Associate - Tax

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Bonus

Flexible working arrangements

Social events and clubs

Job summary

A leading Irish law firm is seeking an Associate with 2-4 years PQE to provide tax advisory services, focusing on corporate transactions and working with a high-performing team. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills along with a professional qualification in law, accounting, or tax. The firm offers an excellent benefits package, hybrid working arrangements, and opportunities for growth and development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Top class academics.
• Experience in an advisory role in a corporate law or accountancy firm.
• Positive attitude, with a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax advice on corporate M&A, banking, and real estate transactions.
• Advise clients on all Irish tax matters related to their business.
• Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tax technical knowledge

Commercial awareness

Education

Professional qualification in law, accounting and/or tax

Job description

Practice Area

Tax

Position

Associate (2 - 4 PQE)

Position Type

Permanent

The Firm

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP is a leading Irish law firm based in Dublin with representative offices in San Francisco, New York and London. The firm has been the fastest growing law firm in Ireland over the last decade. We are a business law firm with extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of Irish business-related law and with particular focus on the Energy, Technology, Financial Services, Built Environment, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Charities sectors.

The Role

This role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to undertake technical and rewarding tax advisory, transactional and disputes work with excellent domestic and international clients.

This will suit candidates with drive and high tax technical ability, who are well suited to working within a fast-growing, high-performing and collaborative team. This is an opportunity to step into a role where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported, and your ambition is reflected. You will be welcomed into a positive and supportive work environment, where a balance is struck between the need for career autonomy and having the structures and supports needed to build out your expertise and practice.

The Team

The tax team at Mason Hayes & Curran comprises highly skilled and technical tax lawyers and accountants. We are experiencing sustained and record year over year growth, driven principally by our multinational client base and deep domestic and international relationships.

This has created an opening for new talent and an opportunity to candidates to develop their careers in an environment with compelling growth in transactional, advisory and restructuring work, covering all tax heads.

We work with clients across our key sectors including, in particular, Technology, Energy, Built Environment, Healthcare and Life Sciences. Like our firm, the Tax team has an entrepreneurial, energetic and client‑focussed culture and we welcome people of all backgrounds here who enjoy working to solve tax issues on transactions and structures creatively and efficiently.

Requirements

• Top class academics.
• Professional qualification in law, accounting and/or tax.
• Experience in an advisory role in a large domestic or international corporate law or accountancy firm (possibly combined with time in an industry role).
• Excellent analytical and written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong tax technical knowledge.
• Positive attitude, with a growth mindset, good commercial awareness and an ability to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide tax advice on corporate M&A, banking, aviation and structured finance and real estate transactions. As part of this, you will draft and negotiate transaction documents including, in particular, share and asset purchase agreements, investment agreements loan agreements and provide tax input on transaction documents in aviation, securitisation and other asset financing transactions.
• Advise clients on all Irish tax matters in connection with their business and develop, communicate and implement efficient and commercially sound solutions to identified tax complexities.
• Prepare and publish current awareness material, academic and industry articles and policy responses to Government and other consultations.
• Collaborate effectively and efficiently with multi-disciplinary teams within the firm and with other advisers on domestic and international mandates.
• Identify and develop opportunities to grow your and the wider Tax practice through networking, business development and tax technical leadership.
• Develop and train other tax professionals to contribute to sustained growth of the firm’s Tax practice.
• Demonstrate professional and personal integrity and respect for colleagues and clients at all times.

Note that tax compliance work is not expected or envisaged.

Why MHC?

• Excellent remuneration and benefits package; pension, healthcare & bonus;
• Enviable client base and strong career progression & development opportunities;
• Friendly, open and informal working atmosphere;
• Flexible / hybrid working arrangements;
• Focus on employee involvement, wellbeing and success;
• Social events, clubs and initiatives (Green Team, Working on Wellness, subsidised fitness classes, MHC RISE, Diversity, Sports & Social and Art Committee);
• MHC knowledge and education programme to facilitate major development as a lawyer;
• Strong track record in CSR programmes, pro bono work and charitable efforts.