Position Title: Associate, Corporate Transactions

At McCann FitzGerald, we combine world-class legal thinking with a human approach, to create advantage and unlock potential for our clients.

We work collaboratively, bringing the best people and teams together to solve complex issues, seize opportunities, and create better outcomes for clients.

To ensure that we have the right structures in place to support the achievement of our goals we are currently recruiting for an Associate to join our Corporate Transactions group.

The role:

Our dedicated Corporate transactional lawyers are supported by class-leading specialists in, amongst other disciplines, tax, employment, environment, antitrust, intellectual property, information technology, real estate, regulatory and banking. We use this combined expertise to advise on many of the most challenging, high-profile and significant corporate transactions that take place in Ireland.

Our Corporate practice is recognised for the provision of innovative but practical advice on bespoke and complex, multi-layered transactions and structures that raise a range of legal issues, many with a cross-border element.

Our strong client relationships and extensive experience means that we tend to be the adviser of choice for larger and more complex transactions in both the public and private sectors. We advise on both national deals and on international cross-border transactions with a significant Irish dimension.

The successful candidate will form part of this high performing team, advising on the full range of corporate transactions and arrangements including:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity buy-outs
• Joint ventures
• Privatisations of public companies
• Reorganisations and restructurings

This is an opportunity to grow your career in a firm with a culture of teamwork and mutual support and offers a clear path to further career progression.

Requirements:

The successful candidate will have:

• Excellent academics
• Be qualified as a solicitor in Ireland or another common law jurisdiction
• 2-4 years post qualification experience in a corporate transactional practice
• Strong document drafting skills
• Proven communication and analytical skills with a high degree of commercial awareness
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills; the ability to manage a busy workload and client needs on a consistent basis
• Strong client relationship management skills

Our Offer

Competitive salary

Bonus

Health insurance

Pension contributions

Life assurance and income protection cover

Relocation assistance (for those joining from overseas)

A great working environment

A lively sports and social club

Applications

To apply for this role, please email careers@mccannfitzgerald.com with your CV.