Corporate Associate / Senior Associate – St Albans

Overview

In this role you will join a leading Hertfordshire firm to handle corporate matters for owner-managed businesses, large organisations, and private clients, with a focus on healthcare, charities and private wealth. You will lead transactional work, collaborate with partners on high‑value matters, and contribute to the firm’s expansion while benefiting from a warm, supportive culture. The work spans mergers and acquisitions, financing, governance, and bespoke corporate arrangements, offering meaningful impact across multiple sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead on transactional corporate work and manage matters with partner oversight
• Contribute to mergers and acquisitions, secured financing arrangements, and share schemes
• Prepare and negotiate articles of association and shareholder agreements/investments
• Handle share buy backs and other corporate governance tasks
• Engage with a diverse client base including owner-managed businesses, banks, and high net worth individuals
• Support departmental growth and expansion through proactive handling of complex, high-value matters

Key requirements

• PQE 5+
• experience in corporate work including M&A, financing, governance and shareholder arrangements
• ability to work with medium-sized businesses, large organisations, and high net worth individuals
• strong client facing and leadership skills
• team player with ability to take ownership of matters

• leadership
• commercial awareness
• clear communication
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• secured financing arrangements
• share schemes

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