Senior Legal Manager

Bridge Capital; Doha; On-site; QAR 360,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridge Capital is seeking a Senior Legal Manager, Fund & Transaction, to lead legal workstreams across complex cross-border investments from structuring to realization. You will convert commercial objectives into executable structures, negotiate principal documents, and protect governance and economic rights.

You will guide junior lawyers, coordinate with investment teams, and ensure regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Progressive legal experience in private equity or M&A environments.
• Experience with fund structures, SPVs and co-investments is highly preferred.
• Strong governance, risk allocation and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal workstreams across acquisitions, disposals, JVs and co-investments.
• Partner with investment, tax and tech teams to define legal workplans.
• Design structures across jurisdictions and manage due diligence findings.
• Negotiate transaction documents and protect governance and economic rights.
• Provide leadership to the legal team and guide cross-border compliance.

Skills

Cross-border transactions

Due diligence

Fund structures

Negotiation

Governance

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Arabic language

Job description

About the Role

Bridge Capital is seeking a Senior Legal Manager, Fund & Transaction, to lead legal workstreams across complex cross-border investments — from initial structuring and diligence through signing, closing, active ownership and realization. Embedded alongside investment professionals, the role converts commercial objectives into executable legal structures, negotiates principal transaction documents, protects governance and economic rights, and provides clear, decision-oriented advice on material legal and execution risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead legal execution across acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, co-investments, minority investments, platform builds, add-ons, restructurings, recapitalizations, refinancings and exits
• Partner with investment, finance, tax and technical teams to define legal workplans and align diligence with the investment thesis
• Design and evaluate fund, holding-company, SPV, acquisition, financing and co-investment structures across jurisdictions
• Lead legal due diligence and translate findings into price, conditions, covenants, indemnities, warranties and other transaction protections
• Protect governance and economic position through reserved matters, Board rights, transfer restrictions, minority protections and exit provisions
• Support portfolio legal matters including add-ons, reorganizations, management equity, related-party transactions and exit readiness
• Manage cross-border regulatory, foreign-investment, merger-control, sanctions and financial-crime issues with internal specialists and local counsel
• Develop transaction playbooks, precedent documents, negotiation positions and closing checklists to improve execution speed and consistency
• Provide day-to-day leadership and technical guidance to legal team members

Experience and Skills

• 6–8+ years of progressive legal experience in private equity, M&A, leveraged finance, fund, infrastructure or principal-investment transactions at a leading law firm, investment firm, investment bank or comparable platform
• Experience with fund, holding-company, SPV and co-investment structures, governance rights and realization mechanisms strongly preferred
• Exposure to acquisition financing, security, guarantees, intercreditor arrangements and refinancing transactions advantageous
• Strong command of transaction structuring, legal due diligence, risk allocation and corporate governance
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills, with confidence engaging investment committees, boards and senior external counterparties
• Demonstrated ability to lead small teams, manage multiple workstreams and develop junior professionals
• Cross-border experience and cultural fluency strongly preferred; fluency in Arabic, Spanish, French or another relevant language is a plus