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Corporate Finance Associate

Location: 

London, GB

Department or practice area:  Emerging Companies and M & A

The opportunity for you

 

We’re looking for a talented Corporate Finance Associate (4+ PQE) to join our leading UK Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets team. If you're excited by high‑value transactions, enjoy working closely with ambitious clients, and want to take on greater responsibility in a collaborative and future‑focused environment, this role offers the platform to do exactly that.

 

Corporate Finance is one of the firm’s most strategically important practice areas, and our team sits at the heart of many of the most dynamic deals in the market. We support listed companies, institutional investors, private entities and fast‑growing emerging businesses on complex, cross‑border corporate finance and ECM matters — including public and private M&A, strategic investments, equity issues and regulatory advisory work.

 

This is a standout opportunity for a driven, technically strong corporate lawyer who wants to lead on sophisticated transactions, work alongside market‑leading partners, and develop within a team that prides itself on commercial excellence, innovation and genuine collaboration.

 

Key responsibilities

 

As a Corporate Finance Associate at Taylor Wessing, you will:

  • Act on a broad range of corporate finance matters including private and public M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, and reorganisations.
  • Draft, review and negotiate key transaction documents, including SPAs, shareholder agreements, and governance frameworks.
  • Advise listed clients on equity issues, disclosure obligations, and regulatory compliance under the UK Listing Rules, MAR and the Takeover Code.
  • Lead deal workstreams, managing cross‑border project teams and collaborating closely with our international offices.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients across sectors including technology, financial services, real estate, hospitality and more.
  • Mentor and support junior team members, contributing to a cohesive, inclusive and knowledgeable team environment.
  • Play an active role in business development initiatives and client pitches.
  • Contribute to know‑how development, training sessions, and sector‑focused insights that shape firm‑wide best practice.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

  • UK‑qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with 4+ years PQE in corporate transactional and advisory work.
  • Significant experience advising on both listed company transactions and private M&A.
  • Strong understanding of capital markets regulation, corporate governance and UK corporate finance frameworks.
  • Exceptional drafting skills and the ability to run matters with limited supervision.
  • Proven experience acting as lead associate on transactions, with confidence managing competing deadlines.
  • A collaborative mindset and a passion for mentoring junior lawyers.
  • Commercial awareness and enthusiasm for developing client relationships.
  • A positive, energetic approach and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, friendly and ambitious team.

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week).
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.  

 

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1250+ lawyers, 350+ partners, 26 offices and 16 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Emerging Companies and M & A  team, with the addition of a Corporate Finance Associate.

 

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