Corporate Governance Lawyer
We have a new opportunity to join our growing team as an Associate or Senior Associate Corporate Governance Lawyer.
This role is essential in leading the internal corporate governance support for various companies, partnerships, and trusts within Mourant. You will work closely with our Chief Governance Officer and senior management.
This role is focused on providing governance support to Mourant's law firm, consulting business and Business Services teams.
If you have strong practical knowledge of company law and are enthusiastic, organised and detail oriented, we'd really like to hear from you.
This role is essential in leading the internal corporate governance support for various companies, partnerships, and trusts within Mourant. You will work closely with our Chief Governance Officer and senior management.
This role is focused on providing governance support to Mourant's law firm, consulting business and Business Services teams.
If you have strong practical knowledge of company law and are enthusiastic, organised and detail oriented, we'd really like to hear from you.
About the role
Board and committee support
- Act as the lead day-to-day governance representative and shareholder point of contact and become company secretary for various internal boards and committees
- Organising and attending meetings, maintaining the annual meeting schedule, and drafting structured agendas to ensure that meeting materials are published promptly. You will be responsible for recording accurate and detailed minutes
- Maintain director and officer responsibility lists and constitutional documents and committee terms of reference and advise partners and senior management on their requirements
- Record, follow up on and proactively encourage progress from stakeholders on their action points and keep board and committee action point trackers up to date
- Organise the annual general meeting of Mourant's top company including the preparation and issue of the notice of meeting and proxy forms
- Lead the annual in-house board effectiveness review process, analyse and report on officer feedback, present findings to boards and manage associated outcomes and actions
Entity management and compliance
- Prepare and submit annual and event-driven filings and notifications with relevant company registries, regulators and law societies
- You will maintain essential statutory books and registers, as well as non-statutory registers such as those for contracts, conflicts of interest, and directorships
- Respond to due diligence requests and questionnaires from clients, intermediaries and third parties and create and maintain a global due diligence request register
- Arrange execution and approval or ratification of relevant documents (for example, tax returns and financial statements)
- Draft and execute the governance documentation required for key corporate actions such as distributions, dividends, capitalisations and buybacks
- Prepare and deliver tailored inductions for new directors and provide governance support for the annual audit
Projects
- Assist with the design and implementation of an enhanced internal governance framework across the law firm and Business Services
- Lead on governance projects including entity formations, corporate restructures, strike-offs, liquidations and implementation of delegated authority arrangements
- Assist with managing the integration of new jurisdictions and legal entities and with the ongoing development of a suite of global checklists and guidance notes for recurring company secretarial tasks and governance lifecycle events
- Review the adequacy and global consistency of board reporting arrangements
- Lead on the introduction of a new process to review the effectiveness of our committee and contribute to the creation of a Governance Manual covering all Mourant entities
About you
- You are a current or former UK qualified corporate lawyer (Associate or Senior Associate level) who is keen to pursue an in-house career specialising in corporate governance. Strong practical knowledge of company law is essential
- Prior experience of working in a company secretarial or in-house governance role within a regulated professional services environment is advantageous
- Being a Chartered Secretary or Chartered Governance Professional is advantageous, however, we would fund and support you to complete the Chartered Governance Institute's Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme if you have not already done this
- Working knowledge of Viewpoint, Document Management Systems (Worksite) and Board Intelligence or equivalent systems and platforms is advantageous
- Highly organised, proactive and diligent and able to manage a diverse and complex workload in a fast-paced working environment
- Sensitive to the requirements of working in a law firm environment and able to maintain high levels of confidentiality and discretion and demonstrate good judgement
- Enthusiastic and approachable with the calm and confident manner required to build strong working relationships across all parts of Mourant
- Task oriented nature with exceptional completer-finisher skills and attention to detail and accuracy skills
- Proactively identifies opportunities for continuous improvement and process efficiency including increasing our usage of AI and tech solutions for governance tasks
- Curious and inquisitive and able to identify and investigate potential issues and solve them
About Mourant
We are proud to be a leading offshore law-firm led professional services business, advising many of the world's leading financial institutions, corporations, public organisations, private equity houses and investment funds, as well as ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices.
We believe in inclusive workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard, valued and respected. We have a strong sense of common purpose, where all our people are clear about our goals and the role they can play in achieving them. We pride ourselves in providing accessible development opportunities to all our people in a team-spirited environment, where everyone feels like they belong and can thrive.
If you would like to join an award winning and forward thinking firm whose inclusive culture and values recognise that its people are fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. If you need this job description or the application form in an alternative format, or if you would like to discuss the recruitment process with our recruitment team, please email recruitment@mourant.com.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. If you need this job description or the application form in an alternative format, or if you would like to discuss the recruitment process with our recruitment team, please email recruitment@mourant.com.
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