Role: Corporate Finance Associate (2-4 PQE)
Location: London
About Our Client: With 8 offices worldwide, including their headquarters in London, our client is a distinguished law firm committed to achieving the goals of clients globally. The firm offers a seamless international service, combining deep local insight with extensive expertise across various practice areas, including corporate, commercial litigation and arbitration, employment, finance, marine and international trade, and real estate and projects. They assemble teams of bright thinkers to deliver pragmatic, expert advice tailored to the real world, emphasizing diversity to attract top talent and provide high-calibre advice.
The Opportunity: Join our client's ambitious Corporate Finance team, ranked Band 1 in Chambers for mid-market M&A, yet also working on transactions with Magic Circle and leading US firms. The team is seeking a 2-4 year PQE associate with experience in private M&A transactions, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations. You will receive early responsibility and involvement in business growth, within a collaborative and supportive culture that values performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and draft clear, concise corporate and transaction documentation.
- Negotiate transaction documents and provide commercially-minded legal advice as part of the client’s deal team.
- Liaise with clients, specialist lawyers, and service providers to manage transactions.
- Build excellent working relationships with clients and peers within the firm.
- Develop a network of internal and external contacts.
- Participate in and contribute to business development and profile-raising events such as client seminars and graduate recruitment activities.
- Conduct legal research using internal and external knowledge management resources.
Candidate Profile:
- Background in a firm with an excellent corporate reputation and broad transactional experience.
- Strong private M&A skills and technical abilities.
- Ability to work within a growing, ambitious, and entrepreneurial team.
- Capable of acquiring, consolidating, and applying up-to-date legal knowledge.
- Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to work to strict deadlines.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and good housekeeping/file management practices.
- Resilient, cooperative, and collaborative, able to handle setbacks and pressure.
- Proactive, professional, and self-aware, with a commitment to self-development.
- Lateral thinker with an understanding of the firm’s market position and differentiation.
- Excellent academic and professional qualifications.
What We Will Offer: You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and involvement in growing the business. Our client offers a collaborative and supportive culture, with competitive rewards and recognition based on all-round performance, forming part of the internal promise called The Deal.
You Can Expect:
- A competitive salary and a host of family-friendly policies.
- Life assurance, private health, and dental care for you and your family.
- A range of flexible benefits including gym discounts and retail vouchers.
- Tech, cycle, and electric car schemes.
- The opportunity to support the firm's charity through volunteering leave.
- A wellbeing strategy focusing on preventative measures for overall health and support for physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects.
