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Pensions Associate - Magic Circle Firm

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Pensions Associate Salary: Competitive and based on experience Location: London Keywords: Pensions, Associate, Legal, Law

Our client, a prestigious Magic Circle law firm, is seeking an ambitious Pensions Associate to join their expanding and dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-profile, ground-breaking, and complex legal matters, delivering innovative and bespoke solutions. The successful candidate will enjoy a highly competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

  • Opportunity to join a leading global firm
  • Work on high-profile, complex legal matters
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits

What you'll do:

As a Pensions Associate, your role will be diverse and challenging. You will be the day-to-day contact for advising sponsor and trustee clients, drafting, reviewing and amending the legal and commercial aspects of pensions and scheme documentation. You will take responsibility for pensions aspects of transactions, delivering first line support to clients on matters while working within a larger team of colleagues at various experience levels. Your role will also involve managing/supervising trainees and contributing to the growth of the practice.

  • Day-to-day contact for advising sponsor and trustee clients
  • Drafting, reviewing and amending the legal and commercial aspects of pensions and scheme documentation
  • Taking responsibility for pensions aspects of transactions
  • Delivering first line support to clients on matters, working within a larger team of colleagues at a range of experience levels
  • Managing/supervising trainees
  • Developing the practice by promoting the firm – both to existing and potential clients

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Pensions Associate role will bring a strong academic record with fast thinking ability. You should have a keenness to learn and develop, with excellent communication skills that project confidence in both legal and commercial analysis underpinning your advice. Your skill in drafting, advising, and negotiating on complex transactions and matters will be crucial in this role. Excellent client care skills are essential along with pragmatism and commerciality.

  • Strong academic record with fast thinking ability
  • Keenness to learn and develop
  • Ability to communicate succinctly, projecting confidence in both legal and commercial analysis underpinning the advice
  • Skill in drafting, advising and negotiating on complex transactions and matters
  • Excellent client care skills
  • Pragmatism and commerciality

What sets this firm apart:

This company is recognised throughout the business community for its exceptional legal service, commercial awareness, and commitment to clients. They advise across the spectrum of legal matters including high-profile, ground-breaking, and complex transactions. They deliver innovative and bespoke solutions to their clients domestically and internationally. Their culture fosters excellence with a focus on highest standards, independence of thought, collective endeavour, respect for all.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Legal

Focus: Employment

Industry: Legal

Salary: Negotiable

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Location: London

Job Reference: TBF9BH-0BC2AEC4

Date posted: 15 October 2024

Consultant: Sam Stewart

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