Senior Associate - Corporate

Stevens & Bolton LLP; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent law firm in Guildford is looking for a Senior Associate/Managing Associate to join their corporate team. Ideal candidates should have a solid background in corporate law and possess excellent technical and interpersonal skills. This role offers a hybrid working model and plentiful opportunities for career growth, including progression to partnership. Besides competitive compensation, the firm provides various benefits, including private medical insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Pension Scheme with 5% employer contribution

Discretionary profit share

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to corporate work and eagerness to learn.
• Must display excellent drafting skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a broad range of corporate matters from M&A to private equity.
• Support high-profile clients across various sectors.
• Lead and mentor junior lawyers within the team.

Skills

Excellent technical ability

Strong interpersonal skills

Highly motivated

Commercial awareness

Ability to manage workload

Education

Strong academics

Job description

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Senior Associate/ Managing Associate - Corporate

Pending recruitment details: PQE: 4+ (up to 12) PQE, Term: Permanent, Working hours: Full-time, Practice area: Corporate, Location: Hybrid, Guildford

The Role

We are seeking a technically strong and commercially minded Senior Associate or Managing Associate to join our corporate team. You’ll work on a broad range of matters including mid‑market M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, restructurings, and general corporate advisory work, supporting a diverse client base from FTSE 100 companies to high‑growth businesses. This is a great opportunity to take on high‑quality work in a collaborative environment, with clear scope for career development, which could include the opportunity to progress to partnership for high‑performing individuals.

The Team

Our award‑winning corporate team offers quality and strength in depth unusual outside the City. The leading independent directories consistently rank us in the top tier. We are committed to an active intelligent growth strategy, for the team and the whole firm, and it is with this in mind that we welcome applications for technically strong, commercially minded and ambitious lawyers.

The corporate team is one of the top corporate practices in the South East and consists of eleven partners with a team of 40 in total supported by at least two dedicated knowledge lawyers. The work of the team is high‑quality and diverse and covers a broad range of corporate transactional and advisory matters, including:

• Private M&A (both buy side and sell side)
• Private equity (principally management advisory and portfolio work)
• Venture capital and other equity fundraisings
• Shareholders’ agreements and corporate joint ventures
• Inward investment and cross border
• Share incentives (working closely with our excellent employment law and tax teams)

The team is supported by the full range of specialists required to deliver high quality, fast‑paced corporate transactional work – including tax, employment, immigration and pensions, real estate, banking and finance, regulatory and anti‑trust, intellectual property and commercial. A large proportion of our clients are multinational, based overseas or have international business interests, and we frequently work with overseas law firms, including the major jurisdictions in Europe and the US.

Clients

• Diploma plc
• Bunzl
• Philips
• The Ardonagh Group
• Specialist Risk Group
• Davies Group
• Bright Stars Nursery Group
• Rock Rail
• Optio Group
• Nord-Lock International AB
• Corus Dental
• Vestey Holdings
• BMT
• Clinigen
• Bright Path Sports Partners (investor in Ipswich Town Football Club)
• Wates Group
• OCL Vision Group

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should have drive and an enthusiasm for a broad diet of corporate work but experience in all of the above areas is not required. Most team members have areas of greater specialisation and there are opportunities to become a “go‑to” lawyer in areas or industry sectors of particular interest. The successful candidate will be a strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skills, who is capable of acting as a commercially focussed business adviser to our clients.

• Excellent technical ability, drafting skills and attention to detail;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate concisely and with confidence;
• Highly motivated, responsive and reliable;
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team, leading and developing junior lawyers within the team and building strong working relationships with colleagues in other teams;
• Able to manage a varied workload with a number of ongoing matters at any time;
• Dedicated to delivering client service to the highest standards and the skill to effectively manage and nurture client relationships; and
• Commercial awareness and;
• Strong academics.

The Opportunity

• Pension Scheme (5% employer contribution)
• Discretionary profit share and performance related bonus scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Permanent health insurance
• Life assurance
• Contribution to travel costs or reimbursement of car parking costs, and option to apply for an interest free loan for a season ticket
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay (after sufficient service)
• Cash plan benefit enabling you to claim for everyday medical costs up to a maximum limit
• Critical illness insurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Give as you earn
• Discounted gym memberships and shopping

The Firm

Stevens & Bolton – making a positive difference to your career. You’ll work with people who listen, and who actively and willingly support one another within a collaborative and engaging environment. We genuinely care about our people and strive to build and maintain a diverse, inclusive and happy workforce.

Diversity & Inclusion

We have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I). This drives a strategy which focuses on constant promotion of an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to realise their full potential and be themselves at work. In 2020 we were shortlisted for “Best D&I Initiative” at The HR Awards and for “Best Talent and Inclusion Initiative” at The Lawyer Awards.

Senior Level | Employment Type | Job Function | Industries

• Mid‑Senior level
• Full‑time
• Legal
• Law Practice