Corporate/Commercial Lawyer

Job Purpose

The IWG head office legal team plays a key role in delivering commercial and legal advice across the world. We now seek to appoint a talented lawyer who can readily integrate into this energetic and creative working environment. Reporting to the General Counsel, Corporate and Commercial, and working closely with management across all areas of the business, you will advise on a variety of legal and commercial affairs across the Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Structuring and negotiating corporate real estate, M&A and other commercial transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures and major client agreements
• Advising on related commercial, intellectual property, real estate, employment matters and intra-group structuring
• Working either autonomously or in multidisciplinary teams, it is essential that you are commercially astute and are capable of managing risk, with the ability to resolve complex matters involving multiple interests
• Able to quickly gain the trust of stakeholders through the ability to advise in a calm and diplomatic fashion
• You will be a UK qualified lawyer with at least six years’ post qualified experience gained from a leading law firm and/or a similar international company

Reflecting the changing nature of our business, the IWG legal team works with a high degree of flexibility and we can offer you plenty of autonomy and breadth of responsibility within our fast-paced environment.

About the company

IWG is the global operator of leading workspace providers with 3,400 locations across 128 countries. Our companies help more than 2.5 million people and their businesses to work more productively. We do so by providing a choice of professional, inspiring and collaborative workspaces, communities and services.

Digitalization and new technologies are transforming the world of work. People want the personal productivity benefits of living and working how and where they want. Businesses want the financial and strategic benefits. Our customers are start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large multinationals. With unique business goals, people and aspirations. They want workspaces and communities to match their needs. They want choice.

We provide that choice through our diverse workspace brands, Regus, Spaces, HQ, Signature and No18, together with our global network of thousands of locations located in every business hub on the planet.  We create personal, financial and strategic value for businesses of every size. All of them harness the power of flexible working to increase their productivity, efficiency, agility and market proximity. 

Carbon Neutral Workplaces

IWG’s purpose of helping everyone have a great day at work, while protecting people and the planet is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to supply all of our customers worldwide with carbon neutral workplaces, and we have a strong climate action plan in place to help us achieve our objective of Net Zero emissions by 2040.

Leading Employer Award
IWG is proud to be the recipient of a Leading Employer Award in both 2022 and 2023. Awarded exclusively to the top 1% of employers, the accolade is testament to our diverse global workforce and the role everyone plays in bringing our purpose, culture and values to life, every single day. 

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