Senior Associate – Corporate – Bristol – 5-7 Years PQE

Overview

In this Senior Associate role, you will take a senior position in the Corporate team, handling high-calibre transactions and contributing to growth. You will lead on a range of matters, mentor junior lawyers, and help shape the practice’s strategy within a supportive, hybrid-working environment. The role involves managing client relationships and developing sector expertise in private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance. You will work with a mix of entrepreneurial startups and international clients, driving impactful, commercially-savvy advice. This is an opportunity to advance within a Legal 500 Tier 1 firm culture that values collaboration and work-life balance.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working
• strong work/life balance
• 25 days’ holiday
• Private medical insurance
• wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• involvement in responsible business initiatives, charity work and D&I groups

Responsibilities

• Lead and deepen client relationships on a range of corporate matters
• Manage and mentor junior lawyers
• Drive strategic development of the corporate practice
• Develop sector expertise across private equity, venture capital and corporate finance
• Support business development and profile-raising initiatives
• Handle mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, private equity deals, and joint ventures
• Oversee corporate restructurings and high-complexity transactions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions

Key requirements

• 5-7 years’ PQE in a high-performing corporate team
• Strong technical ability and commercial judgement
• Confidence managing complex transactions with autonomy
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Genuine interest in M&A, private equity and venture capital
• Ability to build long-lasting client relationships
• Proactive, ambitious and collaborative approach

• strong communication
• leadership and mentoring
• collaborative teamwork
• corporate law
• M&A
• venture capital

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