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Department/Division: Corporate
PQE: 1-3
Duration: Permanent
Type of Role: Hybrid
Reference Number: 10553
The Team
Our Corporate team manages a range of high-quality transactional mandates including deals in public and private M&A, private equity, venture capital, equity capital markets, and corporate recovery. Our advisory mandates include restructurings, joint ventures, and strategic projects.
Our lawyers work on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, from strategic planning through due diligence to post-closing integration.
With Dentons' unparalleled international reach, our work involves cross-border aspects, and our Corporate team has worked with colleagues in over 80 offices around the world. We are recognized as leaders in sectors such as Real Estate, Energy, Financial Services, and Infrastructure.
We have a great opportunity for an Associate to join the London Corporate transactional team. The successful candidate will develop their expertise in a team that has deep sector knowledge and far-reaching experience in advising global, national, and emerging companies.
You will maintain client relationships, contribute to business development and thought leadership, raise your own profile, and support the continued growth of the practice.
Required Experience, Skills, and Attributes
You will take a prominent role on a wide range of corporate transactional and advisory mandates, working with colleagues within Corporate and elsewhere to deliver a first-class client service. In addition, you will be accountable for:
- Building and maintaining client relationships.
- Contributing to business development.
- Coaching and mentoring more junior members of the team.
- Contributing to thought leadership and raising the profile of the firm externally.
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The role will be particularly attractive to applicants who wish to increase their exposure to and direct experience of more significant corporate transactions and cross-border work for blue chip clients.
Technical Skills
- Good knowledge of corporate transactional work.
- 1 to 3 PQE.
- Ability to work with a degree of independence where appropriate.
- Project management and team working.
- Strong drafting skills and legal research ability.
- Strong academic record, including a degree or equivalent.
- Financial, commercial, and business awareness.
- Ability to contribute to and participate in client pitches.
Personal Attributes
- Dedicated to exceptional client service.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrates good judgment and resilience skills.
- Shows strong initiative and drive and takes control of own career development.
Firm Profile
Across more than 80 countries, Dentons helps you grow, protect, operate, and finance your organization by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. Polycentric, purpose-driven, and committed to inclusion, diversity, equity, and sustainability, we focus on what matters most to you. www.dentons.com
Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to building an inclusive culture here at Dentons where our people can thrive, regardless of their background or circumstance. As well as being the right thing to do, it makes good business sense too. A richness of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives helps us best serve our clients and the communities in which we operate. You can find out more about inclusion and diversity at Dentons here: Inclusion and Diversity
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Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from everyone including of any age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, neurotype, disability, or with parental or caring responsibilities. We are also “Happy to Talk Flexible Working” and welcome conversations about flexible working arrangements.
Dentons is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates with a disability may choose to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme. We will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Where application volumes are high, we may offer interviews to those who best meet the minimum criteria, consistent with our approach for all candidates.
During the application process, all applicants have the opportunity to tell us about any adjustments or support they require so they are able to perform at their best. Any information you share with us during the application process is treated in confidence.
If you have any questions about this or the role criteria, please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com.
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If you are interested in applying for this position, we welcome direct applications via our careers page, but if you have any questions beforehand, please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com. Enquiries only please – applications will not be accepted via email.
Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CVs sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.
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