Career development
Promotion programme
Learning and development

Senior Associate - Corporate

Salary £Competitive
Location Midland Bridge House, Bath
Mergefield Title {Mergefield Value}
Mergefield Title {Mergefield Value}

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

We are looking for a Corporate finance lawyer to work within what we believe is a boutique, South West corporate team, with a city quality approach, sat within a UK top 80 national firm. The successful applicant will be working as part of the 3 partner South West team but will also be working alongside colleagues situated at our offices along the M4 corridor from Bristol to London.

Our corporate team continues to punch above its weight in the South West market and continues to deliver year on year growth. The rise from 19th to 6th in 2020’s Experian rankings for deal volume was the largest improvement by any firm in the top 10.

This team is different to its rivals, acting on regional M&A deals across the South West from a Bath rather than Bristol base. Whilst the team and the firm has always been committed to its Bath roots, it has grown into a heavyweight corporate team in the region, successfully growing its market share against more established Bristol-based competitors.

The team advised on over 40 regional M&A transactions during the last year, with an aggregate deal value exceeding £200m. This reflects an increase of 33% on performance in 2019/20. 60% of these transactions were in our core sectors of Technology & Innovation, Financial Services and Health & Social Care and has seen it's fee income  grow by more than 10% a year consistently since 2018.

Duties will include: 

  • Manage a caseload of files, dealing effectively with cases and transactions
  • Build credibility with clients and develops own client relationships through managing client expectations regarding options, outcomes, risk and timescales.
  • Scope fees for existing clients
  • Develop market and sector knowledge and demonstrate expertise to clients
  • Grow internal and external networks of clients, intermediaries and contacts
  • Build on personal and department profile and reputation by attending networking events, writing publications/ marketing materials and speaking at seminars
  • Support juniors in the team by giving technical, business and general advice
  • Support with budgetary management of client matters
  • Begin to develop a network of own clients, contacts and potential referrers.
  • Spot opportunities to cross sell and build an internal network within the firm for cross referred work.
  • Continue to develop and learn in chosen areas of expertise, maintaining an up-to-date understanding of relevant law, policy and practice. 

Skills, Experience and Attributes

  • Qualified Solicitor or CILEx of 5+ PQE
  • Experience of M&A and Corporate restructuring matters essential
  • Ideally already operating at a minimum of Associate level
  • Demonstrable ability to supervise more junior team members

The Company

We are a progressive UK Top 100 law firm known for our commercial, private client, clinical negligence and personal injury work.

Our firm has 450 people with offices in Bath, Oxford, London, Swindon and Marlborough. 

At Royds Withy King, people come first. Our brand is built around being ‘Ahead of the Curve’. By this we mean always trying to put ourselves in our clients’ shoes, looking ahead to the future, anticipating their needs and coming up with solutions.

We also pride ourselves on providing a brilliant place to work. We recognise that investing in our people and their career is the only way we can succeed in achieving what is best for our clients. Our friendly, accessible and supportive culture is incredibly important to us and we are continually looking at new ways to nurture and enhance it. Our people tell us that this is a firm with a flat structure, where everyone has a voice and everyone’s opinions matter.

Over a number of years, we have developed a robust and transparent framework which shows you exactly what you need to achieve in order to grow your career at the firm. This isn’t just about hitting KPIs.

The framework helps you to understand how your contribution and behaviours are woven together to create the basis for your progression in the firm. From Secretary to Partner, you can see exactly what is expected of you along the way.

Annual promotions programme

Career conversations
and appraisals

Learning &
Development

Alternatively, please sign in with...

Published

Not Published

Closing

in X days

{Expiry}