The Department

In May 2023 we launched Mishcon Future, bringing together our Corporate and Innovation teams to better service the Innovation Economy. Mishcon Future works with all aspects of the innovation life cycle, from the technology transfer functions of our leading universities and research institutes, to early-stage companies through their growth and acquisition, to scale-ups and into multi-national corporates seeking to stay relevant and challenge convention.

We are embedded in the innovation ecosystem: founders, VCs and other investors, accelerators, universities and other professional innovation specialists. Our scale-up experience focuses on advising founders, entrepreneurs and management teams.

Alongside our continued efforts to provide best-in-class legal services to this part of the market, we also have the ambition to build out a suite of products and proposition that further support clients in new and innovative way and create additional value for our clients and the Firm.

We are now seeking an Analyst who shares our enthusiasm for supporting start-ups to join our Early-Stage team. In this role, you will operate across the early-stage portfolio, play a crucial role in the launch and growth of Mishcon PLUS (a data-driven co-investment strategy), and other projects that contribute to the growth of our startup focused teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

Market Research

• Keep up to date on market and sector trends across the early-stage landscape to inform strategy
• Other ad-hoc research and portfolio/client monitoring
• Creating research and thought leadership

Data Analysis

• Developing and implementing data collection strategies and processes
• Conduct analysis relating to the early-stage clients and taking ownership of the data model that systematically identifies investment targets and clients
• Leading improvements in data analysis through the implementation of new technologies and models that generate enhanced insights

Deals

• Supporting with pipeline management and reporting
• Supporting on deal execution, including due diligence, management of compliance and governance protocols and preparing investment memos
• Reporting on the financial and operational performance of clients and portfolio companies
• Supporting the client and investee portfolio

Ecosystem Engagement

• Attending events and nurturing relationships with TTOs, VCs, accelerators, and other players in the innovation ecosystem
• Identifying and assessing potential partnerships, products and platforms that could help develop new sources of business or drive efficiencies across the fee-earning teams
• Data-driven management of strategic partnerships including reporting and supporting specific campaigns or initiatives

Skills/Experience

• Passion for and strong knowledge of technology, startups and fundraising
• Strong Excel, data manipulation and reporting skills
• Proficient with Python (particularly Pands) and SQL
• Comfortable collaborating and delivering through others
• Deal experience, either from time spent at a VC, Accelerator, Fund or as a Corporate Lawyer
• Enjoy building meaningful relationships with our internal and external networks
• Incredible attention to detail
• You approach problems in a data-driven manner, and you constantly have an eye open for where internal processes can be refined
• Humble and pragmatic with a can-do attitude

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate ; Dispute Resolution ; Employment ; Innovation ; Private ; and Real Estate .

As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Vinters merged. The merger delivers on both firms' strategies to support the innovation economy and accelerate our growing share of the technology, media and life-sciences legal and consultancy services market in the UK and in key international innovation hubs globally.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy , our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Cyber , MDR Discover , MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) andMDRx. Complementary to Mishcon de Reya's core areas of work, each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

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