Senior Associate (Corporate, London)

We’re a national law firm with global reach. Our philosophy is ‘Expert Hand, Human Touch’ – something you’ll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But, we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs.

Whichever team you join, working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things, and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

The work we do has been recognised in the awards we’ve won. We’re committed to being even better, and our awards help to show we’re on the right track.

Our Team

The Corporate team in London has advised Clients on the full range of M&A, Private Equity, Equity Capital Markets and transactional work. Our clients include fast-growth companies, owner-managed businesses and large international corporates, family offices and individuals.

Some of the things we’ve been doing recently:

• Advised US based client, CJK Group Inc., on the UK aspects of a c. $36,000,000 acquisition of an international group of companies.
• Advised Fintech Innovation of the Year award winner Bought by Many Ltd on its acquisition of a stake in Vetbox Ltd
• Advised Source BMX, the leading BMX supplier, on an investment by British Growth Fund and supported Source BMX on a trade purchase of brand Stay Strong.
• Advised Seattle Sperm Bank, a US fertility business, on its strategic acquisition of a UK based laboratory.
• Advised the vehicle managed by global wealth management business, Skybound Capital, on the acquisition of the global financial planning firm, Guardian Wealth Management (GWM).
• Advised the shareholders of aviation tech business, Flight Calibration Services, on the sale of the shares to PE house, Literacy Capital Plc.

Your Role

Working as a Senior Associate within the team, you’ll have the opportunity to both work on and lead a varied and interesting caseload with a strong corporate focus and offers a superb opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise working as part of a successful team in one of the UK‘s leading law firms.

Irwin Mitchell is a client-focused firm and as such, you must be passionate about client care and maintain a professional demeanour even in challenging environments. Given the nature of the role, you will be able to work pragmatically with the ability to prioritise your workload as required.

Using your strong technical understanding and relevant market experience, you’ll work to participate in relevant practice development initiatives, take a proactive role in business development opportunities and keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice. To drive best practice further, you will be an exceptional team player with strong leadership skills and possess the ability to work collaboratively to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and to develop other team members.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience providing corporate advisory services
• Strong leadership and business development skills
• A clear enthusiasm for this area of law and a commitment to securing the best outcomes for your clients whilst working under pressure
• Experience of, and/or an interest in, international and cross border work.

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application

What we can offer you:

• 25 days annual leave, with the opportunity to buy additional leave
• X2 fundraising days in a year to give back to the community (fully paid!)
• Westfield Health membership, offering discounted leisure and travel and refunds on medical services

We also offer a huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace as well as flexible working options to make sure that you’re fully supported to work the way that best suits you. Our social responsibility programme is fundamental to who we are. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish. We have a range of groups to celebrate our people across sexuality, disability, age, gender and culture.

Our flexible working policy recognises you are best placed to know how to balance work/ home life, whilst meeting the needs of our business, clients and collegues in the right ways.

Part time considered.

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