Senior Associate in Corporate
- Recruiter
- Eversheds
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands (GB)
- Posted
- 23 Jul 2015
- Closes
- 31 Jul 2015
- Ref
- 1449102
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Corporate
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
About Eversheds
Our corporate team is highly successful, acting on many of the most complex, strategic and high value transactions in both our local and international markets. Our corporate lawyers are supported by experienced, sector-focused experts to provide an unrivalled and seamless offering.
The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic team, providing world class services to a range of high quality clients operating across a number of sectors. You'll be someone who wants to be the best at what they do; who can handle pressure and enjoys making decisions that will have a real impact on the business. Our firm is all about teamwork and you would be a crucial part of that team - you'll find the work stimulating, the atmosphere dynamic and the results highly satisfying.
The team was described in Chambers as “Market-leading practice in public and private M&A, both in the Midlands and nationally. Impressive stable of clients including some of the region's most active private equity houses as well as large corporates.”
The team’s traditional clients include significant international corporates (Rolls-Royce PLC, BBA Aviation PLC, Severn Trent PLC, Sims Metal), Major national players (HBS Hire Service Group, Abbey Protection, Capita) U.S Corporates (Tyco, Starbucks, Patterson Medical) and leading PE houses (LDC, Living Bridge (ISIS), Equistone, Phoenix, Sovereign)
We are looking for an experienced Associate/Senior Associate to join the corporate team in Birmingham.
Key responsibilities:
The role will primarily involve transactional work in a range of areas covering M&A (public and private and both domestic and international), joint ventures, equity capital markets and private equity. Candidates will demonstrate the ability to play a pivotal role in transactions with evidence of playing a leading role in small and medium sized deals.
You will be required to contribute proactively and enthusiastically to our strategic objectives including via structured business development activities. You will also be expected to develop close working relationships with appropriate office contacts throughout the business both nationally and internationally.
The role will cover the full remit of corporate work including all aspects of client work and relationship management, client generation and business development. You will have the opportunity to leverage off Eversheds unique selling points so far as the local market is concerned, including specialist sector expertise, international capability and a highly developed transaction management approach.
Skills and experience:
You will be able to demonstrate a high level of technical skill and competence and have the ability to take into consideration the commercial impact of your advice when applying technical expertise to decisions.
You will have the ability to manage a significant workload and deal with the competing demands of clients which arise from involvement in a number of separate transactions at once.
You will be able to build great relationships with colleagues you work with in other practice groups and will have experience of supervising junior colleagues.
You are ideally to have 3-8 years post qualification experience to have the required skills for this role. However, we are happy to hear from anyone who believes they have the required skills to be a success.
Key competencies:
You will be able to demonstrate the delivery of excellent client care. Due to the nature of the work in this role, drive, enthusiasm and ability to work well as part of a team are vital.
We’re a modern, progressive law firm. We think differently and we’ve built a culture where individual skills and personalities can shine through. At Eversheds, we believe that innovation comes from having an inclusive culture of genuine equality and diversity and we’re happy to help with any reasonable adjustments you may require in the recruitment process, or once in post.
Eversheds endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Eversheds operates within a preferred supplier list.
Salary range:
Competitive