About us GoCardless, a Mollie company, is a global leader in bank payments. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect, manage and send bank payments through Direct Debit, real-time payments and open banking. With US$130bn+ processed annually across 30+ countries, we handle recurring and one-off payments without the chasing, stress, or expensive fees. Our end-to-end payment platform also features AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud, alongside connections to over 350 platforms businesses use everyday. We are headquartered in the UK, with teams and operations spanning North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please visit www.gocardless.com and follow us on LinkedIn @GoCardless. Mollie is the leading payments and financial services partner for business, rooted in Europe, with global reach. The role As Associate Legal Counsel (5 to 8 years of PQE), you will focus on a number of legal areas and advise UK teams across the business. You will take a consultative approach and work closely with the business - never working alone, or able to concentrate on purely legal issues. As a member of a busy legal team you will also be expected to contribute to team-wide initiatives. For people with more senior experience, we are open to look into a Sr. Legal Counsel title. The key responsibilities of this role include: Support and advise the Partner team and negotiate strategic Partner deals Support and advise the Go-To-Market teams in the UK on the most strategic and/or highest value deals Work closely with your manager to support on strategic projects Work on specific projects, for example when we roll out new templates/launch new products Review and negotiate customer, partnership and supplier contracts by providing pragmatic and commercial support Supervise more junior lawyers on negotiations or on specific files Instruct and manage external legal counsel Build out an
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The Role This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside our established team who will support you to utilise and enhance your advisory and insolvency skills and experience. You will work alongside some of the most experienced practitioners in the field advising the boards, management teams, lenders and shareholders of companies which are underperforming and/or facing any financial stress. Our North team has recently led a number of high profile regional insolvencies (including the Black Sheep Brewery, WN VTech and TXM Plant Administrations), as well as working on complex and challenging advisory assignments We work with a full spectrum of companies from SME to PLC. As a Manager / Associate Director in the team, you will have the opportunity to work and lead on a diverse range of engagements across all sectors, with plenty of responsibility for leading workstreams, managing junior s
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Key Skills & Experience Basic Qualifications Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent), both time and exam qualified
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