Corporate Lawyers

THE FIRM

With one of the largest teams of lawyers in the South outside London, this firm is independently recognised as one of the UK's leading national law firms building deep relationships with clients, whose satisfaction with its services is the true measure of their success.

THE ROLES

Two new positions exist for technically strong, personable and ambitious lawyers, at the NQ and 1pqe+ levels, looking to pursue a career in corporate finance in the long term with one of the top corporate finance practices in the South East outside London.

The corporate finance team is part of the company commercial group, one of the main lawyer groups within the firm.

In addition to corporate finance the group has specialist teams in banking and finance, commercial and competition.

The company commercial group is one of the largest practices in the South East outside London and is rated in the top tiers of both Chambers and Legal 500. Nine of the group's lawyers are recommended by the principal legal directories as leaders in their field.

Clients include mid tier businesses (quoted and owner-managed), household name PLCs and other major international groups, and high net worth private clients.

The work of the team is diverse but key areas are:

Mergers and Acquisitions (both buy side and sell side)

Venture capital and private equity (sponsor and management team roles)

Fundraising and equity and capital markets

Joint ventures

General corporate advisory

Accelerated M & A, restructuring and insolvency

Often cases have an international flavour and the team frequently works with law firms in other jurisdictions.

ABOUT YOU

Candidates should have drive and an enthusiasm for a broad diet of corporate finance work but experience in all of the above areas is not required and all team members have areas of greater specialisation with the opportunity to become a "go to" lawyer in areas of particular interest.

An appetite for business development will be a definite advantage.

Successful candidates are also likely to be strong team players with good inter-personal skills, to have strong academics and high quality experience - typically with a major City or leading national/regional practice - and to possess excellent communication and negotiation skills. First-class support and learning and development opportunities are provided and early responsibility is offered.

This is one of most profitable firms in the south of England, providing excellent long term career opportunities for ambitious candidates who aspire to partnership.

They aim to reward Associates with market leading salaries (outside London), and a comprehensive package of benefits.

Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience required. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill this kind of work.