LLP - Associate (6+ PQE) Corporate - Bristol

at  DAC Beachcroft

Job Introduction
DAC Beachcroft is looking to appoint two corporate lawyers to join our expanding team in Bristol.
Our national corporate team advises on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, stock market listings and securities offerings, company restructuring and refinancing, management buy-outs and buy-ins, corporate governance and a wide range of other corporate, finance and commercial matters.
The Bristol based corporate team of 25 lawyers is a very successful and dynamic group which has produced highly profitable year-on-year growth in the last five years. The team was established by John Williams (ex Slaughter & May) and is now led by James Reed (ex Baker & McKenzie) and is able to attract high quality London work to a regional platform. The team has a vibrant and inclusive business development culture which encourages and rewards team contribution.
Main Responsibilities

The team is looking to recruit two additional lawyers with corporate experience to help support its plans for further, profitable growth. Specific responsibilities include but are not restricted to:

• Working as part of a team on a wide range of corporate transactions, supporting partners on the full range of transactional work streams. A successful candidate will have wide opportunities to work directly with clients and their other advisers (e.g. financial and tax)
• Support marketing and business development activity within the team (e.g. attending marketing events and client socials)
• A successful candidate will be Bristol based, but some travel (particularly to London), will be required on an infrequent basis
• Build an awareness of the Firm’s other services. Build effective internal and external networks
• Maintain an awareness of the firm’s strategies and plans
• Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications, contributing to the cluster’s internal training seminars and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements.

The team has a track record of promoting candidates to Senior Associate, Legal Director and Partner and development and promotion opportunities will be available for the successful candidates.

The Ideal Candidate

• A qualified Solicitor with strong academic credentials and a proven track record within a similar role. We are ideally looking for someone with at least 4 years PQE but would look at the right candidates with less experience.
• Able to demonstrate a track record of dealing with larger corporate clients and in-house Counsel with a breadth of experience
• Excellent relationship and client handling skills. Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues
• Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
• Able to demonstrate a good level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority
• Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.
We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.
We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual’ rankings.
Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

The team is looking to recruit two additional lawyers with corporate experience to help support its plans for further, profitable growth. Specific responsibilities include but are not restricted to:

• Working as part of a team on a wide range of corporate transactions, supporting partners on the full range of transactional work streams. A successful candidate will have wide opportunities to work directly with clients and their other advisers (e.g. financial and tax)
• Support marketing and business development activity within the team (e.g. attending marketing events and client socials)
• A successful candidate will be Bristol based, but some travel (particularly to London), will be required on an infrequent basis
• Build an awareness of the Firm’s other services. Build effective internal and external networks
• Maintain an awareness of the firm’s strategies and plans
• Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications, contributing to the cluster’s internal training seminars and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements