Corporate Associate​/Senior Associate

Asan Associate or Senior Associate in our corporate team, you would be based atour London office working closely with partners, Beth Mather, Martin Montgomery, Oliver Harker, and Sam Meiklejohn and our established London team. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to work with colleagues across our national corporate unit and benefit from exposure to a wide variety of corporate transactions, including private equity, M&A, venture capital, capital markets minority investments and, corporate structuring projects.

The
team

Witha team of 70 corporate lawyers nationally, we advise clients on all types of corporate activity across the UK. Our Corporate team has been recognised nationally including:

• Corporate Law Firm of the Year Insider Media Deal makers Awards
• The Times Best Law Firms - commended for"Company & Commercial" and "Banking & Finance"(National)

The
person

• Our successful candidate will have 4+ years PQE gained at a national / international law firm and be a very personable, bright and confident individual with a broad range of corporate transactions.
• As an Associate or Senior Associate, you will be expected to take responsibility for mentoring junior members of the team.
• You must be able to demonstrate high-quality technical legal skills and the confidence to offer commercial advice in a well-reasoned and competent manner.
• You will have the opportunity to strengthen our relationship with existing clients alongside actively engaging in new business development opportunities and cross-selling services within Gateley.
  
  You must demonstrate an ability and willingness to learn and possess strong commercial acumen and good negotiation skills.
• We are looking for someone who is personable, enthusiastic and with a drive to succeed in a collaborative and collegiate environment.

The
benefits

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues aroundour great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive anannual bonus.

In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities viaour Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit,employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks AtWork/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from tocoding to languages to hip hop dance.

We are
Gateley

Weare forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions tothe problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be.

Wesupport more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies toprivate individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not justabout the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

The'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has gotus to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is andthis includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley:
Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.

Diversity, inclusion
and
well being

Diversity,inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values.

We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures,providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex,race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.

Wecreate an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone'spotential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to applyfor any of our vacancies.

Weare proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

Additional Information

Ifyou are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a varietyof pre-employment screening checks will be…