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Corporate associate

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Freshfields · Brussels, Belgium

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Responsibilities

Advising clients on a wide range of corporate and finance law matters;
Drafting/negotiating corporate/M&A contracts, as well as equity and debt capital markets documentation;
Managing transactions and performing legal due diligences;
Managing client relationships;
Actively participating in business development activities and client events;
Training/managing junior team members.

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Requirements

We are seeking ambitious and highly motivated lawyers with first rate technical and commercial abilities driven to do high quality work.
In addition to your Belgian law degree (with first-class academic records), a post-graduate degree is an asset.
You are creative, curious and rigorous, have excellent communication skills and are able to take on a high degree of responsibility. You are also proactive and committed to providing an excellent service to clients.
You can work in English, Dutch and French.

Benefits

Our structured network allows new legal developments to be shared rapidly among the teams, which is a real added value for our clients and for our lawyers.Regular participation in international technical and personal skills trainings taking place in different parts of the world bringing together lawyers from all around the network.In addition to the challenging assignments and the international environment, we offer a highly competitive rewards package.Equity / stock options

Additional Information

Our Brussels office has leading expertise in corporate law, M&A, corporate restructurings, capital markets, banking and finance, tax, dispute resolution, real estate and employment law. With a team of over 160 people and 20 different nationalities, we offer a truly international working environment. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging, engaging work that will give you the opportunity to make your mark and progress your career. We believe there is no better place to work. Freshfields' Global Transactions practice brings together lawyers working collaboratively to provide the best transactional advice to clients, we act for private and public companies, banks, governments and states, amongst others. We are consistently ranked at the top of the league tables in Europe, Asia and globally. Most of our work has a cross-border element, requiring us to draw on the expertise of our global transactions lawyers in other offices across the network. The department and the firm place great emphasis on developing and supporting your career. Our training and know-how support is very highly regarded. We are looking for a corporate law Associates with broad experience from a leading practice, with a particular interest in and focus on complex transactions.

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