligence coordination

Education

Solicitor

Job description

Smiths Detection is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to join the Legal team and lead in-house support for mergers & acquisitions, strategic partnerships and joint ventures. You will oversee governance, ethics investigations, and entity management across jurisdictions while coordinating with finance and corporate development.

The role is an initial 6-month FTC with potential extension or conversion, based from our London office, reporting to the Divisional General Counsel.