Associate Legal Counsel, AlphaSights
3-5 days a week in office
Connecting businesses with industry professionals
Open for applications
Connecting businesses with industry professionals
1001+ employees
Open for applications
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
On a mission to unlock humanity’s knowledge and power progress for professionals, businesses, and society.
Role
Who you are
- Resilient, high-energy, self-starter who’s focused on delivering commercial outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, delivering high quality, strategic and commercial advice to senior stakeholders and clients
- Ability manage tight deadlines across multiple projects
- Ability to work on both transactional and non-transactional legal matters
- Confidence and flexibility operating in a fast-paced, challenging and dynamic environment
- People-oriented, emotionally intelligent, team mindset with an ability to develop strong relationships and navigate challenges across the organization and its functions
- Leadership by example and an ability to manage and influence teams
- Attention to detail and curiosity, with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of the matter, and formulate a clear solution
- Authority and poise, and an ability to manage relationships with junior and senior stakeholders within and outside the business
- Strong written, oral and presentation skills
- BA/BS/LLB from a top university in the UK or other relevant law degree
- An English qualified solicitor, with at least 1 years experience at a top firm or in-house
- Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
- Track record of achievement in professional and academic activities
What the job involves
- We are looking for an exceptional lawyer based in London to join our growing global Legal team
- He Legal team is a dynamic, external and internal-facing function which supports all aspects of the business across all nine of our offices
- Negotiating contracts with clients and vendors
- Working closely with the client services team and our clients’ legal and compliance teams to ensure clients access knowledge safely
- Drafting and implementing internal policies and procedures to appropriately manage risk
- Developing and delivering legal and compliance training to the business
- Dealing with evolving areas of law including intellectual property, data privacy, technology, sanctions and regulatory compliance, employment and taxation
- As Associate Legal Counsel you will work closely with our legal team and the senior leadership of the business based in London, as well as colleagues in the legal and compliance team based in seven of our ten offices
- Ou will be required to navigate complex and novel legal issues in a fast paced and rapidly scaling business, and grow and develop in a high-growth commercial environment
- We will provide you with autonomy and independence in your day-to-day work and give you the opportunity to self-start, drive change, manage and lead
- You will be encouraged and empowered to take initiative and have hands-on ownership of projects
- This is an ideal role for someone who is keen to have direct access and exposure to the commercial and organizational workings of a dynamic and innovative global business
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Businesses often invest significant time and effort into finding expert knowledge in a process that can be a difficult and arduous. AlphaSights bridges the gap between businesses and industry experts by sourcing people with relevant knowledge so businesses don't have to.
Through use of artificial intelligence, AlphaSights is able to provide an end-to-end service for businesses whilst rigorously complying with company requirements. A central, ever evolving system allows the company to keep on top of the new and most relevant industry professionals in real time to provide tailor-made and effective service.
AlphaSights supports private equity funds, hedge funds, consultancies, Fortune 500 companies and Social Impact & Non Profits.
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Insights
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back within 2 weeks
61% female employees
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Career progression
"AlphaSights has 2 instances per year in which employees can be chosen for elevation, as early as with 1 year experience the person can get a..."
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2008
$8.9m
SEED
Total funding: $8.9m
Company benefits
- A team-oriented, strong supportive culture that emphasises professional development and celebrating success
- Professional development opportunities that work to ensure that you’re supported, along with an opportunity for internal upward mobility as our growing team continues to scale
- Comprehensive medical benefits (health, vision, and dental)
- Subsidised lunch programme, corporate gym discounts, monthly team events, free breakfast & snacks
- Holiday allowance, excl. public holidays
Company values
- Results-orientation: Are you energized by results and outcomes?
- Drive: Do you excel beyond what’s asked of you?
- Adaptability: Do you thrive in an ever-changing environment?
- Humility: Do you view yourself as a constant ‘work-in-progress’?
- Empathy: Can you see the world through other’s eyes?
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Max Cartellieri
(Co-CEO)Has been a Consultant at McKinsey & Company and Investment Executive at BC Partners. Co-founder and CEO at Ciao for seven years.
Andrew Heath
(Co-CEO)Previously Associate at the Boston Consulting Group and Managing Director at GoIndustry.
People progressing
After joining AlphaSights back in September 2019 as part of the Lateral Recruitment function, Pip has helped to grow our teams across the business and elevate into the Senior Recruiter role.
After graduating in 2016, Will joined AlphaSights in our Client Services Team. In this time, he has worked on a variety of different projects and recently progressed into a Vice President role.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at AlphaSights
- We believe that investing in DEI is the right thing to do and is vital to driving progress. We go the extra mile to build teams of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, because diversity of thought drives innovation and knowledge diffusion which creates value for our clients, employees and society
- Diversity. We strive to build diverse teams, so we heavily invest in identifying and attracting top talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Equity. Fair and equal treatment is in our DNA. Our processes, culture and values are designed to ensure everyone is treated equitably and with respect
- Inclusion. Our community is vibrant and we want all employees to have a feeling of belonging at AlphaSights. Through our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we provide support and community for employees globally
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