Associate (4+ years PQE)

Permanent job vacancy - Full time - Competitive salary (plus excellent benefits) - Location: Cardiff

Are we the business for you?

Working nationally and internationally from our base in Wales, Capital Law offers all the legal services that a trading organisation needs.

We alsohave a consultancy business, Capital People , that specialises in human resources, organisational change and Health & Safety.

We work with businesses of all sizes - from large corporations to those just starting up - across the private, public, and third sectors.

Working within the Corporate team

The Corporate team provides a full-service offering and includes transactional experience across M&A and Private Equity. We have a large team, comprising 14 qualified lawyers (supported by trainees and paralegals) that are all dedicated to Corporate transactions. We are consistently towards the top of Experian's Welsh deal list, ranked tier 1 in the Legal 500 and have been shortlisted for Regional Legal Adviser of the Year at the prestigious Private Equity Awards for the last two years.

Our focus is to develop our reputation nationally as a leading Corporate and Private Equity practice - with the ability to handle complex or high-value matters whilst being practical, pragmatic and cost-effective. We also want to be recognised for our ability to work alongside senior teams of major businesses, and their in-house lawyers. Our clients are generally based in London, but also across the UK and internationally. We have offices in Cardiff and London. We work flexibly and team members work from home and/or from either of our offices.

We're looking for a highly motivated corporate lawyer who combines good academic credentials with sound practical experience, good business judgment and strong interpersonal skills. You'll bring experience across the full spectrum of private equity and M&A transactions.

You'll need:

• experience of a full range of corporate work
• to understand the importance of client relationships
• to be technically competent and commercially aware
• excellent written and oral communication skills, clear written presentation, strong organisational skills, good time management, good initiative and problem-solving ability
• to be team-focused with a flexible and collaborative approach to working with others, but also able to work alone
• plenty of drive and enthusiasm to help us to provide an excellent client service
• to travel regularly to London and Cardiff to visit clients and colleagues

You will be able to:

• help to build and maintain client relationships
• support the development of junior lawyers
• work effectively under pressure to help clients
• adhere to internal procedures and systems of Capital including file / case management, time recording, WIP management
• keep up to date with law and practice as part of continuing professional development (CPD)
• maintain high standards of professional conduct while generating required practice income

If you're looking for a career where your ideas are welcomed, and you have the chance to make a significant contribution to the business, we'd like to hear from you.

In return, we offer:

• a competitive salary: dependent upon experience and discussed at interview.
• career development opportunities: we are a fast-growing and ambitious firm. We understand that to fulfil our potential, we need to fulfil that of all our colleagues.
• health and wellbeing: virtual yoga, wellbeing events and our 'Time to Move' scheme, offering colleagues time to simply get away from their desks.
• benefits: pension scheme, comprehensive health plan, option to buy/sell annual leave, recognition scheme, recruitment referral scheme.
• making life easier: we offer a flexible and grown-up approach to work, to include remote working.

We are committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment. We encourage equality and diversity and treat all job applicants and colleagues fairly— regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion or any religious or cultural beliefs, marital status and civil partnership, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity. We have no tolerance for discrimination.

Here, we can be ourselves, succeed on merit, and grow with people from all walks of life.