Company description

In recent years, Nonzerosum has provided legal support to companies of various scales and in a wide variety of sectors. This focus gives us an edge in drawing out the right legal profiles and selecting the appropriate candidate for that crucial position in the organisation.

Here, our network within the legal world and our 3 operating pillars at Nonzerosum provides the right complementarity to attract the most suitable candidates.

More about Nonzerosum

Our client is a premier law firm with an exclusive focus on entrepreneurship, serving leading entrepreneurs, venture capital and private equity investors and innovative companies. They are looking for an outstanding associate with 4-7 years of relevant corporate experience, particularly in the field of mergers & acquisitions, private equity, capital raisings, restructurings, and investments and divestments of portfolio companies. Excellent knowledge of Dutch and English are required.

Tasks

You will be primarily involved in the following activities:

Structuring, drafting, and negotiating a variety of corporate and venture capital transactions
Preparing and reviewing asset purchase agreements
Drafting and negotiating partnering agreements such as shareholders’ agreements, subscription agreements, and joint ventures
Advising founders, companies, and boards of directors on a wide range of operational matters and strategic transactions
Providing ongoing legal support to clients across all stages of growth

Profile

You have obtained a Master degree in Law at a Belgian university and have superior academic credentials, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
You like to be focused on complex corporate and venture capital transactions.
The ability to independently manage projects and client relationships and collaborate with others is proper to you.
You have great work ethics, excellent communication skills and you excel in a fast-paced environment.
Teamwork is essential

Offer

A challenging and diversified corporate and venture capital practice that offers boundless opportunities for those lawyers who aspire a challenging and rewarding career.
A structured yet flexible environment, emphasizing the development of excellent legal skills and real world problem-solving, while encouraging to build important long term internal and external business relationships.
An excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and entrepreneurial lawyer to help build the firm’s growing practices.
You have the flexibility to choose your primary work location: full-time in Antwerp, 3 days a week in Hasselt, or to a lesser extent at the Ghent office.