Legal Counsel - Geographic Compliance & Corporate - IT - LLB/LLM

Company Profile : A Leading IT company

Group: Legal

The Geographic Compliance & Corporate (GCC) team within the Accenture Legal group is responsible inter alia for managing Accenture's more than 800 legal entities in more than 70 countries.

In this role, the GCC [Senior] Legal Counsel will support our legal entities in the UK.

Job Summary:

The GCC Legal Counsel is responsible for the quality and delivery of all entity transactions, corporate governance and post-acquisition integration work for Accenture legal entities in UK, including coordination of complex entity transactions involving multiple countries across Accenture, and supervise outside counsel as necessary.

Scope of the Role:

- Manage all corporate entity matters work (e.g., intra group reorganizations, share transfers, liquidations, etc.)

- Manage corporate governance including all corporate secretarial activities in support of shareholder and board meetings (e.g., prepare board briefing packages, presentations, minute and instruct external advisers on any filings with Companies House (or equivalent))

- Manage due diligence for entity/corporate transactions and projects

- Collaborate with members of Legal, HR, tax, treasury, controllership and other teams

- Coordinate entity transactions related to the acquisition of target groups in or that involve the Market Unit and their integration into Accenture across multiple countries

- Supervise outside counsel and manage legal budgets for different projects

- Leverage internal and external resources with reusable and industrialized knowledge

- Supervise and leverage team responsible for tracking entity information and maintaining entity books and records for all legal entities in Market Unit

Job Requirements:

- Education: JD or equivalent law degree required

- Work Experience: 5-10 years of experience as an attorney, at least 4 of which involved mergers and acquisitions, entity transactions such as restructurings, share transfers, mergers, liquidation, etc. and corporate governance in a common law jurisdiction; relevant transactional experience under English law is preferred.

Knowledge and Skills:

- Strong executive presence and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with the most senior business leaders and manage board meetings, present on complex transactions/issues, etc.

- Deep understanding of company structures and ability to advise on and implement tax efficient structures alongside our Tax Team

- Excellent understanding of directors liabilities

- Deep knowledge of, or ability to understand, the relevant laws in the Market Unit and other countries and support complex transactions involving multiple countries/legal systems

- Proven track record of managing successfully teams of professionals and external law firms

- Demonstrates excellent judgment, ability to prioritize and make decisions, and identify risks

- Able to manage, counsel, educate, persuade, motivate and supervise legal professionals from various cultures and backgrounds

- Fluent in English

Reports to: United Kingdom GCC Lead