The Department

As a full-service corporate group, we represent companies, founders, management teams, wealth owners, venture capital funds, investors, and universities, each pioneers in their own field. We guide them through the start-up process, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, exits and listings on the public markets, giving insightful board-level and corporate governance advice borne of deep experience, each step of the way.

We help our clients navigate not just the present, but the future; anticipating regulatory change, the impact of evolving technologies and the pressures of a dynamic landscape of culture, governance and innovation. Working with clients who simultaneously drive and experience this ecosystem enables us to provide informed strategic advice and market leading solutions, including in such areas as cyber risk, ESG and shareholder activism.

Corporate Innovation and Venture Capital Team

We work with innovative companies, challengers and disrupters, particularly in the technology, life sciences and high-growth industries, to navigate the problems and opportunities they encounter throughout their business lifecycle.

The Corporate Innovation & Venture Capital (CIVC) team work on a variety of corporate transactions involving companies at all stages of their business lifecycle. We guide them through venture capital fundraisings, merger and acquisitions, restructuring, insolvency, venture debt and exits. We also regularly advise investors (including venture capital funds) on their own investment activity as well as working with them to support their portfolio companies.

The Cambridge Office

In Cambridge we support the businesses that drive theinnovationeconomy, and the entrepreneurs and private wealth that underpin them. Our Cambridge legal team offers services tailored to the city's vibrant ecosystem. We provide expertise in areas such as emerging companies, private clients, and commercial disputes, alongside specialised support in family, wills and tax. Our practice extends to resolving IP and brand disputes, corporate governance, real estate management and employment law. By bringing these services together, we ensure that businesses and individuals in Cambridge's innovation hub receive wise legal counsel to maintain their competitive advantage and navigate international markets effectively.

Duties and Responsibilities

The role will involve advising on a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investment, corporate re-organisations and debt financing arrangements.

The successful candidate will be committed to developing their career within corporate law with a particular focus on the Cambridge technology and venture capital ecosystem as well as other entrepreneurial businesses, and will be able to demonstrate their passion for and experience in this area of law.

Although the role will be based in Cambridge, the successful candidate will work with the wider team (in London and Oxford) often on nationally and internationally significant matters.

Skills/Experience

• A solid grounding in corporate transactional work, with an interest in venture capital and M&A.
• 0-3 PQE gained within a leading corporate practice at a recognised law firm.
• Excellent team player.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to effectively manage own workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, both internally and with clients.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with colleagues, clients and external organisations.
• Resilient and calm under pressure.
• Adaptable and flexible approach.
• Pro-active and takes initiative.

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 services business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with over 650 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services.

Mishcon de Reya LLP is based in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore and Hong Kong (through its association with Karas So LLP). The firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. Its work is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning seven core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Impact; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

The Mishcon de Reya Group includes consultancy businesses MDR Discover, MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai), MDR ONE, MDRi (in Hong Kong) and MDRx. The Group also includes MDR Lab, which invests in the most promising early stage legaltech companies as well as the Mishcon Academy, its in-house place of learning and platform for thought leadership.

Earlier this year, the Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal. It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions management business.

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 about flexible working.

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