Associate Lawyer - Corporate Transactions

McCann FitzGerald LLP; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension contributions

Life assurance and income protection

Relocation assistance

Great working environment

Sports and social club

Job summary

McCann FitzGerald LLP is seeking an Associate for the Corporate Transactions group. The successful candidate will join a high-performing team advising on a broad range of corporate transactions and arrangements, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity buy-outs, and joint ventures.

We value excellent academics and a solicitor qualification in Ireland or another common law jurisdiction, with 2–4 years post-qualification experience.

Qualifications

• Excellent academics.
• Be qualified as a solicitor in Ireland or another common law jurisdiction.
• 2-4 years post qualification experience in a corporate transactional practice.
• Proven communication and analytical skills with a high degree of commercial awareness.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills; the ability to manage a busy workload and client needs on a consistent basis.
• Strong client relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Advising on the full range of corporate transactions and arrangements including: mergers and acquisitions, private equity buy-outs, joint ventures, privatisations of public companies, reorganisations and restructurings.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Organisational skills

Client relationship management

Education

Solicitor qualified in Ireland or other common law jurisdiction

Job description

Position Title: Associate, Corporate Transactions

At McCann FitzGerald, we combine world-class legal thinking with a human approach, to create advantage and unlock potential for our clients.

We work collaboratively, bringing the best people and teams together to solve complex issues, seize opportunities, and create better outcomes for clients.

To ensure that we have the right structures in place to support the achievement of our goals we are currently recruiting for an Associate to join our Corporate Transactions group.

The role:

Our dedicated Corporate transactional lawyers are supported by class-leading specialists in, amongst other disciplines, tax, employment, environment, antitrust, intellectual property, information technology, real estate, regulatory and banking. We use this combined expertise to advise on many of the most challenging, high-profile and significant corporate transactions that take place in Ireland.

Our Corporate practice is recognised for the provision of innovative but practical advice on bespoke and complex, multi-layered transactions and structures that raise a range of legal issues, many with a cross-border element.

Our strong client relationships and extensive experience means that we tend to be the adviser of choice for larger and more complex transactions in both the public and private sectors. We advise on both national deals and on international cross-border transactions with a significant Irish dimension.

The successful candidate will form part of this high performing team, advising on the full range of corporate transactions and arrangements including:

• mergers and acquisitions
• private equity buy-outs
• Joint ventures
• Privatisations of public companies
• Reorganisations and restructurings

This is an opportunity to grow your career in a firm with a culture of teamwork and mutual support and offers a clear path to further career progression.

Requirements:

The successful candidate will have:

• Excellent academics
• Be qualified as a solicitor in Ireland or another common law jurisdiction
• 2-4 years post qualification experience in a corporate transactional practice
• Proven communication and analytical skills with a high degree of commercial awareness
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills; the ability to manage a busy workload and client needs on a consistent basis
• Strong client relationship management skills

Our Offer

Bonus

Health insurance

Pension contributions

Life assurance and income protection cover

Relocation assistance (for those joining from overseas)

A great working environment

A lively sports and social club