Private Equity Solicitor 2-3PQE

Silver Circle Firm
Private Equity
Associate 2-3PQE
London

This established City firm is regularly sought out by well-known corporates for their full-service capabilities. Working across a range of sectors including pharmaceuticals, media, financial and professional services, and retail for advice on large cross-border deals. With a strong international network, they are able to provide the best services for their clients in each jurisdiction. The firm boasts an entrepreneurial range of services, operating in both the public and private markets, as well as a strong independent culture, which is both challenging and supportive, allowing their employees to thrive.

Acting for a roll call of leading mid-market firms, the team's far-reaching sponsor-side activity ranges from big-ticket buyouts and divestitures to secondary transactions and continuation fund deals. The Private Equity team are market leading, with a long-standing reputation, having done Private Equity since the early days of the firm, advising private equity sponsors, management teams, and portfolio companies on the full spectrum of private equity matters.

As part of the role you can expect gain exposure to high quality mid-market Private Equity transactions including fund formation, private equity house internal governance and management matters, regulatory matters, tax structuring, leveraged buy-outs, acquisition finance, management teams, secondaries, growth and venture investment.

To be successful in your application, you will:

• Be a UK qualified lawyer with 2-3 years' PQE.
• Have private equity experience from a top-tier international or city practice.
• Have strong academic qualifications.
• Be ambitious, with a genuine commitment to develop their professional and legal skills and the profile of the team.
• Be articulate and confident to deliver at the highest standard within a team of highly competent associates at the top of their game.
• Be able to fit in well within a friendly and collegiate team.

Please apply as directed or confidentially contact Aidan McAvinue at Search Legal for more information. Alternatively, if this role is not for you, I am working a variety of other corporate opportunities with ranked teams in the City London so would be interested to talk to any corporate lawyer.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.