Senior Associate/ Legal Director - Corporate (FTC)

The Team

Our global corporate and advisory group supports a broad range of clients on all their legal requirements, from corporate, banking & finance, commercial, employment, IP to IT/Tech.  

Our globally integrated corporate team works cohesively with clients across the firm’s key sectors in both mature and emerging markets around the world, assisting with private M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate governance arrangements.  ​

Those key sectors include insurance, transportation, professional services, energy and construction, commodities, infrastructure, technology and real estate, giving the team access to high-quality transactional and advisory work for clients operating at the forefront of global trade and commercial activity.

The team is growing, and transactional work is a key strategic priority for the firm, making this an exciting opportunity to contribute to a practice that is central to Clyde & Co’s continued investment in its Corporate & Advisory offering and its wider global ambitions.

The Role

This role offers the successful candidate a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic corporate team. You will be working directly with clients, supporting the partners with a variety of matters across their multifaceted client group.  

The role sits within a team based across our London and Guildford offices. Candidates will need to be willing either to be based in Guildford or to travel there regularly, with attendance at the London office also required as part of the role.

Key Responsibilities

The successful applicant will play a senior role within the team, taking ownership of smaller matters and workstreams, and co-leading larger transactions alongside partners and other senior lawyers. Key responsibilities will include:

• leading, or co-leading, corporate transactions and advisory matters, including private M&A, joint ventures, investments, reorganisations, restructurings, corporate governance and related commercial arrangements;
• taking responsibility for drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction documents and suites of documents, ensuring that agreements work effectively together and reflect the commercial deal agreed between the parties;
• exercising sound judgement in identifying legal and commercial issues, assessing risk, proposing practical solutions and escalating matters appropriately where partner input is required;
• managing matter delivery, including transaction process, timetable, due diligence, disclosure, conditions, completion deliverables, specialist input, cost awareness and overall project management;
• working directly with clients and counterparties, building trusted relationships, communicating clearly on key issues and helping clients make well-informed commercial decisions;
• supervising, delegating to and developing more junior lawyers, including reviewing their work product, providing constructive feedback and supporting high-quality matter execution;
• co-ordinating effectively with colleagues across sectors, specialist teams and offices, including on multi-jurisdictional matters, to deliver seamless service to clients; and
• contributing to the ongoing growth and profile of the corporate team, including through client development, knowledge sharing and the continued improvement of team processes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 5– 10 PQE with previous experience working within a comparable corporate and commercial team. Please note that our PQE levels are a guide and all suitable candidates will be considered. 

• The Solicitors Act 1974 requires practicing solicitors to have a practising certificate. 

• All solicitors and registered European lawyers in legal practice or employment in England & Wales must comply with the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's continuing professional development scheme (CPD Scheme). 

• The ideal candidate will display excellent legal ability and initiative, strong technical skills as well as confidence in managing and prioritising a full and varied workload. They will be a strong communicator with good attention to detail. 

• The ideal candidate will be proactive and have a good teamwork ethic, with a willingness to assume responsibility.  

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.