Associate Director - Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA), Transaction Services

Our client's Transaction Services team collaborate with organisations of all shapes and sizes across a broad range of Mergers and Acquisitions activity. They are an integrated team of specialists helping clients focus on the key questions during the critical stages of planning and executing a deal, creating and enhancing value.

They are proud to have fostered a friendly, collaborative, and supportive culture where they encourage you to use your voice, have your own views, and contribute to the client’s agenda. They offer a flexible working environment, where they enable you to focus on your development and the development of others. They also have a unique go-to market proposition where the same team will advise clients throughout the entire deal cycle, both pre-deal and then supporting with either completion accounts mechanisms or leakage reviews as necessary.

This team is recruiting Associate Directors to join their Sale and Purchase Agreement team to support the growth of our business.

Responsibilities:

Team work: leading work streams on medium size engagements and being an instrumental team member on larger engagement of greater complexity in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments. Providing price structuring advice and agreement vetting service on the Sale and Purchase Agreement, in particular completion accounts or locked box provisions, and any additional deferred consideration provisions. Providing vendor assist services, such as preparing Locked Box papers. Providing post-completion advice on the preparation or review of completion accounts and earn-out accounts, providing tactical advice on commercial negotiation and any disputes which may arise. Business development: building, commercialising and sustaining relationships with client management team members for the benefit of the Firm. Practice development: taking responsibility for several processes and initiatives that are key to scaling the business. Risk management: identifying and managing risks and ensuring the Firm's frameworks are implemented appropriately and effectively. People development: identifying team member development needs and accelerating development by establishing the appropriate plans and frameworks with particular emphasis on coaching and skills transfer. Personal development: participating in the career and skills development infrastructure provided by the Firm and acting as a role model with colleagues and clients by living the values of the Firm.