Manager - Corporate Associate (FS)

AJ Chambers are delighted to once again work with a fantastic West End boutique law firm, who are offering an opportunity for a motivated individual to join a dynamic and growing team. The candidate will be expected to handle a mix of property and commercial dispute cases, providing exposure to a range of legal issues and opportunities to develop their skills.

The firm has a reputation for providing high-quality legal services and the ideal candidate should have a passion for litigation and a strong work ethic. The role involves working independently and as part of a team, managing a caseload and contributing to the growth of the firm\'s litigation offering.

In addition to having 1-4 years of post-qualification experience, the ideal candidate should have a good understanding of contract law and negotiations, as well as excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.

The firm is looking for someone who is motivated, driven, and committed to delivering the best possible results for their clients.

Salary circa £45,000-£55,000.

Flexible and social culture including hybrid working.

AJ Chambers is working with a large Legal 500 firm who are seeking a corporate/commercial partner to join their London office. The work is varied, and the chance to expand an exciting practice is available for the right partner with business development capabilities. The corporate/commercial team cover a variety of practice areas, including joint ventures, M&A, commercial law, restructuring, data privacy, IP and company formation, so it\'s a great opportunity to build something with an ambitious group.

Sectors covered by each of the teams span over agribusiness, charities, education, manufacturing, media and tech, so niches/specialisms either within or outside of these areas are highly desirable.

For the right partner with the right network and business winning capabilities, the firm is willing to negotiate salary with possibility for equity in the future.

Please get in touch for more information.

AJ Chambers is delighted to be working with an exceptional international firm who are seeking to add a mid-level corporate associate to their London team. Progression is stressed in this role, so for an ambitious solicitor with potential for partnership in their trajectory, this role will be an excellent opportunity. The team is dynamic and covers a multitude of bases, so broad transactional expertise is highly desirable. A global presence is at the forefront of the firm⣙s focus, so a deep knowledge and interest of advising global, national and emerging companies will be beneficial.

The Role

• You will take the lead in managing varying elements of transactions from planning, due diligence through to post-closing integration.
• Corporate work covering a large base of sectors and size.
• Build and maintain solid client relationships.

The Candidate

• 3-5 PQE.
• Experience covering or specializing in M&A, private equity, venture capital and ECM.
• Far-reaching understanding of a range of industries.
• Career history in a leading City firm.
• Exceptional drafting skills and legal research ability.
• Highly ambitious and keen to take the next step.

AJ Chambers are delighted to be working with a reputable London firm who are seeking to add a non-fee earning dispute resolution senior associate to the commercial litigation team. The clients are often HNW individuals, corporations, funds and banks; with work ranging from financial services, international trade, fraud, contentious insolvency and professional negligence, to corporate governance/shareholder issues such as unfair prejudice claims

The Role

• Organising knowledge management and training within the DR department, and
• Assisting DR Partners and Head of Department with internal responsibilities,
• In-house litigation assistance and managing the recovery of any substantial outstanding fees/disputes.

The Candidate

• Broad experience of disputes across all areas of business, working for both private and commercial clients.
• Experience of both contractual and tortious claims
• Ideally have an interest in and experience of the financial markets.
• 5-8 Years PQE

AJ Chambers is working with a leading international firm who are seeking to add a Private Equity Funds Associate to strengthen their rapidly growing team. The PE group has doubled in size in the last few years, and is set to continue its growth in order to offer a prime service to its clients, focussing on complex restructuring of existing fund structures, and secondaries transactions. The team combine funds lawyers and transactional lawyers, so a strong background in funds is also acceptable.

The Role

• Drafting and negotiation of fund documentation and secondaries transaction documents
• Commercial legal advice of funds and transactions
• Liaising with clients and colleagues alike in order to build excellent working relationships
• Business development

The Candidate

• 3-6 Years PQE
• Broad experience of advising private equity fund formation and/or secondaries transactions
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Excellent academic record

AJ Chambers is delighted to be working with a Tier 1 West End firm, who are seeking to add a well-versed corporate/commercial senior associate to the team. The firm is highly regarded among clients such as start-ups, SMEs, entrepreneurs and large multi-nationals. The team is particularly reputable among the hospitality, leisure, food and beverage sectors and can handle transactions of up to £100m in M&A.

The Role

• You will sit in the corporate team, but will handle a broad range of both corporate and commercial matters.
• You will manage transactions and pioneer your own caseload.
• The work may include: M&A, PE, joint ventures, equity capital raising, demergers, commercial agreements and capital markets.
• Drafting and negotiating documents in respect of M&A investments, SPAs etc.
• Leading and instructing more junior team members/ support staff.
• Business Development initiatives.

