Associate - Corporate Tax - Manchester

CMS UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous bonus scheme

25 days holiday (28 with service)

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

CMS UK is seeking an Associate to join the Manchester Corporate Tax Team. You will work on cross-border, complex transactions, focusing on sectors of interest, with training and legal tech tools to support development.

You will draft effectively, translate legal theory into practical advice, and maintain strong client relationships. The role is client-facing with an entrepreneurial mindset and UK PQE up to 4 years.

Qualifications

• PQE up to 4 years in a UK-based corporate tax team.
• Excellent drafting and advisory skills.
• Client-facing with strong interpersonal abilities.
• Ambitious with entrepreneurial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Work on cross-border, complex, high-value transactions.
• Provide support to senior lawyers.
• Develop professional client relationships.
• Support business development and BD activities.
• Involvement in marketing events.
• Supervise trainees and others.

Skills

Drafting skills

Interpersonal skills

Business advisory

Client facing

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Solicitor qualification (UK)

Job description

Looking for your next opportunity? We are looking for a high-performing and commercially focused Associate to join our Manchester Corporate Tax Team.

About The Role

The role will give you the opportunity to work on cross border, complex and high-value transactions and focus on sectors that interest you. CMS invests heavily in training and legal tech tools, such that you will have excellent opportunities to continue your development as a corporate lawyer.

You will be responsible for a variety of work in a broad-based role including:

• Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Joint Ventures and Investments
• providing efficient professional support to the senior lawyers within the team
• developing professional client relationships
• supporting the wider team in developing our business and raising the profile of the firm
• involvement in marketing events and other BD activities
• managing and supervising the work of others including trainees

About You

You will have excellent drafting skills, the ability to translate legal theory into practical advice and you will be ambitious and have an entrepreneurial mindset. Due to the role being client facing you will also need to have good interpersonal and business advisory skills. To meet the needs of the role, you will have an appropriate level of post qualification experience in a UK based team. We are looking for a maximum PQE of 4 years.

What's in it for you?

Benefits

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
• Flexible, hybrid working policy
• Generous bonus scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
• Holiday exchange scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leaveReasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.