Senior Associate - Corporate Job at DAC Beachcroft (London)

Senior Associate - Corporate

DAC Beachcroft

Location:
United Kingdom , London

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Forming an integral part of an established team of about 40 fee earners across Bristol and London, the main purpose of this role is to lead transactional work across our portfolio of clients based in the UK and internationally. The Bristol and London teams are entrepreneurial, supportive and collegiate, working closely together across a broad, involved and engaging workload including mergers & acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, buy-outs, public takeovers, IPOs (principally AIM), equity fundraisings and other corporate advisory matters. Our exceptional clients are discerning and expect a gold standard of service. We advise a variety of clients from large corporate groups to high net worth individuals, including a number of in-house legal teams at household name financial institutions, healthcare providers and real estate investors/developers as well as significant clients in the technology and leisure sectors. The team are looking for a 5+ PQE Senior Associate to bolster our growing team. For the right person there is the opportunity to progress into a Partner role in due course.

Job Responsibility:

Deal with a wide range corporate transactions for a broad array of clients
Act as first and primary contact for clients on a day to day basis providing them with commercially focused legal advice
Manage matters and time in a proactive and flexible way, including leading on larger complex matters
Develop a deep understanding of our clients' commercial drivers
Engage with, maintain and lead on existing client relationships
Engage with other departments across DAC Beachcroft to ensure a consistent and joined up approach to delivery of client services
Draft and review correspondence, advice and documents
Provide formal supervision and mentoring to team members
Understand and role model the importance of maintaining service quality and delivery at all levels
Actively develop and broaden core technical skills and knowledge
Maintain matters in good organisational shape and in accordance with the firm’s core principles, strategy and goals
Work on matters of high value and quality in sensitive and complex environments
Understand and comply with client service level agreements, protocols and processes
Contribute and lead in the preparation and delivery of our learning and development programme
Support and lead on client presentations, business development and marketing activity where required

Requirements:

A 5+ year PQE lawyer with strong experience in corporate transactions
Strong academics with at least a 2.1 degree from a Russell Group university
The ability to hit the ground running and pick up work in a very busy team
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to analyse and apply legal principles and facts to derive technically sound, commercial strategies for complex cases, focused on client and matter needs
Interest in personal and business development, leading client relationships and shaping our growing team
Willingness to embrace proactive financial management and adopt the firm's approach to billing regimes, credit control, debt collection and accounting procedures

What we offer:

Flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 19, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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