Corporate Associate (M&A/PE) - Class Year 2024, Elite US
Corporate Associate (M&A/PE) - Class Year 2024, Elite US Law Firm, London
Montresor Legal is mandated by an elite US law firm in London seeking to hire class year 2024 corporate associates for its leading M&A practice.
The firm services leading sponsors and major blue-chip corporates on some of the most significant cross border M&A deals in the market.
Culturally the firm is laser focused on sustainable hiring, very carefully bringing in laterals to compliment its own trained talent. They had a smaller class year in 2024 with less trainees than usual qualifying into the transactional practice.
On Offer:
- Magic-circle style training and development.
- Superb mentorship from the partner bench, including some of the biggest names in the market, and a roster of excellent associates and counsel.
- Exposure to a broad range of complex M&A matters - an excellent option to not get siloed.
- Cravath salary and bonus with no hours target.
About You:
- Be qualified in E&W, Ireland or common law jurisdiction
- Deal experience in a leading M&A team - ideally with exposure to sponsor-side mandates
- Superb academics
If you are driven, keen to learn and wanting to be involved in the upper echelons of deal making without enduring a sweatshop culture, this is a superb option.
For more information, contact Eden Brown on +447541690028 or on a fully confidential basis.
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