Senior Associate (Corporate & Mergers & Acquisitions)

Collyer Law LLC is looking for a senior associate (with 5-8 years of PQE) with experience in the practice areas if Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital. We are an award-winning boutique Singapore law firm that is poised well for further growth.

Key responsibilities /attributes of role

As a Senior Associate, you will be involved with a full spectrum of cross-border corporate M&A and transactional work, particularly in sectors associated with technology, life-sciences or innovative industries. On M&A deals, we usually act as Singapore Counsel, working with International Counsel or other top-tier Asian law firms, for acquirers and selling shareholders. On PE/VC deals, we act as company counsel, and sometimes for marque investors. You will be responsible for drafting and negotiating a broad range of corporate transactional documents including Share Purchase Agreements, Asset Purchase Agreements, Share Subscription Agreements, Convertible Notes, Restated and Amended Shareholders’ Agreements and ancillary transaction documents.

You will be supporting the Directors in supervising deals and matters that they bring in, and mentoring more junior lawyers. If you have the appetite and flair, we will involve you in new business development and growth initiatives through participation in strategic projects with high business impact and visibility. You must have an ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, where you will learn to think on your feet, and take a commercial view, while advising on significant matters.

Key requirements include:

· At least 5-8 years' experience in top-tier Singapore or international law-firm, or solid experience in-house in these Practice Areas.

· Professional admission as a lawyer/Advocate/Solicitor/Attorney in at least one of the following jurisdictions: Singapore, Malaysia, England & Wales, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada.

· Excellent academic background.

· Strong knowledge of law, and keen commercial judgement.

· Significant experience in managing and executing large volumes of work

· Excellent technical skills with a practical approach to problem-solving.

· Ability to handle pressure and work to challenging deadlines.

· Excellent English communication, both verbal as well as written.

· Ability to work in a multi-cultural and collegiate law-firm environment, and to work both autonomously and as part of a team as and when required.

· A desire and ability to grow your professional profile and to assume a leading lawyer role

About Collyer Law

Collyer Law LLC is a boutique Singapore law firm founded and staffed by experienced "Big Law" lawyers, with a particular focus on representing emerging growth companies and the innovation economy. We are best known for our 'idea-to-exit' support for technology companies and venture investors, much like a Silicon Valley law firm, but in Asia.

Our goal is to offer legal services (and related support services) to clients in the most efficient manner possible consistent with maintaining a traditional attorney-client relationship and delivering high-quality work.

We act for clients across a range of Industry Sectors and have developed sector-focused groups which have invested in understanding the business models, opportunities and challenges specific to such sectors, especially for technology-influenced sectors such as FINTECH, LIFESCIENCES & HEALTHTECH, DIGITAL COMMERCE & PLATFORMS, DIGITAL MEDIA, and SHARING ECONOMY.

Our current lawyers also have extensive Practice Area specialisms from their prior roles with Big Law and in-house. The firm has significant capabilities across practice areas such as MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, PRIVATE EQUITY, VENTURE CAPITAL, COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, REGULATORY ADVICE, and TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS.

In a short span of time, Collyer Law has received numerous awards and accolades, including from reputable legal directories and international legal industry publications, such as Asia-Pacific Legal 500, Chambers & Partners (Asia Pacific), Asian Legal Business, Asian Business Law Journal, Indian Business Law Journal and Global Law Experts (for TMT).