EY Senior Legal Counsel - & 

Finland, Helsinki 

599716576

In 2023, we were ranked by MergerMarket second in the number of deals for legal advisory in Finnish transactions. Our comprehensive M&A legal practice serves corporate, private equity and other clients on a daily basis in all sizes of transactions.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior M&A Legal Counsel, you will lead client M&A projects, providing expert legal consultation to ensure strategic deal structuring and risk mitigation. Your role is to:

• manage transaction lifecycles and negotiate key agreements
• maintain and develop client relationships
• train and guide more junior colleagues.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• At least 5 years of experience in legal specialist role in a law firm, inhouse position or similar
• Specialist level skills on M&A Law
• Fluent in Finnish and English

You can be based in our Helsinki, Vaasa or Oulu office based on your preferences.

What we offer

We offer you a permanent position in one of the most stimulating and interesting multidisciplinary environments available. We offer you a meaningful and very important role in a growing global law practice where you can directly have influence – you won’t be shining behind curtains. You will join a dynamic team of experienced and talented colleagues and become a part of an ambitious team where quality, development and sustainable solutions are in focus.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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