Associate - Pensions (NQ-3PQE)

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognised by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Pensions team in our London office as an Associate.

Responsibilities

The Team: Mayer Brown's Pensions group has lawyers in key business centers across Europe and Asia, offering sophisticated solutions to the most complex issues facing our pensions clients. The team in London acts for pension schemes of all sizes including some of the largest ones. They also act for employers and insurers. The pensions work covers many sectors and types of schemes. Their work includes advising on scheme funding matters, investment funds, pensions risk transfers, end game solutions, benefits design changes, scheme mergers, corporate activity and transactions.

Our market leading finance, corporate, restructuring, insurance and litigation practices work very closely in providing a joined up and holistic service to our trustee and employer clients. Many of our clients are household names covering the retail, finance and electricity/energy sectors. We also advise pension schemes sponsored by trades unions and charities. Our pensions partners encourage our team, whatever level, to be involved in business development activities and we ensure our junior lawyers get face to face client interaction so they gain experience as early as possible. We are a collegiate and inclusive team.

Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes

• A qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) NQ-3 PQE
• Hardworking and committed to developing in the pensions team at Mayer Brown, with a view to career progression.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of handling and resolving technical legal issues.
• A good understanding of and experience in advising in pensions investment products is an advantage.
• Experience in de-risking work is an advantage.
• Excellent people skills and a good, clear communication style.
• Ability to work effectively within an established, close-knit team.
• Demonstrate ability to confidently interact with clients.
• A commercial and pragmatic outlook.
• Have attained degree certificate(s) from a reputed institution, achieving a minimum grade of 2:1 or equivalent.
• Be self-motivated and possess a very pro-active attitude.

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed. Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from varying backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas. One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBTQIA+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Social Inclusion and Opportunities, Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family). We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.