Senior Corporate M&A Associate - Energy & Infrastructure (3-6 PQE)

An elite global law firm is seeking a 2-4 PQE Associate to join its core London Corporate M&A practice.

The team advises FTSE 100 companies, multinational corporates, and major private equity sponsors on high-value, complex cross-border transactions, public takeovers, joint ventures, and strategic carve-outs across multiple sectors.

The Role

• Running day-to-day workstreams on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.

• Drafting and negotiating core transaction documents (SPAs, VPAs, shareholder agreements, and disclosure letters).

• Leading due diligence teams and managing specialist inputs (tax, regulatory, employment).

• Dealing directly with clients, target management teams, and counterparty counsel.

Requirements

• 2-4 years PQE within a well-regarded UK, US, or international corporate practice.

• Broad exposure to private M&A (public M&A or PE experience is a plus).

• Strong transactional discipline, sound commercial judgment, and confidence running deal mechanics.

• Excellent academic record.

Why Apply?

Genuine breadth of work across corporate M&A without being boxed into a single niche, direct partner mentorship, and a clear track for progression within a premier international group.

Working closely with a leading partner in the region, the role will cover a broad range of technology, media and telecommunications matters, including complex commercial arrangements, data, digital, emerging technology and sector-specific regulatory work.

The team advises a strong mix of international and regional clients across some of the most interesting and fast-moving areas of the TMT market.

A particularly good opportunity for lawyers looking to relocate from the UK or Australia and build a career in the UAE, as well as those already based in the region looking for a strong international platform.

A leading US law firm is looking to hire a 1-5 PQE Associate into its busy and highly regarded Structured Finance / Asset-Backed Securities team in London.

The team has an excellent deal flow and advises major financial institutions, arrangers, issuers, investors and alternative capital providers on a broad range of structured finance transactions.

This is an attractive opportunity for a lawyer looking to build a broad structured finance practice. The team offers exposure across a range of products and transactions, with associates given the opportunity to work across matters rather than being narrowly siloed into one product area.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 1-5 PQE experience in structured finance, securitisation, ABS, banking & finance or a closely related area.
• Ideally UK-trained and qualified, although applications from foreign-qualified lawyers with strong relevant experience are welcomed.
• Strong technical, drafting and transactional skills.
• Experience working on sophisticated, multi-party transactions.
• Commerciality, attention to detail and the ability to thrive in a busy team environment.

The role would suit someone who wants high-quality deal exposure without being pigeonholed into a narrow specialism, with the opportunity to develop expertise across a broad range of structured finance and ABS work.

In-house lawyers with relevant structured finance / securitisation experience are also encouraged to apply.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a top-tier US platform, work on a strong flow of sophisticated transactions and develop a broad practice alongside leading practitioners.