Baker McKenzie

We are currently seeking an ambitious and talented corporate private equity associate looking for a challenging and rewarding new role.  The role will involve:

• Advising and supporting leading PE sponsors and other financial investors, along with their portfolio companies.
• Developing relationships with clients, including understanding their businesses, economic drivers, markets and sectors in order to deliver relevant and commercial advice and contribute to growing the relationship and winning further work.
• Engaging in business development activities and being active in the promotion of the firm and seeking opportunities for new work.
•  Working as part of a team and taking an active role in sharing knowledge and experience.

Our associates are given regular and direct contact with clients, with a culture based on being given the level of responsibility that they are ready for, rather than a PQE-based method of work allocation.

There are regular opportunities for secondments with clients.

Posting to other offices under the firm's associate transfer programme is also a possibility.

Key Skills and Experience:

• A qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials at mid-level (2-4 years of post-qualification experience)
• Commerciality and demonstrable business development experience
• Excellent written communication and drafting skills
• Initiative and proactivity
• Strong service orientation - a "client first" culture
• Ability to develop strong relationships with clients and to take responsibility for this relationship
• High work standards
• Flexible work practices
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to adapt style as required
• Ability to work well in both a team and individually
• A keenness to learn
• Respect for and enjoyment of the diversity of cultural, social and academic backgrounds found in the Firm.

At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave. With our team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 locally admitted lawyers, in over 70 offices worldwide, we have a passionately collaborative community of 60 nationalities and are committed to world-class career development to everyone in every job at every level. Baker McKenzie can offer you both the uncompromising commitment to excellence expected of a top firm paired with a passionately global and genuinely collaborative working environment.

Baker McKenzie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all. Our unique international culture is reflected in the drawing together of a worldwide family of individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds in all of our offices. We encourage the best people - regardless of race, religion or belief if any, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or age - to fulfill their professional aspirations with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates.