Corporate M&a Senior Associate

1 week ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Burges Salmon Full time

Senior Associate

Looking for an opportunity to cast your net even wider?


At Burges Salmon, you'll work at the forefront of your field while collaborating with colleagues who are experts in theirs.

You'll have access to top-calibre clients, with real responsibility and ownership from day one, as you make an impact on a global scale.


The Firm
Our working environment is professional yet progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in-hand. Our collaborative approach to how we do business is totally refreshing.

It's what attracts some of the best legal minds in the industry and it's why our people love working here.


We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have recently been voted by our people as a RollOnFriday's 'Firm of the Year to Work for 2023'.

And did you know our hybrid working model offers flexible working options too?

The Team
Fast-paced. Exciting. Innovative.

Our market-leading corporate lawyers shape the commercial landscape by combining legal and transactional expertise with industry insight to develop tailored solutions for our clients.

Our Corporate M&A team is one of the largest outside London, based from our offices in Edinburgh and Bristol.

Our lawyers work on an array of complex public/private mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions in the UK, internationally and in the equity capital markets.

We act for a variety of clients from multi-national corporates and financial institutions to early stage businesses, partnerships, co-operative societies, and high net worth individuals and investors.


What others say


We stand _"toe to toe with London firms"_ (L500) and are renowned for our _"excellent, highly professional and sound advice" _(IFLR1000).


Key clients include:

Albert Health, Cytomos Limited and Octopus Investments to name a few.

Responsibilities
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Building the Culture: Recognise your responsibility as a role model to play an active role in making Burges Salmon a great place to work. Help set the cultural tone, inspiring others through your actions. Support strategic proposals and help to embed change.
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Delivering Results: Achieve your personal objectives. Understand business plans and assist their delivery by focusing your contribution accordingly, to align with overall priorities and implementing strategies that support their delivery. Plan, control and resource matters effectively, delegating wherever possible/appropriate and monitor delivery, managing any issues arising on matters you have personal or Matter Executive responsibility for.
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Growing our People: Play an active role in the development of those you have responsibility for. Cement your standing as an 'expert' in your chosen area / sector. Deepen technical know-how, commercial acumen and sector / market knowledge.
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Developing our Business: Make a meaningful contribution to efforts to develop new client relationships. Take a lead role in the firm's efforts to protect and enhance existing client relationships. Identify opportunities to lead CRM activities, build you own network and cross-refer work where appropriate.

What you'll need

  • Relevant experience working on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint ventures transactions and advisory matters
  • Be a strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Able to manage a complex and varied workload effectively
  • Be selfmotivated and willing to learn
  • Experience of leading others to develop their skills and knowledge.
  • Experience of effective matter management and business development activities.
  • Must be a SRA or Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer

Benefits


Click here for a full overview of our brilliant reward package and find out more about the benefits of a legal career with Burges Salmon, here.


We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.


Get in touch


If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact
Victoria Lewton for an informal and confidential conversation.


_ Are you ready to swim against the tide as a future industry leader? Are you ready to make a leap? Make a splash _

Benefits:

Competitive Salary

25 days annual leave

2 paid days leave volunteering

Pension and life assurance

Private medical insurance

Parental leave

Flexible working

Personal/Professional development

Cycle to work

Social club

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