M&a Associate - London, United Kingdom - Clifford Chance LLP

Clifford Chance LLP

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2 weeks ago

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JR-564- London

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Permanent

Job Description:

The Role
Our M&A practice is among a small group of elite firms at the top of the market.

What makes us one of the most respected international practices is our client base, the mandates we win, our industry expertise, as well as our reputation for creating value for clients and investing in relationships.

We advise our clients, who are among the world's leading companies, on the full range of public and private transactions from complex multi-billion-pound cross-border deals, strategic joint ventures, major divestments and demergers, through to unsolicited takeover approaches, defence strategies and governance issues.

Our clients come to us for complex, multi-jurisdictional and strategic advice. They also come to us because we are solutions-oriented and our service is consistent all around the world.

We have a strong sector focus that allows us to provide clients with a coherent offering that addresses all of their legal requirements, combined with deep regulatory and market understanding.

Our UK Corporate practice provides our clients with a single law firm that combines a market leading global practice with specialist, UK local expertise.

Who you will work with

Our clients include many of the world's leading public and private corporations, investment banks and financial institutions, governments and international bodies.

Our unique service offering to clients is our top tier strength across M&A, private equity, antitrust, IP and funds alongside the deep corporate client base, combined with unrivalled strength and depth of expertise across practice areas and around our network.

We advise our clients on strategic corporate and M&A work, both domestic and international, with a particular focus on large, complex, cross-border transactions.

Our work spans Europe, the Middle East and Africa and includes significant numbers of US and China outbound deals.

This award-winning team comprises of 15 partners and 38 associates (who sit within a wider corporate team which includes private equity, FIG, Tech Digital, antitrust and other specialisms).

Clients cite that they're "very collaborative, excellent technically and get to the right outcome. They really understand the commercial implications of their advice and the workability of their recommendations.". They are "always responsive and maintain outstanding service levels from start to finish".

Chambers UK 2023:
Corporate/M&A.

Our awards include:

International law firm of the year
IFLR Europe Awards ceremony 2023, Corporate Team of the Year (The Lawyer Awards 2020); Corporate Team of the Year (Legal Business Awards 2020).

You will be working with a broad range of clients and the firm's other teams and practice areas, not only in London, but across the globe.

What you will be responsible for

As an Associate in our M&A team, you will be working on some of the world's largest and most complex M&A transactions.

Our lawyers provide a seamless integrated service across our network of offices and across different areas of expertise including public takeovers, private M&A, private equity transactions, joint ventures, restructurings, rights issues & secondary issues and advisory work.

You will provide legal and commercial expertise predominantly on complex M&A transactions, large scale re-organisations and joint venture arrangements as well as corporate advisory work; across a wide range of sectors including financial services, CG&R (commercial goods & retail), healthcare, industrials, natural resources, real estate, aviation and technology.

You will be working as part of cross-border and interdisciplinary teams to advise on corporate finance activities, ensuring compliance with local laws and business requirements.

You will be developing relationships with clients and actively engaging in business development and thought leadership initiatives and seeking out opportunities for new work.

You will be drafting legal documents clearly and concisely, creating solutions using legal knowledge and commercial judgement to advise and support leading multi-national corporates.

Qualifications:

Your Experience

You will have a solid background in corporate work, gained at a City firm, or at an overseas common law practice with a highly regarded profile.

We are looking for Associates who are able to think outside the box to create bespoke solutions for our clients' objectives.

You will have had proven M&A experience of advising complex international clients.

You will be expected to demonstrate both specific (and preferably high-value) corporate finance and M&A experience; and experience in organising and managing transactions.

An outstanding academic history and proven first rate legal skills, combined with a strong reputation amongst existing clients for providing commercial solutions, excellent transactional and managements skills, and be recognised as a lawyer that is sought