Burgeon Law jobs - Senior Associate

If you’re entrepreneurial, business-minded and always craving the next challenge, we would love to have you join us on our mission to shape the future of law.

As an associate in our practice, you will be working in an exciting work environment, handling challenging, time-sensitive deals that demand a cool head and positive mindset.

Your responsibilities as a senior associate will include direct communication with the client and managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Strategizing Venture Capital investments.

• Advising on corporate and commercial issues relating to VC transactions.

• Drafting of complex commercial agreements and transaction documents including term sheets, share purchase agreements, share subscription agreements and shareholder agreements etc.

• Strong ability to demonstrate negotiation and advocacy skills and hands-on experience in negotiations on commercial/ legal clauses

• Conducting legal due diligence and monitoring the progress of the transaction

• Investment compliances and investment closing activities and various other nuances on the structuring of investments rounds in early-stage businesses

• Drafting of third-party agreements  

• Understanding of tax laws

• Research and presentation of various corporate laws

Key Skills

• Advanced critical and legal reasoning skills

• Problem-solving

• Decision making capacity

• Ability to project management to a high standard

• Ability to work independently

• Excellent communication skills

• Attention to detail

• The ability to work under pressure

• Leadership skills

Required Candidate profile

• LLB/LLM degree from a recognized university

• Minimum 3  years PQE in handling legal documentation & advisory pertaining to venture capital deals. 

• Fully conversant with Industry needs and standard practices