Associate - Corporate

What you will have

• Strong technical corporate experience (including due diligence, re-organisations, company law advisory and commercial contract negotiation) is preferred - although applicants with a strong general background and a strong interest in corporate law and transactions may also be considered.
• Experience in a commercial legal environment such as a US, City, or major regional law firm preferred.
• Experience of coordinating complex multi-faceted matters, including multi-jurisdictional or multi-specialist matters.
• Consistently demonstrate a professional manner with evidence of exceptional levels of judgement, commercial awareness, and critical thinking.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong focus on detail and high levels of self-motivation.
• Excellent relationship-building skills – a team player with the ability to establish credibility and inspire confidence with clients and senior colleagues.
• Demonstrate a high level of affinity with legal technology and a desire to expand experience in legal technology.
• Flexible, resourceful, and prepared to take a hands-on-approach, comfortable operating in a rapidly evolving business and interested in identifying and shaping that evolution.

We are recruiting for Associates to join our Corporate ADL team in A&O Shearman's Belfast office.

What you will do

• Develop strong working relationships with Partners and Associates from other offices, interacting with them daily as an extension to their team to support on current transactions and other corporate or commercial matters.
• Provide legal expertise, including issue spotting, report writing, drafting, reviewing and amending documentation, document management, legal research, maintaining and improving templates and precedents.
• Work with our Legal Process Improvement and Legal Tech teams to develop new solutions that help our clients (both internal and external) grow, innovate and thrive, and support the integration of technology into the everyday work of the Corporate team.
• Manage and liaise with internal and external clients to address points of relevance or concern, resolve queries and issues and report on progress.
• Manage the work of Legal Professionals within the team, ensuring that individuals assigned to a particular matter have the required skills, knowledge and support to deliver outputs that are on time and of the highest quality.
• Advise and educate Legal Professionals on points of commercial and legal detail including quality checking their work; and
• Supervise, develop and motivate Legal Professionals, instilling an excellent service delivery ethos and impeccable quality standards.