Job description
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Employer: International Law Firm
Summary:
Our client is an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Their Corporate Team is ranked as Band 1 in Chambers for mid-market M&A, though they also often work on transactions opposite Magic Circle and leading US firms.
You can expect a collaborative and supportive culture, with a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all-around performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Clear, concise and unambiguous preparation and drafting of corporate and transaction documentation.
- Negotiation of transaction documents and provision of commercially-minded legal advice as an integral part of our clients’ deal team.
- Liaison with clients, specialist lawyers and other service providers in managing transactions.
- Building excellent working relationships with clients and peers within the firm.
- Developing own informal internal and external network of contacts.
- Participating in and contributing to business development and profile-raising events such as client seminars and graduate recruitment activities.
- Conducting legal research using internal and external knowledge management resources.
Role Requirements:
- Mid-level experience qualified lawyer, 4-5 years PQE.
- Background in a firm with an excellent corporate reputation and a broad range of transactional experience.
- Strong private M&A skills.
- Strong technical abilities.
- Ability and desire to work within a growing, ambitious and entrepreneurial team.
- Ability to acquire, consolidate and apply fundamental and up-to-date knowledge of the law.
- Organised and able to work to strict deadlines with the ability to prioritise realistically.
- Cooperative and collaborative in approach and able to develop excellent working relationships at all levels and within all roles.
- Exhibits an understanding of the Firm’s position in the market and how it distinguishes its services from its competitors.
- Excellent academic and professional qualifications.