The Candidate

• Thorough understanding of M&A transactions
• Business development capabilities and ambitions
• Commercial contract drafting skills
• Strong academic background
• Experience and enthusiasm for managing a team

Hybrid working (2 days in office/ 3 days at home)

Discretionary 10% Bonus if target achieved

5% employer contribution for pension (10% overall with 5% employee contribution)

25 days holiday

Training Bursary for professional development

Perk platform

AJ Chambers is delighted to be working with an international law firm who focus their attention on cross-border transactions, intersecting regulatory and compliance obligations in multiple jurisdictions for UK clients, as well as working in close coordination with American attorneys on multinational client matters. They are seeking a private equity focussed corporate lawyer to join the team and enahnce their successes within the leveraged buyout and M&A markets.

Clients range from founders, management teams to investors to build their portfolios of acquisitions. With offices across the globe, the firm are able to provide top tier service in corporate transactions to clients.

The role includes ownership of transactions, advising of clients on private equity investments, venture capital and M&A, especially within the transportation and aviation sectors, so experience in this area would be ideal, but not essential.

• 2-5 Years PQE
• E&W qualified

Anything billed over 1650 hours is rewarded on top of 5%, collections bonus

AJ Chambers are looking for an experienced PA to join the Corporate Team of an International Law Firm who will provide skilled administrative and secretarial support to an assigned group of senior fee earners, helping to maximise the effectiveness of the lawyers⣙ practices. The Legal PA works as part of a team, proactively assisting the Corporate group in order to meet deadlines or share workload.

Main duties will include but not limited to:

• Proactively managing and maintaining diary planning and coordination for allocated fee earners, making appointments and co-ordinating internal and external client meetings, identifying and resolving potential challenges and clashes, ensuring arrangements are made for equipment, venue and resources and that fee earners have all necessary paperwork.
• Travel management, booking transport, hotels, client meetings and producing detailed itineraries.
• Coordinating business development and client liaison initiatives for fee earners, including updating database information and assisting with marketing initiatives and events (including occasional support at events e.g. registration desk).
• Proactively dealing with all aspects of claiming expenses, including InterAction entries.
• Liaising with the firm\'s clients in a confident and professional manner, building strong working relationships with clients and contacts

• Monitoring fee earners\' mailboxes when they are out of the office or attending a long meeting, responding to emails as necessary and prioritising correspondence to enable fee earners to focus on urgent matters.
• Using initiative to route emails to the appropriate individuals for swift response and action and responding to and filing emails in Filesite on behalf of partners and fee earners to reduce volume (where possible).
• Preparing bills, including resolving queries and dealing with outstanding fees, maintaining accurate billing/contact details, preparation of narratives and drafting first bills with covering correspondence for partner approval. Assisting fee earners by liaising with the billing team, and following up with debt recovery as requested.
• Providing secretarial assistance to assigned fee-earners, which includes audio typing, copy typing, formatting documents, creating correspondence, pitches and presentations.
• Delegating complex and lengthy documents to the Document Production Team, ensuring requirements and timescales are clearly set out.
• Coordinating the opening of new client matters and assisting with Anti-Money Laundering processes, undertaking as much research as possible before passing over to the Partner for approval.

The successful candidate will have an enthusiastic can do attitude with at least 5 years experience in a Corporate Department and have excellent knowledge of Outlook, Word, Powerpoint and Excel.

The role will offer a salary of £40000 + with an excellent benefits package on top.

For further information please contact Ella Britton

AJ Chambers is delighted to be working with a leading global law firm who are seeking a highly knowledgeable and well-rounded corporate private equity associate to join their London team. The team has several hundred fee earners and business professionals, and works across six key sectors; consumer goods/retail, energy mining/infrastructure, financial institutions, healthcare, industrials/manufacturing/transportation, and technology/telecoms. The team collaborates internationally, connecting with a multitude of markets and industries. Clients include nearly all of the largest global public companies, and more than 75% of the Fortune 500.

The private equity team is a crucial element to the corporate department, advising on complex PE funds matters, acquisitions (public and private), corporate governance support, divestments, typically with a cross-border dimension. There are regular opportunities for secondments with clients, and transfer to other offices under the firm⣙s associate transfer program is also a possibility.

The Role

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Advising and supporting leading PE sponsors and other financial investors, along with their portfolio companies.
• Developing relationships with clients, including understanding their businesses, economic drivers, markets and sectors in order to deliver relevant and commercial advice and contribute to growing the relationship and winning further work.
• Engaging in business development activities, and being active in the marketing of the firm and seeking opportunities for new work.
• Working as part of a close-knit team, and taking an active role in sharing knowledge and experience.

