Corporate Associate
Location: London
Salary: £75,000 to £110,000, depending on experience
Job type: Permanent, full-time
Sector: UK Legal Practice
Practice area: Corporate Law
The Opportunity
A leading UK law firm is seeking a Corporate Associate to join its established London team.
You will advise a broad corporate client base on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, Corporate Finance and Private Equity transactions.
The position combines high-quality technical work with direct client contact, commercial development and involvement in the continued growth of the Corporate team.
This opportunity would suit a Corporate Solicitor who enjoys taking ownership of transactions, building trusted client relationships and contributing to business-development activity.
Key Responsibilities
You will:
- Advise clients on a broad range of Corporate Law matters
- Support and manage mergers and acquisitions
- Work on joint ventures and Private Equity transactions
- Draft and negotiate share purchase agreements
- Draft articles of association and shareholders’ agreements
- Understand client objectives and manage transactions against agreed timetables
- Provide clear, concise and commercially relevant advice
- Build effective relationships with clients, intermediaries and colleagues
- Maintain current technical knowledge of relevant legal and policy developments
- Contribute to seminars, articles, client bulletins and tender presentations
- Attend networking events with clients and professional intermediaries
- Support the wider development and marketing of the Corporate team
About You
You should have:
- Recent Corporate transactional experience within a UK Legal Practice
- Practical experience advising on mergers and acquisitions
- Exposure to Corporate Finance, joint ventures or Private Equity transactions
- Strong drafting experience across SPAs, shareholders’ agreements and articles of association
- The ability to provide technically accurate and commercially practical advice
- Confidence managing matters to demanding timescales
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- The ability to build effective client and intermediary relationships
- A collaborative approach to working across a wider team and firm
- An interest in business development, networking and client growth
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, electronic time recording and document-management systems
Applications may be considered from Corporate Solicitors at different PQE levels where the required transactional experience and technical capability can be demonstrated.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Varied Corporate transactional work
- Exposure to M&A, joint ventures and Private Equity
- Direct client and intermediary contact
- Opportunity to develop technical and commercial knowledge
- Active involvement in seminars, articles and networking
- Scope to contribute to the growth of an established Corporate team
- Long-term development within a leading UK Legal Practice
Working arrangements, office expectations and the complete benefits package will be discussed during the recruitment process.
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