Origin Legal Ltd
Corporate Lawyer - Associate/Senior Associate
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Key Responsibilities
- Taking day-to-day responsibility for transactions, with appropriate partner supervision and direct client contact.
- Managing and progressing complex matters efficiently and proactively.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a range of corporate transaction documents.
- Communicating clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Identifying inconsistencies and quality issues in transaction documents and related work.
- Participating in negotiations with clients, counterparties and other advisers.
- Understanding clients’ commercial objectives and helping to deliver practical, cost-effective solutions.
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across different practice areas and jurisdictions.
- Supporting business development initiatives and contributing to the continued growth of the corporate practice.
- Providing commercially focused and technically sound legal advice with integrity and professionalism.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
About You
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
The successful candidate is likely to be an Associate or Senior Associate with strong post-qualification experience in corporate transactions within a private practice environment.
You should have:
- Experience across a broad range of corporate matters, including private M&A, private equity and infrastructure transactions.
- Strong drafting, analytical and negotiation skills.
- Experience preparing and negotiating key transaction documents, including share purchase agreements, disclosure letters, shareholder agreements and joint venture agreements.
- Experience leading transactions or managing significant transaction workstreams with direct client involvement.
- Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams.
- Excellent attention to detail and a high standard of written work.
- A commercial and pragmatic approach to advising clients.
- Confidence in negotiations and client interactions.
- Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues at all levels.
- A proactive, self-starting and collaborative mindset.
- An interest in developing new skills and broadening technical knowledge beyond core transactional work.
- A genuine focus on delivering excellent outcomes for clients.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location