Corporate Solicitor

A&O Shearman; Belfast City District; Vor Ort; GBP 65.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A&O Shearman Belfast is strengthening its Corporate team and seeking Associates with a strong background in corporate and commercial law. The role focuses on high-profile M&A, private equity, and large-scale reorganisations, supporting across our global network.

You will build relationships with Partners and Associates, provide detailed legal analysis, draft and refine documentation, and work with Legal Tech initiatives to optimize workflows.

Qualifikationen

• Strong technical corporate experience including due diligence, reorganisations, and commercial contract negotiation.
• Experience in a US, City, or major regional law firm preferred.
• Experience coordinating complex multi-faceted matters, including multi-jurisdictional or multi-specialist matters.
• Excellent judgement, commercial awareness and high levels of professional conduct.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work with senior colleagues.

Aufgaben

• Develop working relationships with Partners and Associates across offices to support on transactions and corporate matters.
• Provide legal expertise: issue spotting, drafting, reviewing, and amending documentation, and legal research.
• Collaborate with Legal Process Improvement and Legal Tech teams to implement efficient solutions.
• Manage and liaise with clients, addressing queries and reporting progress.
• Supervise and mentor Legal Professionals, ensuring high-quality outputs and on-time delivery.
• Educate teammates on commercial and legal details and quality-check work.

Kenntnisse

Corporate law

Due diligence

Contract negotiation

Team leadership

Legal technology

Jobbeschreibung

Corporate team - Belfast

Our Corporate team in Belfast is comprised of high-quality, tech-enabled associates and legal professionals. The Corporate practice group in Belfast work on the full range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on M&A, private equity, and large-scale reorganisations. The team provides support to offices across our global network, working on high profile transactions with global clients. Our Corporate practice is a clear area of growth for the firm and as part of this we are looking to strengthen our presence in Belfast to further compliment and develop our team.

We are seeking Associates to join the growing Corporate team in Belfast. We are keen to speak to Legal Professionals with an interest in corporate and commercial law.

What you will do

• Develop strong working relationships with Partners and Associates from other offices, interacting with them daily as an extension to their team to support on current transactions and other corporate or commercial matters.
• Provide legal expertise, including issue spotting, report writing, drafting, reviewing and amending documentation, document management, legal research, maintaining and improving templates and precedents.
• Work with our Legal Process Improvement and Legal Tech teams to develop new solutions that help our clients (both internal and external) grow, innovate and thrive, and support the integration of technology into the everyday work of the Corporate team.
• Manage and liaise with internal and external clients to address points of relevance or concern, resolve queries and issues and report on progress.
• Manage the work of Legal Professionals within the team, ensuring that individuals assigned to a particular matter have the required skills, knowledge and support to deliver outputs that are on time and of the highest quality.
• Advise and educate Legal Professionals on points of commercial and legal detail including quality checking their work; and
• Supervise, develop and motivate Legal Professionals, instilling an excellent service delivery ethos and impeccable quality standards.

What you will have

• Strong technical corporate experience (including due diligence, re-organisations, company law advisory and commercial contract negotiation) is preferred - although applicants with a strong general background and a strong interest in corporate law and transactions may also be considered.
• Experience in a commercial legal environment such as a US, City, or major regional law firm preferred.
• Experience of coordinating complex multi-faceted matters, including multi-jurisdictional or multi-specialist matters.
• Consistently demonstrate a professional manner with evidence of exceptional levels of judgement, commercial awareness, and critical thinking.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong focus on detail and high levels of self-motivation.
• Excellent relationship-building skills - a team player with the ability to establish credibility and inspire confidence with clients and senior colleagues.
• Demonstrate a high level of affinity with legal technology and a desire to expand experience in legal technology.
• Flexible, resourceful, and prepared to take a hands-on-approach, comfortable operating in a rapidly evolving business and interested in identifying and shaping that evolution.

What we can offer you

To learn more about the culture and benefits available at A&O Shearman, please visit: Culture and benefits A&O Shearman careers

Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.

We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

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