Junior to Mid-Level Associate - Financial Institutions Group

The role

The Financial Institutions Group (FIG) is part of the corporate practice area and focuses on transactional and advisory work in the financial services sector. The group has a pre-eminent position within the UK and international legal marketplace (tier 1 for high value Corporate/M&A and Corporate Insurance in the legal directories). FIG's clients include banks, insurers, asset managers, private equity investors and other financial institutions. The group's work is varied and includes corporate finance transactional work such as mergers and acquisitions, complex group restructurings, capital raisings, take-overs, IPOs, joint ventures and distribution agreements, as well as corporate advisory and insurance regulatory advice.

The group is key to the Firm's ranking in the Global Insurance Sector – in which we advise the world's leading insurers and reinsurers on complex transactions, financing, regulatory and commercial matters. The team is an award winning, Tier 1 Chambers ranked global practice of over 200 fee-earners providing first class domestic and cross-border advice across the world's financial centres and the emerging markets.
 

Who you will work with

We have a reputation for advising financial institutions on complex strategic transactions. Our global corporate finance practice advises on the full range of public and private transactions.

The group consists of five partners, twelve associates, and a dedicated PSL. Our team works closely with regulatory, banking & finance, capital markets, antitrust, tax, real estate and IP specialists on many of our matters allowing us to provide our clients with an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge.
 

What you will be responsible for

As an associate in our leading practice, you will work at the forefront of the market advising financial sector clients across banking, insurance and asset management.

• You will be working as part of cross-border and interdisciplinary teams to advise on corporate finance activities, ensuring compliance with local laws and business requirements.
• You will provide legal and commercial expertise on and lead and manage complex M&A transactions, large scale re-organisations and joint venture arrangements as well as corporate advisory work for listed financial institution clients and insurance regulatory work.
• Developing relationships with clients and actively engaging in business development and thought leadership initiatives and seeking out opportunities for new work.
• Drafting legal documents clearly and concisely, creating solutions using legal knowledge and commercial judgement to advise and support leading multi-national financial institutions.