Associates with at least 3PQE experience undertaking Public M+A transactions sought to join this market leading team.
Key responsibilities
• Expected to lead and negotiate transactions
• Responsible for drafting discrete pieces of legal advice for clients with minimal amendments
• Encouraged to adopt a client-facing role
• Supervise and develop Junior Associates and Trainees
Qualifications required
• 3PQE+ years PQE
• Excellent academics
• Public M&A experience
Work based competencies
We would expect the successful candidate to have a minimum of 3 years experience in public M+A experience but would consider those with less experience providing they meet the required competencies
Key Deals
• Biffa on its £1.2 billion takeover by Montagu/GIP
• Carnival Corporation on its £3.5 billion hostile offer for, then recommended DLC with, P&O Princess
• ENRC on its £584 million offer for Camec
• Enterprise Oil in relation to the £4.3 billion recommended cash offer by Shell Resources
• European Administrators of Nortel on the US$2 billion disposals of various businesses
• Fortune Brands on the £7.4 billion consortium break up of Allied Domecq
• Halliburton on its £1.8 billion contested bid for Expro
• Hollinger on the £700 million sale of the Telegraph to the Barclay brothers
• Lazard on its US$800 million IPO
• Molson Coors on the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Cobra beer out of pre-packaged administration and related joint venture arrangements with Lord Bilimoria
• QIA and UBS on their £8 billion consortium bid for RWE Thames Water
• Resolution on its £8.6 billion merger with Friends Provident, competing £4.9 billion bid, subsequently recommended by a consortium of Standard Life and Swiss Re and competing £5 billion recommended takeover by a consortium of Pearl and Royal London
• Stagecoach on its bid approach to National Express Group plc, its £265 million disposal of its London bus business to Macquarie, its return of £700 million to shareholders, its £750 million disposal of Porterbrook rolling stock leasing company and its disposal of bus businesses in New Zealand and Hong Kong
• Tata Steel on its contested £6.2 billion takeover of Corus and subsequent refinancing
• TNS on the defence of WPP's £1.1 billion hostile bid
• Yell on its €3 billion acquisition of TPI in Spain, its US$1.5 billion acquisition of TransWestern in the US and the related debt and equity financings
Technical
• Legal ability - detailed grasp of complex legal concepts, excellent drafting skills, ability to see issues from a commercial perspective and able to communicate complex legal advice to clients effectively
• Delivering excellent client service - excellent communications skills, driven to deliver to clients promptly, sets themselves challenging goals and resilient in achieving them
Client• Finding and winning - able to build relationships with clients, identifies opportunities and networks effectively internally
• Practice/firm promotion - acts as an ambassador for the firm, writes technical articles for publication
• Developing and retaining - works to become a trusted advisor to the client, aware of client industry dynamics, works closely with the Business Development Team
People• Leadership and management - acts as role model to others, provides coaching to those more junior than themselves
• Initiative and managing change - resilient in the face of multiple priorities, able to deliver difficult messages, takes ownership for resolving problems pro-actively
• Teamwork and communication - seeks out the views of others, assured and succinct in communication
• Impact and personal development - proactively requests feedback from others, able to deal with constructive criticism and takes ownership for self-development
Firm
• Financial performance - familiar with key drivers of firm performance
• Risk management and professional ethics - takes responsibility for personal and professional ethics, understanding of reputational risk and the regulatory framework, prepared to seek advice where appropriate
• Knowledge management - shares knowledge with others proactively, consults with senior technical experts where appropriate
• Firm contribution - high level of personal integrity, contributes to developing a diverse and innovative culture, prepared to go the extra mile
Behavioural competencies
• Ability to use initiative and be pro-active;
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Enthusiastic, positive and committed team member;
• Ability to cope with conflicting demands and meet deadlines;
• Attention to detail with a high level of accuracy;
• Communicates effectively at all levels, both verbally and written;
• Promotes a collegiate environment, good team morale and a spirit of co-operation;
• Team player.
