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Corporate (Private Equity) Associate

Employer
Osborne Clarke LLP
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
16 Jul 2019

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Vacancy Type
Solicitors – Private Practice
Contract Type
Permanent
Practice Area
Corporate, Private Equity
Experience Level
0-2yrs PQE, 2-5yrs PQE, 5+ yrs PQE
Role Classification
Lawyer

Job Details

"..seasoned industry experts, with a significant depth and breadth of experience." – Chambers & Partners

Due to the sustained growth of our highly regarded Private Equity team in London (70% CAGR over the past 5 years) we are looking for an Associate to join our team. Having advised on over 30 deals with an aggregate value in excess of £3.5 billion in the last financial year, and with current deals in the London PE Team alone representing an aggregate deal value of over £1 billion, the number and range of transactions we undertake is what really sets us apart. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected growing team, known for having an entrepreneurial outlook and approach, and work on exciting deals both nationally and internationally.

The practice

Our Private Equity team provides advice throughout the investment lifecycle, from deal structuring to exit. We provide results-focused, legal advice in leading private equity and growth capital transactions and advise on all aspects of investments such as buy-outs, exits, growth capital, operational issues, portfolio acquisitions, setting up new funds and structural issues.

Our transactional private equity practice approaches the market with three distinct offerings:  our financial sponsor offering targets the private equity houses; our family office offering targets high net worth's and family offices; and our increasingly impressive management advisory team works with management teams, typically on larger mandates such as ByBox, the NEC and Sterling Pharma Solutions.  A selection of our financial sponsor clients include:  Alcuin, Caledonia Unquoted Investments, Growth Capital Partners, H.I.G. Capital Europe, Inflexion, LDC, Marlin Private Equity, Mobeus, NVM Private Equity, Palatine, Pamplona Capital Management, Primary Capital, RJD Partners, Synova and Tenzing. We operate within key sectors such as digital business and financial services.

To find out more about the practice, please see the link below.

http://www.osborneclarke.com/expertise/service/corporate/private-equity/

The team

"They have good strength in depth. It's a big team with hands-on, experienced partners." – Chambers & Partners

The team is led nationally by Alisdair Livingstone (partner) and in London by Mark Spinner (partner).  Nationally the Private Equity team comprises 8 further partners, 3 Associate Directors, 5 Senior Associates and 10 Associates based across the UK. Our PE partners bring in excess of 150 years' combined specialist private equity experience to the team.

The work

Examples of our recent experience include:-

Advising the senior management team of the NEC on its buyout funded by Blackstone

Advising DeA Capital, Hunt, IP and Management on the sale of Corin Orthopaedics to Permira

Advising Alcuin Capital Partners on its investments into Servelec Controls and Jenkins Shipping

Advising Tenzing on its investment in Converge TS, CitNOW and Ticketer

Advising Caledonia Unquoted Investments and management on the sale of CHOICE to iCON

Advising the management team of OrthoD on its secondary buyout funded by Apposite Capital

Advising Synova on its investment into Mintec Global and sale of 4Ways Healthcare

Advising the sellers and management of G3 Comms to Apiary Capital

Advising the management team of Linnaeus Group on its sale to Mars, Inc

Advising Lovehoney Group and management on the investment by Telemos Capital

Advising the management team of Sterling Pharma of its buyout funded by GHO Capital

Advising Beavertown Brewery on the investment by Heineken

Advising Mobeus on its investments in Geotech, Travel & General and Ventrica

Advising management of The Morgan Motor Company on the management buyout funded by Investindustrial

Advising sellers and management of Vendigital on the investment by Livingbridge

Advising the management team of ByBox Holdings on its tertiary buyout funded by Francisco Partners.

Advising the founders of Finantix on their private equity deal with US PE House Motive Partners

Advising LDC and management on the sale of Snell Advanced Media to Belden Inc.

Technical skills and experience

The right candidate will be an experienced M&A lawyer and will have specific knowledge and experience of the full spectrum of Private Equity transactional work which will have been gained at a well-respected City or National firm. Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to an Associate lawyer, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience. 

Your career development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

  • clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
  • high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
  • thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
  • robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
  • reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

We are also looking for candidates who are not content to just be a fee earner but who are interested in contributing to the strategy of the private equity team and helping us grow our already extremely successful practice which has seen significant year on year growth over the past five years.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

For more information or to apply

At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Emily Webb in the Recruitment team on 0117 917 3072 or emily.webb@osborneclarke.com.

At Osborne Clarke, we are known for our open and inclusive culture. We believe that by investing in the diversity and wellbeing of our people, we create an environment where everyone can thrive to be the best that they can be. This means recognising that our people have lives and commitments outside of work. We have invested in connected working for our people and, where possible, we will accommodate flexible working for all our roles.   

Company

Osborne Clarke LLP is energetic, forward thinking and client focused. Refreshingly unstuffy, this is an open and collaborative environment and we place great emphasis on teamwork rather than traditional hierarchies.

We use our experience, expertise and imagination to give clients tailored, practical, commercial advice that makes a difference to their business. When it comes to giving clients an opinion, we won't sit on the fence.

We know several important industry sectors inside out and we have particular expertise in Digital Business, Energy and Utilities, Financial Services and Real Estate & Infrastructure. Our International reach gives our clients access to global expertise.

Our mix of home-grown talent coupled with our strategic lateral recruitment activity delivers our vision.

Our comprehensive learning and development programme coupled with our competitive benefits package means we attract and retain the best talent. Development of the best talent is at the heart of what we do.

If you've got the drive, talent and imagination to succeed, we'd love to hear from you.

We know where we are going. Join us.

Company info
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Telephone
+44(0) 117 917 3000
Location
2 Temple Back East
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EG
GB

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