Senior Associate - Corporate

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technically sound, well-structured legal advice;
• Draft clear and accurate documentation with attention to detail, ensuring work is compliant with procedures and standard documents;
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with clients, intermediaries and team members, and provide excellent client service;
• Prepare fee matter estimates and proposals;
• Ensure timeliness of billing and debt collection;
• Demonstrate excellent organisation and ensure effective management of time, effort and resources to generate maximum efficiencies;
• Consider regulatory and compliance issues at all times and report any concerns to senior management as appropriate;
• Contribute to knowledge management and AI adoption and ensure contributions are accurate and current;
• Build knowledge and experience in relevant practice areas to the highest standards;
• Understand Legal Business plan and Strategic plan;
• Provide support, guidance and mentoring to more junior members of the team; and
• Contribute to internal projects (including any initiatives identified and designated by Heads of Service Line, Partners or Director of Business Development). 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified Lawyer with a minimum of 6+ years' post qualification experience; 
• LLB (Hons) from a reputable tertiary institution and strong academics, all with a minimum grade of 2:1 or equivalent;
• Experience with a leading law firm in the areas of Corporate & Commercial work with particular exposure to downstream private equity transactions, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate advisory;
• Must have experience of Cayman corporate procedures such as statutory mergers, schemes of arrangement, capital reorganisations and continuations, or equivalent onshore procedures in the jurisdiction in which experience has been acquired; 
• Must have a thorough understanding of corporate structures including exempted companies, exempted limited partnerships, segregated portfolio companies, limited liability companies and foundation companies, or the equivalent structures in the jurisdiction in which experience has been acquired; 
• Experience in leading on matters and supervising more junior team members is essential; 
• Good interpersonal skills, effective communicator, strong influencing skills;
• Excellent time management skills;
• Strong relationship management and client care skills;
• Ability to work effectively in a team; and
• Excellent drafting skills with high attention to detail and the ability to be succinct.

Benefits

About
Ogier is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We’re committed to making our recruitment process inclusive and comfortable for everyone. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, and we strive to ensure equitable opportunities for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage in your recruitment journey with us, please let us know, we’ll be happy to work with you to ensure you have the best possible experience.Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Our network of locations also includes Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Legal services for the corporate and financial sectors form the core of our business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, investment funds, dispute resolution, private equity and private wealth. We also have strong practices in the areas of employee benefits and incentives, employment law, regulatory, restructuring and insolvency and property. Ogier's corporate administration business, Ogier Global, incorporates and administers a wide variety of vehicles including public and private companies, partnerships and trusts. Ogier is based in 13 jurisdictions including Beijing, BVI, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.