Corporate Managing Associate – Bristol or Oxford

Bristol - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the Team

Freeths highly rated and award-winning team of over 70 corporate lawyers has extensive experience advising businesses ranging from entrepreneurs and SMEs to financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies. Operating from 13 UK locations the team provides advice and guidance on mergers and acquisitions disposals fundraising private equity equity capital markets due diligence joint ventures shareholder arrangements reorganisations and demergers corporate structures and governance.

The Corporate team is entrepreneurial ambitious and supportive led by Malin Svanberg Larsson who is ranked as a Leading Individual in Chambers & Partners (2026 edition) and is listed as a Recommended Lawyer and recognised as a Next Generation Partner in The Legal 500 (2026 edition).

The team offers a unique blend of top-level national legal expertise with an international reach combined with a strong and deep-rooted local presence. The team is passionate about providing a platform to deliver the most significant deals and offers flexible working as well as being conveniently based in fantastic offices with good transport links and parking.

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join our Corporate team in either Bristol or Oxford. Candidates with 6 years PQE are invited to apply. You will be involved in the full range of corporate work including mergers and acquisitions shareholders agreements corporate restructurings joint ventures venture capital and private equity. The team works seamlessly across our offices and you will be a strong team player. We encourage all our lawyers to network and develop their own client relationships and you will be actively supported in this and in progressing your career.

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Key Responsibilities

To work to a consistently high level and to provide an exemplary level of client service and care.
Competent financial management and commercial awareness including accurate time recording billing achievement of firm delivered targets and management of WIP.
To drive business development opportunities to ensure the retention of existing clients and development of new client relationships.
To ensure at all times that you maintain up to date technical expertise.
To be accountable for your own personal development and to continuously develop interpersonal and soft skills.
To be competent at all times in accordance with the SRA competence standards
To carry out any other such reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time.

Your skills and qualifications

Have directly relevant previous extensive experience and have the correct level of post qualified experience (PQE) for the role in question.
To have a strong commercial acumen and understanding of the industry and business of the client.
To run and manage your own case load with minimal supervision.
A proven track record of competent financial management ability to meet client expectations and sound case management skills.
Good IT skills experience and confidence with using case management systems electronic time recording and general Microsoft packages.
To be a self-starting friendly individual with excellent interpersonal skills.
To be able to consistently demonstrate and embody the firms values.

No agencies direct applications only. For further information or a confidential discussion please contact the recruitment team !.

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About the TeamFreeths highly rated and award-winning team of over 70 corporate lawyers has extensive experience advising businesses ranging from entrepreneurs and SMEs to financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies. Operating from 13 UK locations the team provides advice and guidance on mergers an...