".. seasoned industry experts, with a significant depth and breadth of experience." - Chambers & Partners
We are looking for an Associate to join our highly regarded Corporate team in London. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected team, known for having an entrepreneurial outlook and approach, and work on high value and strategically important projects both nationally and internationally.
The practice
Our Corporate practice is well known for having depth and strength across the team in public and private M&A work, including Private Equity and Venture Capital, both domestically and internationally. The team have seen another year of significant growth in both mid-market and high-end domestic and international transactions.
We have a strong sector focus in various spheres, with technology, media and telecommunications widely considered the firm's historic bedrock and a Tier 1 ranked specialty. Along with TMT, our other key sector-focuses include Energy & Energy Transition and Life Sciences & Healthcare. These focuses enable us to understand the markets our clients operate in and the issues they are facing.
As part of the corporate team, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of transactions with different partners in London and across our other UK offices on all aspects of corporate advice, including public and private M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital and corporate restructuring. Whilst the primary focus will be M&A work, there will be an opportunity to work across all areas and experience of or an interest in Private Equity would be highly valued.
Our UK corporate practice regularly works with our fast growing international network. Associates have opportunities to build international relationships through our International Exchange programme and overseas offsite events.
To find out more, please see the links below:
https://www.osborneclarke.com/services/corporate
The work
Recent transactions led from the London office include advising:
- Global healthcare leader Grifols on its €1.1 billion acquisition of Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Holdings A.G.
- Leading digital agency the Jellyfish Group and its shareholders on its innovative £500 million combination with the French group, Fimalac, together with a number of subsequent acquisitions in the UK, Australia, Brazil and Mexico, and the subsequent sale of the group to Brandtech.
- Marshall Motor Holdings plc, one of the UK's leading automotive retail groups, on the £325 million recommended offer by CAG Vega 2 Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constellation Automotive Holdings Limited.
- 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.
- The Trinity’s shareholders on the sale of Trinity Property Group to Fidelio Capital, a Swedish private equity firm. Trinity is one of the UK's leading property management companies, managing over 95,000 homes in England and Wales and has agreements in place for an additional 55,000 homes.
- Shareholders of EnergyDeck Limited (trading as Fabriq), a leading ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) SaaS solution provider to the real estate sector during its sale to French competitor Deepki SAS.
- The selling shareholders of The Research Partnership Limited, a leading market insights platform to the life sciences industry, on the company’s sale to Ashfield Huntsworth.
The team
The UK team is led by Alistair Francis, Partner, and also comprises of 19 further Partners, 12 Associate Directors, 9 Senior Associate, 12 Associates, 2 Trainee Solicitors, 2 Solicitor Apprentices and 1 Paralegal. The team also works closely with the Corporate teams in Osborne Clarke LLP's Bristol and Thames Valley offices, meaning that the department is made up of over 100 lawyers overall.
Technical skills and experience
You will have a keen interest in providing high quality service and will have previous experience advising on M&A matters, as well as (ideally) Private Equity. As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint an Associate, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.
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, Jemma Jackaman in the Recruitment team on [email protected].
At Osborne Clarke, we are known for our open and inclusive culture. We believe that by investing in the diversity and wellbeing of our people, we create an environment where everyone can thrive to be the best that they can be. This means recognising that our people have lives and commitments outside of work. We have invested in connected working for our people and, where possible, we will accommodate flexible working for all our roles.
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.