The team

Our corporate team continues to build its private equity offering, acting for private equity investors, investee companies and management teams. We advise institutional investors and management teams on all areas of private equity buy-outs, exits and portfolio company M&A. In addition, we are active for a number of our industry clients with investment/ventures businesses.

With a five partner team in London and Singapore led by David Wallis and James Mee, the team is now acting regularly on private equity driven transactions. We are best known for our PE work within the insurance sector, regularly acting on double digit deals each year, and have acted on a number of high profile tech/data deals recently. We look after household brand retailers that are PE backed.

We are a friendly, collaborative team, with a passion for developing our people and providing them with the tools to develop successful careers.

The role

A talented Senior Associate to help further build our private equity team and capitalise on the exciting opportunities in play.

RPC's Corporate business has grown significantly and continues to hire whilst others retrench. This is a great opportunity to join a developing practice that is core to the firm's strategy.

Your role will involve acting for private equity sponsors on a range of mid-market and upper mid-market deals, management advisory work and bolt on acquisitions for private equity backed portfolio companies.

The team sits within the corporate team so you will benefit from a broader diet of work.

You will have a high degree of autonomy and client involvement; you will be encouraged and supported in helping drive the business forward.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• 5-7 years of PQE, you will be a specialist in private equity with a strong grounding in this area.
• Able to deliver sound legal and commercial solutions and work collaboratively with partners and clients to achieve objectives and provide an outstanding client experience.
• Ability to manage and complete a deal effectively from start to finish.
• Committed to business development to further grow the practice, you will be able to spot and drive commercial opportunities forward.
• Ability to establish strong client relationships based on mutual trust and understanding.
• Work efficiently and commercially to maximise profitability.
• Committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture recognising and celebrating achievements.
• Ability to be an effective leader within the team who coaches and develops junior team members to achieve their full potential.