Associate/Senior Associate - Corporate

DAC Beachcroft; Bristol; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft is seeking a Senior Associate to join its Bristol-based Corporate Banking Insolvency and Tax team. The role leads transactional work for UK and international clients, including mergers & acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, buy-outs, and equity fundraisings, with a focus on corporate advisory matters.

You will manage matters, supervise junior team members, and develop client relationships while delivering high-quality work across sectors including finance, real estate and

Qualifications

• 5+ years PQE with strong experience in corporate transactions.
• Strong academics with a minimum 2.1 degree.
• Ability to work in a busy team and hit the ground running.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in leading client relationships and developing a growing team.

Responsibilities

• Handle a wide range of corporate transactions for a broad array of clients
• Act as the primary client contact, providing commercially focused legal advice on a day‑to‑day basis
• Manage matters and time pro‑actively and flexibly, including leading on larger complex matters
• Develop a deep understanding of clients’ commercial drivers
• Engage with and lead on existing client relationships
• Collaborate with other DAC Beachcroft departments to ensure a consistent and integrated approach to client services
• Draft and review correspondence, advice and documents
• Provide formal supervision and mentoring to team members
• Model and maintain service quality and delivery standards at all levels
• Continuously develop core technical skills and knowledge
• Maintain matters in good organisational shape in line with the firm’s core principles, strategy and goals
• Work on high‑value and quality matters in sensitive and complex environments
• Comply with client service level agreements, protocols and processes
• Contribute to and lead the preparation and delivery of learning and development programmes
• Support and lead on client presentations, business development and marketing activities where required

Skills

Corporate transactions

Legal analysis

Billing and financial management

Client relationship management

Mentoring

Education

2:1 degree

Legal qualification

Job description

Department: Corporate Banking Insolvency and Tax - Regions

Location: Bristol

DAC Beachcroft is looking for a Senior Associate to join our Bristol based Corporate team. The role is to lead transactional work across a portfolio of clients based in the UK and internationally, working on mergers & acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, buy‑outs, equity fundraisings and corporate advisory matters. The team serves large corporate groups, high net‑worth individuals, in‑house legal teams and clients in finance, healthcare, real estate, technology and leisure sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle a wide range of corporate transactions for a broad array of clients
• Act as the primary client contact, providing commercially focused legal advice on a day‑to‑day basis
• Manage matters and time pro‑actively and flexibly, including leading on larger complex matters
• Develop a deep understanding of clients’ commercial drivers
• Engage with and lead on existing client relationships
• Collaborate with other DAC Beachcroft departments to ensure a consistent and integrated approach to client services
• Draft and review correspondence, advice and documents
• Provide formal supervision and mentoring to team members
• Model and maintain service quality and delivery standards at all levels
• Continuously develop core technical skills and knowledge
• Maintain matters in good organisational shape in line with the firm’s core principles, strategy and goals
• Work on high‑value and quality matters in sensitive and complex environments
• Comply with client service level agreements, protocols and processes
• Contribute to and lead the preparation and delivery of learning and development programmes
• Support and lead on client presentations, business development and marketing activities where required

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 5+ years PQE, with strong experience in corporate transactions
• Strong academics, minimum 2.1 degree
• Ability to hit the ground running and handle work in a very busy team
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Capability to analyse and apply legal principles to develop technically sound, commercial strategies for complex cases
• Interest in personal and business development, leading client relationships and shaping a growing team
• Demonstrated proactive financial management, including billing regimes, credit control, debt collection and accounting procedures

We are happy to discuss flexible working under our Flex Forward scheme. You may ask about flexible working arrangements during the hiring process.