Simmons & Simmons

Attorney

• Support a key client at Simmons & Simmons as a junior corporate lawyer
• Undertake a full-time, fully remote assignment expected to last 3 months
• Review and draft contracts
• Work independently while escalating matters when appropriate
• Collaborate with the wider team and client team
• Prioritise workloads and deliver work effectively to tight deadlines
• Engage regularly with a sponsoring Partner and client team
• Participate in training, development, networking events, webinars, and firmwide events

Interim Corporate Lawyer – Junior

• Support a key Simmons & Simmons client on transactional funds matters
• Run or support deals from initiation through to closing
• Engage regularly with the sponsoring Partner and client team
• Work autonomously while collaborating with the wider team
• Deliver work quickly and effectively to tight deadlines
• Prioritise workloads in a dynamic, fast-moving environment

Interim Transactional Funds Lawyer

Compliance

• Manage allocated client projects day to day and ensure delivery of commercial, practical advice within set time limits.
• Draft and prepare client advice, and review and comment on advice drafted by external counsel, internal colleagues, or AI.
• Supervise junior CBU members and/or members of the wider financial services regulatory team.
• Build and develop client, internal, and external counsel relationships.
• Attend client meetings and calls as required.
• Research new areas of regulation, financial services, and products.
• Assist with drafting pitches and presenting to clients.
• Support senior project leads, including monitoring scope creep and flagging work outside agreed fee arrangements.
• Ensure collaboration between the CBU and navigator team.
• Review and suggest process and procedure improvements, including AI use.
• Provide training and development for the CBU.
• Accurately log client and external counsel fee agreements to support timely billing and cost management.

Interim Corporate Lawyer – Junior

Interim Transactional Funds Lawyer

Associate – FS Regulatory, Cross Border Unit