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Travers Smith

An award-winning city law firm. We build lasting relationships with public and private sector clients. It is Travers Smith's purpose to provide the very highest quality of service to our clients whilst enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a supportive, inclusive, and enjoyable working environment.

Department

Our Corporate M&A and ECM team advise both listed and private companies, as well as investment banks, on domestic and cross-border M&A and equity offerings. We have expertise in the public takeover space, regularly advising bidders, targets, and financial advisers in relation to public takeover situations.

We act as retained counsel for over 60 listed companies, several of them within the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 index. Our Listed Company Advisory team support our listed company clients by providing tailored, practical advice on a wide range of corporate governance, ESG, reporting and stakeholder engagement requirements.

The Role

To support the continued growth of the team, we are currently recruiting a talented and driven associate to join us on a permanent basis. This role is an opportunity for the successful candidate to take on a significant amount of client contact and responsibility whilst working in a collaborative environment to provide advice and assistance to high quality clients across a wide range of sectors and matters. The successful candidate will also have significant opportunities to contribute to the wider activities of the team, including in relation to Business Development and Learning & Development.

Key Responsibilities

While distribution of work will vary from time to time, it is our full expectation that an Associate will gain experience across the full range of matters that make up the team's practice. Typical work will therefore include (but not be limited to) the following:

Transactional

Providing legal advice and support on a range of transactional corporate matters including acting for:

• Corporate clients, management teams and individuals (both buy-side and sell-side) on a range of UK and international private M&A transactions (including acquisitions and disposals, bolt-on acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, subscription/equity investments).
• Bidders, target companies and financial advisers on public M&A transactions (including contractual takeover offers, schemes of arrangement, public to private transactions and cash confirmations).
• Corporate issuers, investment banks, selling shareholders and management teams on a range of equity capital markets transactions (including IPOs (on the Official List and AIM), secondary offerings (including placings, rights issues and open offers) and other matters, such as class 1 transactions, reverse takeovers, related party approvals, block trades and tender offers).

Typical work on such matters will include:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction terms and documents including share purchase agreements, prospectuses and other offer documents.
• Undertaking legal due diligence and verification, including reviewing documents and advising on any risks or concerns.
• Advising on regulatory compliance, including advising on the Companies Act, the Listing Rules, the Takeover Code and other relevant regulations.
• Managing the transactions including preparing timetables, managing deal teams, and monitoring progress.
• Attending client meetings and contributing to the development of client relationships
• Liaising with clients, other lawyers, accountants, and other advisors.

Advisory

Providing legal advice and support on a range of lifecycle events for both listed and private clients, and their group companies including advising on:

• General company law, compliance, governance and regulatory matters.
• Shareholder meetings.
• Share restructurings and group reorganisations.
• Returns of capital.
• Shareholder activism.

Other

• Supporting business development initiatives, including writing client briefings and attending networking events.
• Supporting learning and development initiatives, including delivering training (internally and externally), assisting with precedents and tech initiatives within the team.

Key Stakeholders

• Head of Department.
• Partners.

Person Specification - Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• An outstanding academic record.
• E&W/Irish Qualified Solicitor.
• Experience and technical competence in advising on Corporate M&A and/or ECM matters (commensurate with 1-5 PQE level).
• Evidence of strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Evidence of strong legal research and analytical skills.
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to manage multiple tasks and projects.
• A team player who thrives working within a collegiate environment.
• A willingness to show commitment and engagement to the firm's culture.