Associate - Corporate Tax - Manchester
About this role
Looking for your next opportunity? We are looking for a high-performing and commercially focused Associate to join our Manchester Corporate Tax Team.
About the role
The role will give you the opportunity to work on cross border, complex and high-value transactions and focus on sectors that interest you. CMS invests heavily in training and legal tech tools, such that you will have excellent opportunities to continue your development as a corporate lawyer.
You will be responsible for a variety of work in a broad-based role including:
- Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Joint Ventures and Investments
- providing efficient professional support to the senior lawyers within the team
- developing professional client relationships
- supporting the wider team in developing our business and raising the profile of the firm
- involvement in marketing events and other BD activities
- managing and supervising the work of others including trainees
About you
You will have excellent drafting skills, the ability to translate legal theory into practical advice and you will be ambitious and have an entrepreneurial mindset. Due to the role being client facing you will also need to have good interpersonal and business advisory skills. To meet the needs of the role, you will have an appropriate level of post qualification experience in a UK based team. We are looking for a maximum PQE of 4 years.
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What’s in it for you?
We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:
Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
Flexible, hybrid working policy
Generous bonus scheme
Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
Holiday exchange scheme
Private medical insurance
Enhanced parental leave
Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.
Company at a glance
Are you a MENA-based business seeking investments abroad, or a multinational looking to enter, establish or grow your business interests in the dynamic markets of MENA? With our lawyers based throughout the key regional commercial centres, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria and Turkey, CMS MENA has the resources and expertise to support all aspects of your business.
If you’re looking for new markets, investment opportunities, implementation of new strategies or have a dispute to resolve, we have specialist teams of over 125 lawyers on the ground to help across some of the region’s most exciting economies. Our local knowledge and business savvy approach means we give you both commercial and legal insight to make the most of the opportunities in the region. Our sector focus gives us a comprehensive understanding of our clients’ businesses and markets and allows us to constantly deliver sound and commercially relevant advice from any of our offices We focus on relationships, not deals, and we are considered more approachable and accessible than many of our competitors. Our clients tell us that they like working with us and that we’re often seen as the human face of the law.
International law firm CMS has over 5,000 lawyers in 79 locations worldwide to help organisations thrive in changing times. Through our technical rigour, strategic expertise and deep focus on building long-term partnerships, we are committed to putting our clients and their business success first.
Top Benefits
- Competitive basic salary
- Flexible, hybrid working policy
- Generous bonus scheme
- Up to 25 days holiday
- Holiday exchange scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Reasonable adjustments for disabled talent
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