Corporate M&A Senior Associate

Company: Burges Salmon
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Overview

In this Corporate team role, you will drive domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and private equity work for a diverse client base. You will work with senior partners across Bristol, London, and Edinburgh, contributing to high-profile transactions and client relationships. You will lead matters, mentor junior lawyers, and manage projects and finances. The firm supports growth with a collaborative culture, flexible working, and strong development opportunities.

Pay / Benefits

  • Benefits and Rewards package
  • hybrid working model
  • flexible full-time or part-time patterns
  • inclusive recruitment
  • Disability Confident employer

Responsibilities

  • Advise on private and/or public company M&A, investments, joint ventures, and/or private equity
  • Lead matters and take ownership within a collaborative team
  • Build and maintain relationships with clients and the corporate finance community
  • Demonstrate strong matter and financial management
  • Delegate to and develop junior lawyers; contribute to their development
  • Communicate complex issues clearly to clients
  • Support cross-border deal work within an international network

Key requirements

  • Qualified as a lawyer with the SRA or Law Society of Scotland
  • Broad experience in corporate transactions (M&A, JV, private equity)
  • Proactive, solutions-focused mindset
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent client communication and commercial awareness
  • Experience in and interest in mentoring junior lawyers
  • Ability to manage matters and budgets effectively
  • proactive
  • relationship-building
  • communication
  • M&A
  • joint ventures
  • private equity

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Posted: September 30th, 2026