Mid-level Private Equity Associate - London, United Kingdom - Clifford Chance LLP

Clifford Chance LLP

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Job Overview

Our global Private Equity group lies at the heart of the Firm's business strategy and, in London, the group sits at the hub of our Corporate practice.

It offers unparalleled opportunities to work on the most high-profile and market-leading mandates.

The group advises an impressive range of clients, covering a wide variety of financial sponsors (including many leading international private equity houses, infrastructure and other investment funds, banks and other financial institutions), their portfolio companies and management teams.

The group is supported by the Firm's integrated network of offices (providing the largest geographic coverage of any single law firm) as well as expertise in other key complementary practice areas (including acquisition finance, capital markets, funds and regulatory) and industry sectors to offer clients unrivalled strength and depth of resource.

Our global team is best known for our capacity to lead on PE transactions of any nature and anywhere in the world.

Having been leaders in PE since its inception 40 years ago and with over 700 private equity lawyers across our offices, the diversity of our clients and product areas, the geographies we work in, and our wider industry knowledge gives us a global perspective on private equity trends and issues.

We continue to be recognised by leading industry bodies for our market leading work with some of the the largest global PE houses choosing to repeatedly work with us.

Over the past 12 months, our London private equity team has advised the following PE clients on multiple deals: Ardian, Carlyle, Cinven, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, CVC, Davidson Kempner, Elliott, EQT, KKR, ONEX, PAI Partners, Partners Group, Permira, Rivean Capital, TPG.

Recent Awards include:

Chambers Infrastructure (UK)
Legal Infrastructure (UK)
Chambers Private Equity (UK)

Below is a sample list of our notable PE Deals:

Partners Group on its transaction to increase its equity stake in Swiss watchmaker Breitling
CD&R portfolio company WSH on their acquisition of Notes Coffee
Blackstone on the merger of its portfolio company The Office Group (TOG) with Fora
PE bidder on its proposed acquisition of Fedrigoni, the Italian paper manufacturer, from Bain Capital
Onex on its acquisition of Independent Clinical Services from TowerBrook Capital
CVC and Cinven on their acquisition of the NewDay Group for £1.1 billion

Who you will work with

The lawyers in our Private Equity group are at the centre of market leading transactions, not only as legal advisers but working closely with clients at a strategic and business level.

The entrepreneurial nature of the Private Equity deals that we work on requires lawyers with a unique blend of specialist skills.

In today's challenging market environment, we play a key role to our clients as a strategic adviser, requiring practical, commercially minded legal advice to help them and their portfolio companies respond swiftly and effectively to the challenges and opportunities they face.

What you will be responsible for

As an associate in our leading practice, you will work at the forefront of the market across a diverse range of deals.

You will be part of team that offers cutting edge advice complemented by unrivalled quality of service, experience, and training.

We advise on all aspects of private equity transactions, including:

Investments, whether by way of private acquisitions, public company takeovers, minority investments or joint ventures.
Exits, whether by way of trade sale, IPO or dual track.
Ongoing work for portfolio companies, including add-on acquisitions, asset sales, refinancing and restructurings

What you will do

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Being an integral member of the deal team on transactions, leading key workstreams on large transactions and potentially even running smaller transactions (depending on your precise level and experience).
Drafting legal documents clearly and concisely, creating solutions using legal knowledge and commercial judgement to advise and support leading multinational corporates.
Developing relationships with clients and actively engaging in business development and thought leadership initiatives and seeking out opportunities for new work.
You will have exposure to work which often involves complex, high value matters that frequently headline in the business press.
As you grow in experience, you will have extensive client contact both as part of your daily working routine as well as having the opportunity to develop new client contacts.
You will develop an unbeatable multidisciplinary skill set as well as client facing skills whilst working with some of the bestknown market leaders in their respective practice areas.

Your career experience so far

You will have strong, relevant M&A transactional experience as a midlevel lawyer, probably gained at a City firm, or at an overseas common law practice with a highly regard