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# Legal Transformation Lead Luxembourg, Luxembourg London, United Kingdom Oct. 09, 2026

- **Company:** Alter Domus
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics
- **Published:** October 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3136cc1a238559a0

## About the Role

This is not a conventional in-house counsel role. The successful candidate will combine strong transactional legal skills with the commercial mindset and program management capability of a business transformation leader., * Qualified lawyer with 6-10+ years' post-qualification experience, ideally with a mix of private practice (M&A / corporate) and in-house

 * Proven track record of leading M&A transactions end-to-end, including due diligence, documentation and post-completion integration
 * Experience in financial services - understanding of fund administration, capital markets or asset management structures is strongly preferred
 * Demonstrated ability to design and implement processes, systems or change programs within a legal or operational context
 * Strong data literacy - comfortable building and interpreting metrics, dashboards and management reports
 * Excellent program and project management skills - able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
 * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills - credible at both Board level and with operational teams

Desirable

 * Experience operating across civil law and common law jurisdictions (particularly Luxembourg, Ireland, UK)
 * Familiarity with legal technology platforms (e.g., CLM, matter management, e-billing tools)
 * Exposure to regulatory approval processes in connection with M&A in financial services (CSSF, CBI, FCA)
 * Experience working in or alongside a PE-backed or high-growth financial services business

## Description

M&A and Corporate Transactions

 * Lead legal workstreams on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, liftouts, and corporate restructurings across the group, coordinating internal teams and external counsel from mandate through to completion
 * Conduct and manage legal due diligence on target entities, including review of fund administration contracts, DCM documentation, regulatory authorisations, employment arrangements and material agreements
 * In line with outside counsel, review and negotiate transaction documentation including SPAs, shareholders' agreements, merger protocols and ancillary documents
 * Manage post-completion integration from a legal perspective - entity rationalisation, contract novation, regulatory notifications and transition service agreements
 * Brief the Group Head of Legal and Board on transaction risk, legal structuring options and deal timeline
Legal Transformation and Change Management

 * Lead the legal transformation program - defining the roadmap, prioritizing initiatives and driving execution across the legal team, coordinating with all legal verticals and, in particular, the Head of

Legal Quality Control

 * Help design and implement standardized processes, workflows and intake models for legal service delivery across all business lines
 * Evaluate, select and implement legal technology solutions (contract lifecycle management, matter management, e-billing, AI-enabled tools) in partnership with IT and operations
 * Drive adoption of new tools and processes through training, communication and stakeholder engagement across the legal team and the wider business
 * Identify opportunities to right-source legal work - optimizing the balance between in-house delivery, external counsel and alternative legal service providers
 * Champion a data-driven, continuous improvement culture within the legal team
 * Act as the legal team's primary interface with Lines of Business, Finance and Technology on shared transformation initiatives

Legal Metrics, Reporting and Performance Management

 * Design and own the legal team's KPI and metrics framework - tracking matter volumes, turnaround times, outside counsel spend, contract cycle times, regulatory filings and team capacity
 * Build and maintain dashboards and management reports for the legal team and senior leadership, providing real-time visibility into legal team performance and risk exposure
 * Produce regular board reporting on legal matters, M&A pipeline, key risks and transformation progress
 * Identify and report on trends and systemic issues arising from legal data - feeding insights back into process improvement and resource planning