associate Leeds, England
Job description
Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 850 people including 185 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.
Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Job Role: Associate
Hours: 37.5 hours a week FTE
As the winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Department: Corporate - Leeds
Location: Leeds
Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here are some examples of what we offer:
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
- Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
- 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
- Flexible, agile and home working
- BUPA
- Permanent health insurance
- Flexible pension scheme
- Medicash
- EAP with access to counselling
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year
- Life assurance
- Annual travel season ticket loan
- Dress for your day policy
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role overview
Introduction to the role:
We are looking for a talented Corporate Associate to join our fast growing Corporate team and Leeds office, which is a great opportunity for ambitious lawyers to progress quickly through the ranks.This role will focus on Mergers and Acquisition work (M&A), and would interest candidates with relevant experience in this area.
Introduction to the team
The corporate team has a presence in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and London and offer the following services :
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity
- Equity capital markets
- Business sales
- Joint ventures
- Corporate reorganisations
Key responsibilities:
- Supporting on mergers or acquisitions or disposal transactions for corporate clients
- Supporting/leading acquisition and disposal of business and assets and/or shares
- Supporting on public company transactions, such as IPO’s or equity fundraisers.
- Supporting/leading due diligence exercises, data room reviews or management and disclosure processes (be it in relation to buy side or IPO legal due diligence work or sell side legal disclosure work);
- Preparation and finalisation of disclosure letters and supporting bundles
- Supporting on and reviewing investment documents either acting for investing institutions or management teams on PE backed transactions or placing agreements.
- Drafting and negotiating the terms of transaction ancillary documents (such as completion board minutes, deeds of waivers, resignation letters, Companies House forms etc.)
- General corporate work including corporate restructurings, shareholders agreements, joint ventures and limited liability partnership agreements, specifically drafting the principal documents
- Assisting with business development and tenders including (where appropriate) research about clients and targets
- Opportunities for early exposure to clients.
What we are looking for
- Law degree (or equivalent)
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise
- Proficient in use of document management systems
- Strong technical skills and a willingness to learn.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background.
Disability Support
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at [email protected] should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.
Values: Trust – Respect – Innovation – Collaboration
At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law.
All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
