Reorganisations/Cross Border Transactions and Integrations Lawyer

Baker McKenzie; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking firm as a Reorganisations/Cross Border Transactions and Integrations Lawyer. This hybrid role offers the chance to work on complex, high-value legal matters across multiple jurisdictions. You'll collaborate with top-tier professionals, providing strategic legal advice and contributing to innovative projects. If you're a qualified solicitor with strong corporate experience and a passion for delivering exceptional service, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with corporate experience in Northern Ireland or England and Wales.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a client-first service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice on reorganisations and cross-border transactions.
• Collaborate with various practice groups and assist with multijurisdictional projects.

Skills

Corporate Law

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Document Review and Analysis

Commercial Awareness

Team Collaboration

Deadline Management

Writing Skills

Education

Qualified Solicitor in Northern Ireland and/or England and Wales

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Online Research Tools

Job description

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Reorganisations/Cross Border Transactions and Integrations Lawyer

Description

Location: Belfast

Workplace: Hybrid

Role and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be an experienced corporate solicitor with a track record of dealing with a wide variety of legal issues and an ability to hit the ground running, offering pragmatic, strategic legal advice to a high standard and to challenging deadlines.

You will work on reorganisations, integrations, corporate and securities transactional matters, and other multijurisdictional projects that are often cross-border, high value, and complex in nature; and develop skills to deliver the highest quality service for our world-class clients across the globe.

The successful candidate will:

• Work closely with a variety of the Firm's practice groups including, for example, Reorganisations, Cross Border Transactions and Integrations, Corporate and Securities, and M&A.
• Assist the Firm's offices with a diverse range of matters, often across multiple jurisdictions, such as acting as a country or regional coordinator and drafting corporate documentation.
• Work as part of project teams with other Baker McKenzie lawyers, legal project managers, and members of the legal tech team from across the firm's global network of offices.
• Escalate project-specific issues to the Belfast management group or project partner as appropriate.
• Develop strong working relationships with partners and lawyers in various practice groups in a variety of jurisdictions.
• Assist with bespoke projects other than billable matters such as contributing to the identification of innovative services, methods, know-how and platforms to assist in achieving efficiencies and continual process improvement.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland and/or England and Wales, with demonstrable corporate experience.
• Ability to review, analyse, and organise documentary and factual evidence, advising on risk and practical mitigation measures.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work well in a team with others of various experience levels as well as individually.
• Sound commercial awareness and a "client first" service orientation.
• Ability to set high standards of performance and deliver desired results.
• A "self-starter" who is collaborative, pragmatic, commercial and adaptable in their approach.
• Excellent writing and organisation skills.
• Ability to balance work priorities and manage deadlines effectively.
  
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and online research tools.