Newly Qualified Corporate Lawyer

The role

Baker McKenzie is seeking a Newly Qualified Corporate Lawyer for their M&A practice in Belfast, United Kingdom. This role is for individuals with 0 PQE looking to gain experience in high-value, complex, and often multijurisdictional corporate transactions.

What you'll do

• Work on a wide range of corporate transactions that are often multijurisdictional, high value, and complex in nature
• Develop skills to deliver the highest quality service for our world-class clients across the globe
• Work closely with a variety of the Firm's practice groups including, for example, Corporate and Securities, M&A, Cross Border Transactions and Integrations, Reorganisations and Capital Markets
• Assist the Firm's offices with a diverse range of corporate and commercial matters, often across multiple jurisdictions, such as large scale due diligence projects, drafting due diligence reports, and drafting corporate and commercial documentation
• Work as part of project teams with other Baker McKenzie lawyers, legal project managers, and members of the legal tech team from across the firm's global network of offices
• Assist with the process, co-ordination, and project management of matters
• Develop strong working relationships with partners and lawyers in various practice groups in a variety of jurisdictions
• Assist with bespoke projects other than billable matters, such as contributing to the identification of innovative services, methods, know-how, and platforms to assist in achieving efficiencies and continual process improvement

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