Legal Counsel - Corporate M&a

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · Stockholm, Sweden · Corporate

This role is for a Corporate and M&A legal counsel at Legora, a legal technology company. The counsel will support M&A transactions, corporate development, financing, and day-to-day corporate legal matters. The role requires strong legal judgment, experience in cross-border transactions, and an interest in AI and legal tech.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as a strategic legal partner to the business, working closely with senior stakeholders in Corporate Development, Finance, and Leadership on M&A transactions, investments, financings, and corporate restructurings.
  2. Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents with a focus on closing deals efficiently and pragmatically.
  3. Manage end-to-end due diligence processes, coordinating across workstreams and jurisdictions to identify, assess, and advise on legal risks material to transactions.
  4. Advise on deal structuring, risk allocation, representations and warranties, indemnification frameworks, and post-closing mechanisms such as earn-outs and completion accounts.
  5. Handle the incorporation and establishment of new entities across relevant jurisdictions, including drafting constitutional documents, coordinating with local counsel, and managing filing requirements.

Skills

Required

  • Law degree (LL.M. or equivalent) from Sweden, the UK, or an EU-jurisdiction, qualified to practice in that country.
  • 6-10 years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or as an in-house legal counsel.
  • Proficiency in both spoken and written Swedish and English.
  • Strong experience leading due diligence processes and drafting and negotiating transaction and financing documents across buy-side and sell-side mandates.
  • Solid grounding in corporate law, including entity formation, corporate governance, and corporate recordkeeping across one or more relevant jurisdictions.
  • Strong legal judgment and confidence in making decisions independently in a fast-moving transaction environment.
  • Experience handling cross-border transactions and navigating multi-jurisdictional legal considerations is meritorious.
  • Experience with regulatory matters, including competition law, foreign investment review, or financial regulation relevant to M&A and financing, is meritorious.
  • Your focus is on achieving meaningful business outcomes, translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice delivered at pace.
  • You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment and are comfortable managing multiple live transactions and corporate matters simultaneously across different time zones.
  • You take initiative and are committed to delivering high-quality results, even under tight deal timelines.

Nice to have

  • Additional language skills are meritorious.
  • Experience with regulatory matters, including competition law, foreign investment review, or financial regulation relevant to M&A and financing, is meritorious.
  • Experience handling cross-border transactions and navigating multi-jurisdictional legal considerations is meritorious.
  • You have a keen interest in AI and legal tech, and are eager to learn and apply these tools to M&A and corporate workflows in real-world settings.

What the JD emphasized

  • high degree of independence
  • operate across multiple time zones
  • partnering closely with senior stakeholders
  • managing complex legal and commercial risk
  • strong legal judgment
  • curiosity, problem-solving, and a proactive mindset
  • achieving meaningful business outcomes
  • translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice delivered at pace
  • thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment
  • comfortable managing multiple live transactions and corporate matters simultaneously across different time zones
  • take initiative
  • committed to delivering high-quality results
  • tight deal timelines