Corporate Associate

".. seasoned industry experts, with a significant depth and breadth of experience." - Chambers & Partners

We are looking for an Associate to join our highly regarded Corporate team in London. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected team, known for having an entrepreneurial outlook and approach, and work on high value and strategically important projects both nationally and internationally.

The practice

Our Corporate practice is well known for having depth and strength across the team in acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, public and private M&A work both domestically and internationally. The team have seen another year of significant growth in both mid-market and high-end domestic and international transactions.

We have a strong sector focus in various spheres, but in digital business and marketing services it is fair to say that we are the go-to firm. Along with digital business, our other key sector-focuses include Financial Services (with particular expertise in private equity and venture capital for market leading clients), Real Estate & Infrastructure, Life Sciences and Energy & Utilities. These focuses enable us to understand the markets our clients operate in and the issues they are facing.

As part of the corporate team, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of transactions with different partners in London and across our other UK offices on all aspects of corporate advice. Whilst the primary focus will be M&A work, there will be an opportunity to work across all areas.

Our UK corporate practice regularly works with our fast growing international network. Associates have opportunities to build international relationships through our International Exchange programme and overseas offsite events.

To find out more, please see the links below:

https://www.osborneclarke.com/services/corporate

The work

Recent transactions led from the London office include advising:

• Global healthcare leader Grifols on its €1.1 billion acquisition of Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Holdings A.G.
• Leading digital agency the Jellyfish Group and its shareholders on its innovative £500 million combination with the French group, Fimalac, together with a number of subsequent acquisitions in the UK, Australia, Brazil and Mexico, and the subsequent sale of the group to Brandtech.
• Marshall Motor Holdings plc, one of the UK's leading automotive retail groups, on the £325 million recommended offer by CAG Vega 2 Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constellation Automotive Holdings Limited.
• The shareholders of the award-winning integrated customer engagement agency, Unlimited on its sale to Accenture Song.
• ITV Adventures on investment in online estate agent Strike (trading as Purplebricks).
• Zeus Enterprise Limited (trading as 'Yieldify') on the sale of the company to MMS UK Holdings Limited, a Publicis Groupe company. Osborne Clarke has now acted opposite Publicis Groupe and its advisers more than any other UK law firm.
• QPE, a private equity investment fund with a focus on the education, health and pharma and tech services sectors, on the management buyout of FutureDeluxe Holdings Limited. The target is a global digital creative studio. The deal aids FutureDeluxe's plans to expand its global footprint and open in new key markets whilst maintaining its current boutique status.
• Maple Syrup Media Limited (trading as Quidco) on its proposed sale for a total consideration of £101m to Moneysupermarket.com Financial Group Limited, a subsidiary of Moneysupermarket.com Group plc.
• The selling shareholders on the sale of Denmark-based Capdesk to US-based Carta. We advised on all aspects of the cross-border sale in which the sellers received US securities in payment for the acquisition.
• The Trinity's shareholders on the sale of Trinity Property Group to Fidelio Capital, a Swedish private equity firm. Trinity is one of the UK's leading property management companies, managing over 95,000 homes in England and Wales and has agreements in place for an additional 55,000 homes.
• Shareholders of EnergyDeck Limited (trading as Fabriq), a leading ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) SaaS solution provider to the real estate sector during its sale to French competitor Deepki SAS.
• The selling shareholders of The Research Partnership Limited, a leading market insights platform to the life sciences industry, on the company's sale to Ashfield Huntsworth.

The team

The London Corporate team is made up of 10 Partners, 1 Legal Director, 13 Associate Directors, 14 Senior Associates, 10 Associates, 4 Trainee Solicitors, 1 Solicitor Apprentice and 2 Paralegals.

We work closely with the Corporate teams in our Bristol and London offices, meaning the department is made up of over 100 lawyers overall.

Technical skills and experience

You will have a keen interest in providing high quality service and will have previous experience advising on M&A matters, as well as (ideally) Venture Capital and/or Private Equity. As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint an Associate, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.

Your career development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Rachael Nye on rachael.nye@osborneclarke.com

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

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