Mid-Level Associate Financial- Institution Group

The Role

The Financial Institutions Group (FIG) is part of the corporate practice area and focuses on transactional work in the financial services sector. The group has a preeminent position within the UK and international legal marketplace (tier 1 for corporate insurance in the legal directories).

FIGs clients include banks insurers asset managers and other financial institutions but also a significant number of private equity clients who are active in this sector. The groups work is varied and includes corporate finance transactional work such as mergers and acquisitions complex group restructurings capital raisings takeovers IPOs joint ventures and distribution agreements as well as listed company corporate advisory and insurance regulatory advice.

FIG works mainly on transactions with a global footprint working closely with colleagues in Europe the US and Asia Pacific. The group is key to the Firms Financial Services Sector focus and various subsectors.

Who you will work with

We have a reputation for advising financial institutions on complex strategic transactions. Our global corporate finance practice advises on the full range of public and private transactions.

The group consists of five partners fourteen associates and a dedicated knowledge director. Our team works closely with regulatory private equity banking & finance capital markets antitrust tax real estate and IP specialists on many of our matters allowing us to provide our clients with an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge.

What you will be responsible for

As an associate in our leading practice you will work at the forefront of the market advising financial sector clients across banking insurance and asset management.

• You will be working as part of crossborder and interdisciplinary teams to advise on corporate finance activities.

• You will provide legal and commercial expertise on complex M&A transactions large scale reorganisations and joint venture arrangements as well as corporate advisory work for listed financial institution clients.

• Developing relationships with clients and actively engaging in business development and thought leadership initiatives and seeking out opportunities for new work.

• Drafting legal documents clearly and concisely creating solutions using legal knowledge and commercial judgement to advise and support leading multinational corporates.

Qualifications :

Your Experience

You will have a solid background in corporate work with solid transactional experience gained through working at a City firm or at an overseas common law practice with a highly regarded profile. You will have  proven M&A experience of advising clients and a strong desire to develop a career within this space.  Some experience of advising Financial Institutions on these types of transactions would be beneficial but is not essential.

An outstanding academic history and proven first rate legal skills combined with a strong reputation amongst existing clients for providing commercial solutions excellent transactional and managements skills and be recognised as a lawyer that is sought out by existing clients.

You will naturally be able to demonstrate excellent document drafting skills. You should demonstrate strong communication and analytical skills along with a high level of commercial awareness.

You will need to demonstrate that you can thrive in a team with high professional standards and a flexible clientfriendly commercial approach. You will have had strong exposure of collaborating with multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary teams.

It is crucial that you can demonstrate an appetite for business development client relationship management and thought leadership.

How we will support you

From your first day with us you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and development your skills and knowledge. From formal training informal coaching and mentoring through to skillsbased and technical training and on the job learning.

• You will be working for a firm which is ranked #1 in both Chambers UK and Legal 500 for this group.

• You will be working with a broad range of clients and the firms other teams and practice areas not only in London but across the globe.

• You will be exposed to work which often involves complex and strategically important matters that frequently headline in the financial and business press.

• You will have extensive client contact both as part of your daily working routine but also have the opportunity to develop client contacts through recognized seminars for our key clients including providing client training.

• You will develop an unbeatable multidisciplinary skill set as well as client facing skills whilst working with some of the bestknown market leaders in their respective practice areas.

• We will provide the opportunity for you to develop as a recognized practitioner in the field with a financial services sector focus.

Additional Information :

Hybrid Working

This role follows our balanced hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum of 50 of your time.

What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment

When you join Clifford Chance you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial wellbeing lifestyle and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK please visit our What We Offer page on our career site. 

Equal Opportunities

At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families our firm and society. 

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender gender identity and expression marital or civil partnership status race colour national or ethnic origin social or economic background disability religious belief sexual orientation or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection terms and conditions of employment including pay promotion training transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.

Find out more about our inclusive culture here

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