The Candidate

• 2-4 years PQE
• Commerciality and demonstrable business development experience
• Excellent written communication and drafting skills
• Initiative and proactivity
• Strong service orientation, holding the clients⣙ needs at the forefront of each process
• Ability to develop strong relationships with clients and colleagues alike
• Flexible work practices
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt style as required
• Ability to work well in both a team and independently.

AJ Chambers is delighted to be working with a leading mid-size West End firm who are seeking a corporate associate (1-3 PQE) to join their corporate and commercial team. The firm has successes with a variety of clients, including start-ups, SMEs, CEOs, large multinational compnies and early-stage growth companies in sectors such as real estate, hospitality, food and drink, leisure, media, tech and finance.

The corporate and commercial team directs its focus into funding and general corporate advice on seed capital fundraising through to pre-IPO, joint ventures, commercial agreements and clients wishing to establish businesses in the UK, among a variety of other matters. In M&A, it\'s typical for the team to handle deals up to £100m, as well as advising on terms of trade, contractual agreements, acquisitions or disposals etc.

The Role

- Providing an excellent level of service on a range of corporate matters, including but not limited to:

• M&A
• Private Equity
• Equity Capital Raising
• Demergers
• Commercial Agreements
• Capital Markets (AIM)

- Contributing to corporate/commercial transactions

- Drafting, amending and negotiating documents (including shareholder arrangements)

- Business development

The Candidate

- Commercial contract drafting skills

- Strong academic background (2:1 degree or equivalent)

- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively

- Personable approach with clients and colleagues alike

- Ambitious growth mindset

They are offering flexibility with working from home or in the office.

Benefits

- Discretionary 10% Bonus if target achieved

- 5% employer contribution for pension (10% overall with 5% employee contribution)

- 25 days holiday

- Training Bursary for professional development

- Perk platform

£65,000-75,000 (DOE)

AJ Chambers is delighted to be working with a Silver Circle firm who are seeking a highly knowledgeable and well-rounded corporate private equity associate to join their London team. The team has several hundred fee earners and business professionals, and works across six key sectors; consumer goods/retail, energy mining/infrastructure, financial institutions, healthcare, industrials/manufacturing/transportation, and technology/telecoms. The team collaborates internationally, connecting with a multitude of markets and industries. Clients include nearly all of the largest global public companies, and more than 75% of the Fortune 500.

The private equity team is a crucial element to the corporate department, advising on complex PE funds matters, acquisitions (public and private), corporate governance support, divestments, typically with a cross-border dimension. There are regular opportunities for secondments with clients, and transfer to other offices under the firm’s associate transfer program is also a possibility.

The Role

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Advising and supporting leading PE sponsors and other financial investors, along with their portfolio companies.
• Developing relationships with clients, including understanding their businesses, economic drivers, markets and sectors in order to deliver relevant and commercial advice and contribute to growing the relationship and winning further work.
• Engaging in business development activities, and being active in the marketing of the firm and seeking opportunities for new work.
• Working as part of a close-knit team, and taking an active role in sharing knowledge and experience.

The Candidate

• 2-4 years PQE
• Commerciality and demonstrable business development experience
• Excellent written communication and drafting skills
• Initiative and proactivity
• Strong service orientation, holding the clients’ needs at the forefront of each process
• Ability to develop strong relationships with clients and colleagues alike
• Flexible work practices
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt style as required
• Ability to work well in both a team and independently.

AJ Chambers are working with a Tier 1 international firm, who are seeking a highly knowledgeable and well-rounded corporate associate to join their London team. The department are renowned for their top tier advisory work and skilled legal analysis on public and private acquisitions, equity capital market transactions and general corporate matters. The department has dealings across a variety of sectors, including (but not limited to) energy, life sciences and health care, technology, banking, and sports. You will be joining a coordinated and focused group, who provide the best service possible to their clients.

The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years PQE and demonstrable experience in involvement across multiple areas of the M&A process, private equity transactions, restructurings, and joint ventures. The work itself will be varied and provide the opportunity to further your skills and knowledge as you learn from a group of leading corporate lawyers. The firm’s clients from various parts of the world expect high-quality, seamless service delivered to the best of the firm’s ability, so the right candidate will be passionate about building client and colleague relationships alike.

The firm offers a fully flexible hybrid working model, where the majority of the team is given the freedom to decide how they work most efficiently and effectively. Each hybrid worker is given an allowance to create a workspace in their home.

The benefits on offer range from health insurance, gym memberships, income protection, an in-house counsellor and fully trained mental health first aiders.