"The Osborne Clarke team are incredibly professional, reliable and down to earth" – Chambers UK
We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Corporate team in London, with a focus on private equity. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and work on high-profile UK and international private equity transactions.
We offer a supportive, collaborative and enjoyable working environment, where high-quality partner supervision and training go hand in hand with the autonomy to take the lead. As a Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity to lead transactions, develop your own client relationships and shape your practice, with experienced partners on hand to provide guidance and support.
The practice
Osborne Clarke’s Corporate team has a strong reputation for advising on complex, high-profile UK and international transactions. Our London team combines extensive transactional experience with specialist expertise from across the firm to deliver commercially focused advice.
Our Tier 2-ranked dedicated Private Equity team advises a range of mid-market investors and management teams throughout the investment lifecycle, from deal structuring through to exit. We provide practical, results-focused advice on private equity transactions, including buy-outs, portfolio acquisitions and exits.
To find out more about our practice, please follow the link below.
http://www.osborneclarke.com/expertise/service/corporate/private-equity/
The team
"Osborne Clarke combines both legal expertise and commercial sensibilities at every stage of a deal. They understand the work from a commercial and entrepreneurial perspective." - Chambers & Partners
The Private Equity team is led by Pippa Byrne, Partner, and also comprises of 9 further Partners, 4 Associate Directors, 3 Senior Associate, 5 Associates and 1 Trainee Solicitor. The team also works closely with the Corporate teams across the London, Thames Valley and Bristol offices, meaning that the department is made up of over 100 lawyers overall.
The work
Recent work examples include:
- Advising Beech Tree Private Equity and the management team of Redstor, a category-leading data management and SaaS protection company, in relation to the sale and management's reinvestment into the Redstor Group.
- Advising the management shareholders of Southern Communications on its management buyout backed by Ares Management, the leading global provider of debt and equity finance.
- Advising Alcuin Capital Partners on its strategic investments in Connect2Law Limited (trading under the Muve and Nova brands), a UK tech-enabled conveyancing firm, and boutique private prosecution practice Edmonds Marshall McMahon.
- Advising Queen's Park Equity on a strategic investment and partnership with specialist legal services provider Canford Law, followed by advising Canford Law on its bolt-on acquisition of PDC Law.
- Advising Northcote Equity on its investment in AmplifyME, to back its pioneering simulation assessments for financial market.
- Advising FPE Capital on its growth investment into BMA, a Leeds-based decision intelligence software and services platform for utility companies and infrastructure operators.
Technical skills and experience
As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint a Senior Associate lawyer, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience. Ideally, you will have gained experience at a law firm recognised for its corporate law practice and will have previous experience advising on Private Equity matters.
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.
For more information or to apply
At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins in the Recruitment team on [email protected].
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, Angharad Jenkins on [email protected]
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.