Corporate Associate

Osborne Clarke; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international law firm in Bristol seeks an ambitious lawyer to join their Corporate team. This role offers exposure to a variety of sectors, including Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity. You will contribute to client relationships and benefit from a vibrant team culture. Ideal candidates will possess strong technical skills and experience in corporate transactions. This presents a unique opportunity to be part of significant national and international deals in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Solid experience across a wide range of corporate transactions.
• High degree of self-motivation and collaborative approach.
• Confidence managing multiple matters and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist the team with various corporate transactions.
• Contribute to client relationship development.
• Participate in the firm's D&I initiatives.

Skills

Corporate transactions

Strong technical skills

Commercial awareness

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Job description

Role profile

"Great quality in specialist areas..., which is hard to find outside London" - Chambers UK

We are looking for an ambitious and talented lawyer to join our top-tier Corporate team in Bristol. You will work across a variety of sectors and work types, including Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets & Governance and Private Equity / Venture Capital. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a well-respected, vibrant team, undertaking a variety of interesting national and international deals in a supportive and collegiate environment. You will also be able to pursue your sector interests, contribute to client relationship development and grow your business development and networking skills, as well as involve yourself in the firm’s many D&I initiatives.

The practice

"Relocating to Bristol with a magic circle and US firm background, it was important to me that I still be able to access top-quality work, while enjoying the benefits of living and working in the South West. For me, Osborne Clarke’s Bristol team strikes the perfect balance between exposure to engaging, stimulating deals and OC’s famous culture. If you want the opportunity to work on interesting and often complex corporate transactions alongside talented and friendly colleagues, then I would absolutely recommend OC Bristol as an option." - James Mackay (Legal Director)

The Bristol Corporate team advises on the full spectrum of corporate work, including mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, equity capital markets, governance and corporate reorganisation and simplification. We focus on acting for clients driving transformational change across tech, media & comms, energy & energy transition, financial services, mobility & infrastructure and the built environment. A number of the partners in the team are market leaders in these sectors and attract high profile and innovative mandates.

We act for large quoted companies, privately owned businesses and their shareholders, banks, financial institutions and institutional investors.

To find out more about the practice, please see the link below.

https://www.osborneclarke.com/services/corporate/

The team

"As lawyers I find them straightforward, pragmatic and enjoyable to work with" - Chambers UK

The Corporate Bristol team comprises 9 Partners, 1 Legal Director, 2 Associate Directors, 6 Senior Associates, 6 Associates, 4 Trainee Solicitors, and 2 Solicitor Apprentices. We work closely with Corporate colleagues in our Thames Valley and London offices, forming a department of around 110 fee earners overall. We also collaborate closely with specialist teams at the firm who support our transactions, and with our network of international offices.

The work

Recent work undertaken by the team includes:

• Acting for the shareholders on the sale of Rockhold Asset Management to platform and wealth manager 7IM, and Lync Wealth Management to an affiliate of 7IM (including in relation to a complex demerger to facilitate the sale)
• Advising the shareholders of Bramley & Gage on the acquisition of the company by Ellers Farm Distillery, which is co‑owned by comedian Ricky Gervais
• Advising Regen Holdings on a sale of its majority stake in Axil (a sustainable waste management and recycling company) to investment firm TowerBrook
• Advising premium darts equipment brand Nodor Group on an investment from private equity firm Inflexion
• Advising Lloyds Development Capital on its investment into Plimsoll Productions, one of the largest independent television production companies in the UK
• Advising Synova on its investment in Mecsia, a national provider of compliance‑led, technical inspection and maintenance services, to support the next phase of its growth
• Advising Biffa Plc, the UK’s leading sustainable waste management business, on its acquisition of Company Shop Limited
• Advising HSBC on its investment in FINBOURNE Technology, architects of an interconnected network of functionality and data that enables the investment community to better serve clients in a constantly evolving market
• Acting for Hargreaves Lansdown on its sale of Funds Library
• Advising multinational defence technology company QinetiQ on the sale of a commercial space business providing design and integration of critical space infrastructure and other instruments for end‑to‑end space missions
• Advising Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (formerly JLEN) on its sale of 51% of a portfolio of six gas‑to‑grid anaerobic digestion facilities to Future Biogas
• Advising a consortium formed of Hochtief PPP Solutions and Plenary Group on the joint venture arrangements with University of Staffordshire for the development of a student village
• Advising Plenitude, a portfolio company of Growth Capital Partners, on its acquisition of financial risk solution provider Contineo.
• Advising specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House on its acquisition of two fully‑permitted solar and battery energy storage projects in the UK from global energy provider, Canadian Solar
• Advising Creo Medical Group, a medical device company focused on the emerging field of surgical endoscopy and quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, on a series of successful fundraisings by way of a placing and an open offer
• Advising the ACORN consortium (comprising Kajima, the pan‑European property investor, developer and asset manager, Sacyr and Abrdn) on a joint venture with the Development Bank of Wales for the development of the new Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, Wales

What we are looking for

• Solid experience across a wide range of corporate transactions.
• Strong technical skills, commercial awareness and attention to detail.
• High degree of self‑motivation, a collaborative approach and a passion for delivering excellent service to clients.
• Confidence managing multiple matters and deadlines.
• Willingness to learn and share knowledge.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and contribute to team culture.

Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking for an Associate.

Your career development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi‑award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities – if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins at [e-mail].

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision‑making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector‑based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it’s fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm