Senior Corporate M&A Associate

Do you want to work for one of the world’s leading law firms?

This highly regarded law firm advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe.

The Opportunity

• The Lawyers provide clients with market-leading legal advice on their most important commercial transactions, including significant cross-border mergers and acquisitions, ground-breaking projects, complex capital markets fundraisings, financial regulation, inward investment, governance and risk management for companies' boards and corporate tax advice.
• Clients include the world's leading corporates, banks, financial buyers, governments and public sector bodies.
• The firm are one of the leading corporate legal advisers to FTSE-listed companies and are regularly ranked 1st by Adviser Rankings for a number of clients listed on FTSE100, FTSE250 and AIM.

Primary Objectives:

• Deliver excellent client service and make an effective contribution to the firm’s work by aiming to meet and exceed target hours.
• Take responsibility for the delivery and quality of legal work and transaction management.
• Act as a role model and contribute to the development of junior lawyers.
• Take steps to build a strong reputation in the market and internally and contribute to non-legal firm initiatives and projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, delegate, and manage work - lead on client matters, including negotiation and the preparation of proposals, estimates and pitches; delegate work to juniors, supervising the team to support optimal utilisation; keep partner(s) informed and assist partners to monitor and control progress against agreed objectives, scope, timelines and budgets.
• Manage client relationships - regularly engage with client and keep informed of progress; ensure all compliance and risk management processes are followed; propose fees and manage client expectations as to cost, quality and time; and seek opportunities for new work with existing and new clients.
• Comply with risk requirements, firm policies and all relevant professional responsibilities and legislation and contribute to billing, engagement and client acceptance processes.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Qualified / admitted legal practitioner in a relevant international jurisdiction.
• 4-6 years' PQE in corporate M&A, however we are open to considering candidates with more or less experience.
• Solid legal skills, including drafting, negotiation and project management skills; good people management and business development skills.

If you are interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Samuel Disley Joyson for a confidential discussion.

Our advertisements use salary and experience as a guide only. Interlink Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer.

*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful.