Ranked International Law Firm
Private Equity
Senior Associate 5-7PQE
London

This award winning international law firm have been accredited as Best Legal Adviser for over a decade for their expertise and client services. The firm specialise in insurance, technology and media, regulatory, commercial and financial disputes and retail and consumer. The firm advise clients ranging from large multinationals, growing corporates, financial institutions and other professional practices.

The firm's thriving corporate team is continuing to build its private equity offering, acting for private equity investors, investee companies and management teams. They advise institutional investors and management teams on all areas of private equity buy-outs, exits and portfolio company M&A. Additionally, they are active for a number of their industry clients with investment/ventures businesses.

With a five partner team in London and Singapore, the team is now acting regularly on private equity driven transactions. They are best known for PE work within the insurance sector, regularly acting on double digit deals each year, and have acted on a number of high profile tech/data deals recently. They act for household brand retailers that are PE backed.

The team are seeking a Senior Associate to help further build the practice. The role would involve acting for private equity sponsors on a range of mid-market and upper mid-market deals, management advisory work and bolt on acquisitions for private equity backed portfolio companies.

The ideal candidate will:

• 5-7 years of PQE, you will be a specialist in private equity with a strong grounding in this area.
• Able to deliver sound legal and commercial solutions and work collaboratively with partners and clients to achieve objectives and provide an outstanding client experience.
• Ability to manage and complete a deal effectively from start to finish.
• Committed to business development to further grow the practice, you will be able to spot and drive commercial opportunities forward.
• Ability to establish strong client relationships based on mutual trust and understanding.
• Work efficiently and commercially to maximise profitability.
• Committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture recognising and celebrating achievements.
• Ability to be an effective leader within the team who coaches and develops junior team members to achieve their full potential.

Please apply as directed or confidentially contact Aidan McAvinue at Search Legal for more information. Alternatively, if this role is not for you, I am working a variety of other corporate opportunities with ranked teams in the City London so would be interested to talk to any corporate lawyer.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.