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About the Role

The Transaction Legal Coordinator (Manager) leads the central legal process function for Debt and Capital Advisory and Transaction Advisory Services teams. This senior role involves coordinating, preparing, and executing transaction documentation, overseeing an Assistant Manager, and serving as the primary point of contact for clients, legal teams, and internal stakeholders. It requires strong legal process knowledge, commercial judgment, and the ability to represent Grant Thornton in direct dialogue with external counterparties.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the Strategic Advisory legal documentation function, managing the full lifecycle of NDAs, release letters, hold harmless letters and related documentation.
• Oversee the work of the Assistant Manager and act as the senior point of contact for deal teams, clients, lenders, and external legal advisers on documentation matters.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex or non-standard documentation issues, applying judgment on mark-ups and managing counterparty positions outside standard templates.
• Build and maintain relationships with AQRM and internal legal teams, serving as the liaison for risk and legal approval workflows.
• Engage directly with counterparty legal teams to negotiate and resolve documentation positions on live transactions.
• Drive process improvement and standardization across the legal documentation function by developing and maintaining templates, trackers, and standard operating procedures.
• Identify and implement improvements to documentation processes and turnaround times, working with deal teams to refine templates and standard operating procedures.
• Provide regular reporting to the Operations Lead on documentation volumes, turnaround times, and service quality.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in a legal, paralegal, or legal process management role with the ability to handle complex and non-standard documentation matters.
• Experience in a financial services professional services environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent matters, prioritize effectively, and maintain accuracy under time pressure.
• Experience advising or coordinating with internal risk, compliance, or legal stakeholders on documentation or approval workflows.
• Strong judgment on when to escalate and when to resolve.
• Confidence to engage directly with counterparty legal teams where required.
• Clear and confident communicator, able to brief senior stakeholders on documentation status and risks without unnecessary jargon.

Skills

• Familiarity with NDA processes, release letters, or duty of care letters in a transaction, financial advisory, or professional services context.
• Experience working in or alongside deal teams on live M&A, debt advisory, or restructuring engagements.
• Exposure to AQRM or equivalent internal risk and legal approval frameworks.
• Experience designing or improving legal process workflows, including templates, trackers, and standard operating procedures.
• Track record of engaging directly with clients and external legal advisers in a transactions or professional services environment.
• Confidence to manage client and external legal adviser relationships independently.

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Flexible working
• Reduced hours
• Job shares

Experience Level

• Manager

Benefits

• Support to balance work and life
• Flexible working options
• Opportunity to contribute to society through secondments, fundraising, or investing in entrepreneurs

About the Company

• Grant Thornton provides audit, tax, and advisory services, empowering clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership.
• With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, Grant Thornton is on an ambitious journey from great to exceptional.
• The firm fosters an inclusive culture where differences are valued and respected, enabling people to perform at their best and realize their potential.
• Grant Thornton's culture is open and accessible, with leaders interested in employees' contributions and unique qualities.
• The firm is purposefully driven, actively curious, and candid but kind, seeking individuals who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas, and go beyond expectations.

Equal Opportunity

• Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people.
• Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.
• Our open and accessible culture means you'll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm.
• The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.