Corporate M&A Senior Associate

Overview

The opportunity for you We’re looking for a Corporate Senior Associate to lead on high-value, cross-border transactions in one of the world’s most dynamic markets. This is your chance to advise top-tier investors, cutting-edge tech companies, and global corporates on complex M&A, private equity, and venture capital deals. From early-stage funding rounds to billion-dollar exits, you’ll be at the heart of transformative transactions shaping the future of business across the Middle East and beyond.

• Advise investors, companies, and management teams on venture capital investments, M&A transactions, and private equity deals.
• Handle cross-border M&A and joint venture work.
• Support companies throughout their lifecycle—from early-stage funding to IPOs and trade sales.
• Act for leading investors, including sovereign wealth funds, corporate investors, and top-tier venture capital firms.
• Work across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other regional jurisdictions, as well as internationally.

• Strong academic background.
• Significant M&A and private equity experience from a top-tier UK or international corporate practice (Common Law qualification preferred).
• Expertise in exits (IPOs, trade sales, mergers), joint ventures, and complex shareholding arrangements.
• Experience with incentivisation, employee benefits, and early-stage equity financing rounds.
• Funds and capital markets experience is a plus but not essential.

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata)).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1250+ lawyers, 350+ partners, 26 offices and 16 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Corporate team, with the addition of a Corporate M&A Senior Associate.

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