Corporate Associate/Senior Associate

Our Corporate Transactions team in Glasgow is seeking an experienced lawyer to join a growing practice focused primarily on private M&A across diverse geographies and sectors, with opportunities to work on technology M&A, private equity, financial services M&A, and infrastructure M&A transactions.

Key responsibilities:

• Demonstrate well-developed verbal and written communication skills and innovative drafting.
• Maintain excellent attention to detail, identifying inconsistencies that signal quality issues or misunderstandings of client needs.
• Negotiate confidently and effectively with clients and counterparties.
• Communicate with clients to understand their needs, helping them reach practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Build and maintain a network of business contacts both internally and externally.

About you:

• An associate with post-qualification corporate transactional experience across a wide range of matters.
• An enthusiastic team player who works effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Experience drafting and negotiating key transaction documents, including SPAs, disclosure letters, and equity documents (e.g., shareholders' agreements/JV agreements).
• Experience leading transactions or key workstreams directly with clients.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams.

We offer flexible work options (part-time, hybrid, additional leave), health and wellbeing benefits, and excellent career development opportunities including client secondments and global mobility. This is a hybrid role.

• Post-qualification experience in corporate transactions, with solid M&A exposure.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills across transaction documents.
• Client-facing confidence and the ability to manage relationships effectively.
• Experience leading matters and coordinating teams across disciplines and jurisdictions.