Corporate Solicitor / Associate - 2+ PQE
The Role
We are seeking two technically strong, personable and ambitious Solicitors to join our highly regarded client's corporate team in the South. As a Corporate Solicitor, you will be part of a dynamic team that delivers high-quality and diverse corporate transactional and advisory work.
The corporate team covers a broad range of areas, including:
* Private M&A (both buy side and sell side)
* Private equity (principally management advisory and portfolio work)
* High growth companies / shareholders agreements and articles / equity fundraising
* Corporate rationalisations / reorganisations
* General corporate advisory
* Partnership law
* Inward investment and cross border
The team is supported by specialists in tax, employment, immigration and pensions, real estate, banking and finance, regulatory and anti-trust, intellectual property and commercial. Our clients are multinational, based overseas or have international business interests, and we frequently work with overseas law firms.
Clients include mid-tier businesses, household name PLCs and other major international groups, high-net-worth private clients and high growth companies.
The team has advised on deals with an aggregate value of approximately £3bn over the past 12 months.
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates should have drive and enthusiasm for a broad diet of corporate work. While experience in all areas is not required, successful candidates will have strong academics and some relevant experience. They will also be strong team players with good interpersonal skills and an appetite to develop into a rounded and commercially focused business adviser.
The Opportunity
Our practice has around 160 lawyers, comprising a healthy blend of home-grown talent and lawyers who have chosen to join from the City and leading national/regional law firms. We offer first-class support and learning and development opportunities, as well as early responsibility for those ready and able to take it on.
The Corporate team was recently recognised as the only non-City/non-US firm shortlisted for "M&A team of the year (medium-sized deal)" at the British Legal Awards. The team has also been the winner of "Corporate Law Firm of the Year" at the Insider South East Dealmakers Awards six times in the last 12 years.
We are a firm that values flexibility and offers working policies to facilitate fully flexible working. Our team is committed to bringing out the best in our lawyers and providing a supportive environment for them to thrive.