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Law student with extensive paralegal experience
William Jay
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London, United Kingdom
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William is a future trainee solicitor with extensive paralegal experience. He is skilled in project management and written communication with a love of process driven work.
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United Kingdom
Industries
Language
English
Fluently
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Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2019 - 2020
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Legal Assistant
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (UK) LLP.
UK
Sole paralegal to the sole syndicated and leveraged finance partner in London and key point of contact for the New York banking team. The teams advise sponsors, portfolio companies, banks and credit funds. Indicative transactions are as follows.
• Completion of a $1 billion NY law leveraged buyout:
◦ English counsel to major US bank in relation to the preparation and delivery of the English law conditions precedent to the syndicated facility agreement relating to the buyout.
◦ Responsibilities included: drafting company search reports on the 30 English obligors for team; negotiating changes to the English obligors' articles of association; drafting and negotiating corporate authorisations and director's certificates in relation to the same.
• Structural change to €667m secured syndicated facilities agreement:
◦ Lead counsel to a portfolio company--and its subsidiaries in 13 different jurisdictions--of a top-tier sponsor in relation to the negotiation and documentation of a new facility B2 term loan and a financial covenant holiday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
◦ Responsibilities included: drafting certain sections of the primary finance documentation (including consent letters) and guarantee confirmation agreements; drafting the utilisation request; drafting and negotiating the corporate authorisations and director's certificates of the obligors; project management of the delivery of the other conditions precedent and conditions subsequent (including the execution of security confirmation agreements); and post-completion matters such as building the e-bible and arranging the delivery of perfection requirements under the security confirmation agreements.
Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP London, UK
Sept. 2021
Training Contract
• Offer made following a vacation scheme in June 2019.
June 2019 (2 weeks)
Vacation Scheme
• Private debt placements: prepared executed versions of transaction documentation; drafted responses to client questions.
• Funds: filled out Companies House forms and drafted board minutes, shareholder resolutions and partnership agreements in relation to the formation of a fund structure.
• Acquisition finance: drafted a company search report in relation to a guarantor company using information held on the Companies House website.
• Commercial: drafted note in relation to the use of cookies; project management in relation to an update to a client's template commercial contracts.
Sole paralegal to the sole syndicated and leveraged finance partner in London and key point of contact for the New York banking team. The teams advise sponsors, portfolio companies, banks and credit funds. Indicative transactions are as follows.
• Completion of a $1 billion NY law leveraged buyout:
◦ English counsel to major US bank in relation to the preparation and delivery of the English law conditions precedent to the syndicated facility agreement relating to the buyout.
◦ Responsibilities included: drafting company search reports on the 30 English obligors for team; negotiating changes to the English obligors' articles of association; drafting and negotiating corporate authorisations and director's certificates in relation to the same.
• Structural change to €667m secured syndicated facilities agreement:
◦ Lead counsel to a portfolio company--and its subsidiaries in 13 different jurisdictions--of a top-tier sponsor in relation to the negotiation and documentation of a new facility B2 term loan and a financial covenant holiday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
◦ Responsibilities included: drafting certain sections of the primary finance documentation (including consent letters) and guarantee confirmation agreements; drafting the utilisation request; drafting and negotiating the corporate authorisations and director's certificates of the obligors; project management of the delivery of the other conditions precedent and conditions subsequent (including the execution of security confirmation agreements); and post-completion matters such as building the e-bible and arranging the delivery of perfection requirements under the security confirmation agreements.
Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP London, UK
Sept. 2021
Training Contract
• Offer made following a vacation scheme in June 2019.
June 2019 (2 weeks)
Vacation Scheme
• Private debt placements: prepared executed versions of transaction documentation; drafted responses to client questions.
• Funds: filled out Companies House forms and drafted board minutes, shareholder resolutions and partnership agreements in relation to the formation of a fund structure.
• Acquisition finance: drafted a company search report in relation to a guarantor company using information held on the Companies House website.
• Commercial: drafted note in relation to the use of cookies; project management in relation to an update to a client's template commercial contracts.
Project Management, Contracts, Training, Management, Finance, Security, Banking, Website, Paralegal, Search, Contracts, Transactions
2018 - 2019
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Sole in-house paralegal to Centaur Media PLC's Head
Centaur Media PLC.
London, UK
Share-sales of four companies within the Centaur Media PLC group to four different purchasers for aggregate proceeds of £21.75m
• Sole in-house paralegal to Centaur Media PLC's Head of Legal and key point of contact for the seller's in-house deal team.
• Responsibilities included: liaising with business stakeholders to collate documents for the seller's virtual data room; drafting responses to due diligence enquiries from purchasers; project management of due diligence and disclosure process; liaising with the seller's legal advisors, attending physical signing and completion meetings with Dechert and reviewing signature pages; ad hoc post-completion tasks.
Group restructuring
• Sole in-house paralegal to Centaur Media PLC's Head of Legal in relation to all legal matters concerning the restructuring of 14 UK subsidiaries which involved a refinancing of the group's credit facility.
• Responsibilities included assisting the seller's legal advisors to populate assets schedules for intra-group asset transfer agreements; finalising ancillary document including board minutes and shareholder resolutions; management of the physical signing and completion meetings; and post-completion tasks such as redrafting template commercial contracts, drafting notifications to data subjects and liaising with Bird & Bird, the company's IP advisors.
Share-sales of four companies within the Centaur Media PLC group to four different purchasers for aggregate proceeds of £21.75m
• Sole in-house paralegal to Centaur Media PLC's Head of Legal and key point of contact for the seller's in-house deal team.
• Responsibilities included: liaising with business stakeholders to collate documents for the seller's virtual data room; drafting responses to due diligence enquiries from purchasers; project management of due diligence and disclosure process; liaising with the seller's legal advisors, attending physical signing and completion meetings with Dechert and reviewing signature pages; ad hoc post-completion tasks.
Group restructuring
• Sole in-house paralegal to Centaur Media PLC's Head of Legal in relation to all legal matters concerning the restructuring of 14 UK subsidiaries which involved a refinancing of the group's credit facility.
• Responsibilities included assisting the seller's legal advisors to populate assets schedules for intra-group asset transfer agreements; finalising ancillary document including board minutes and shareholder resolutions; management of the physical signing and completion meetings; and post-completion tasks such as redrafting template commercial contracts, drafting notifications to data subjects and liaising with Bird & Bird, the company's IP advisors.
Project Management, Contracts, Due Diligence, Management, Sales, PLC, Paralegal, Contracts
My education
2020
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2021
University of Law
N/a, N/a
N/a, N/a
2017
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2018
Kings College
Masters, Law of International Finance
Masters, Law of International Finance
2009
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2014
London School of Economics
Second Class Honours, N/a
Second Class Honours, N/a
Cranleigh School
Secondary, English Literature
Secondary, English Literature
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