Funds Senior Associate

Funds Senior Associate (5 PQE). This Top 20, high regarded international firm are looking to strengthen their Funds practice with a high calibre Senior Associate hire. This fund and asset management practice is considered one of the most well-regarded and you will benefit from great strengths within fund formation work in particular.

The Firm

Considered one of the world's leading professional services businesses this firm is the proud recipients of multiple accolades across the Legal 500, Chambers, Times, Financial Times, and Thomas Reuters as well as numerous other publications. This Top 20 law firm has been mentioned as the law firm of the year, as well as a highly regarded firm within Energy, Financial, Corporate, TMT, Employment, Litigation, Construction to name a few.

Considered one of the most prestigious firms outside the magic circle firms and considered an elite litigation practice they have a number of key clients and large institutions to their client portfolio. This firm has grown through a mixture of natural growth and amalgamation of leading practices from the world; however, it has never lost its core values.

Their vision for 2020 and the next decade is clear cut and this firm has no plans on slowing down on their growth. With this comes every opportunity for a vast arrange of international work and international secondments. Considered one of the big tech firms you will never be far away from the vast growing tech empires within the legal sphere.

The Role

This is a fantastic position for a Funds Associate (5 PQE) to join this leading Top 20 International practice within their City of London office.

This funds team is highly regarded and they are ranked highly across Listed, Private and Real Estate Funds. The group advise some of the world's best known financial institutions on their fund raising activity and fund investment programmes - working in everything from tech-start ups to major infrastructure projects.

• The core areas of the practice is Private Funds (fund formation and fundraising work (acting for general partners and managers) for private equity, as well as infrastructure and private debt funds. Also, regularly advising on secondary transactions, an area of growth with the private equity funds space)
• Closed-ended listed funds - working with matters that cover IPO's on the premium segment of the main market, the specialist fund segment and the AIM Market, secondary issues, reorganisations and M&A - acting for London investment funds, their managers and their financial sponsors. This firm are market leaders in direct lending funds/listed alternative credit strategies.
• Real Estate Funds - covering both real estate investment trusts (REITs) and private funds utlising limited partnership, unit trust and corporate structures globally.
• As well as this, GP Led secondaries, liquidity and risk management and company filing regulations.

Requirements

• You will be a 4 - 5 PQE solicitor (candidates can be considered with less experience, but for a more Senior position)
• You will have worked within a respectable funds private practice or in-house team
• Ability to work on complex funds matters as well as having a strong understanding within this space

This is a fantastic position for a Funds Associate 5 PQE to join this leading Top 20 International practice within their City of London office.

Apply now for consideration, or alternatively please contact us for a confidential conversation around this position and other funds positions currently active