The Role

Department: Corporate General and Commercial

Location: Guildford

Role: Junior Associate, Permanent

The Team

Our global corporate and advisory group supports a broad range of clients on all their legal requirements, from corporate, banking & finance, commercial, employment, IPto IT/Tech.

Our Legal500 Tier 2 ranked corporate and commercial team works cohesively with clients across the firm's key sectors in both mature and emerging markets around the world, assisting with private M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate governance arrangements.

The Role

This role offers the successful candidate a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic corporate team. You will be working directly with clients, supporting the partners with a variety of matters across their multifaceted client group.

The core location of the role is Guildford but travel to our London office will be required from time to time.

Your Responsibilities:

Supporting M&A transactions including preparation of ancillary documents, due diligence and other deliverables required for multi-jurisdictional transactions;

assisting with the process, co-ordination and project management of transactions; and developing strong working relationships with colleagues in different sectors and offices

Essential Skills & Experience

• 1 - 3 PQE with previous experience working within a corporate and commercial team. Please note that our PQE levels are a guide and all suitable candidates will be considered.
• The Solicitors Act 1974 requires practicing solicitors to have a practising certificate.
• Must be a qualified solicitor. Successful completion of a Training Contract (or equivalent) and relevant education (Legal Practice Course; Graduate Diploma in Law (if non Law graduate).
• All solicitors and registered European lawyers in legal practice or employment in England & Wales must comply with the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's continuing professional development scheme (CPD Scheme).
• The ideal candidate will display excellent legal ability and initiative, strong technical skills as well as confidence in managing and prioritising a full and varied workload. They will be a strong communicator with good attention to detail.
• Be proactive and have a good teamwork ethic, with a willingness to assume responsibility.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Role Competency Requirements

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

Technical Excellence

Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it

Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially

Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively

People and Team

Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others

Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others

Leadership: creating high performing teams

Client Relationships and Business Development

Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities

Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers

Cross-selling and business development

Finance and Practice Management

Finance management and understanding of the business

Project management: ensuring projects are delivered

Knowledge sharing

Personal Effectiveness

Communication

Clarity of thinking

Personal contribution

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.