Tax - Senior Associate

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP is a leading Irish law firm providing services to high profile companies, financial institutions and government bodies in relation to complex legal and tax transactions. At Byrne Wallace Shields LLP the tax team, Byrne Wallace Tax Advisors, offer a fully integrated tax service providing both advisory and compliance services to our clients. Our highly experienced team is made up of lawyers, chartered accountants and tax advisors.

Within the tax team you will benefit from working in an environment normally only found in small practice, where you have direct access to partners, while also being exposed to some of the largest property and merger and acquisitions transactions carried out in Ireland each year.

The Role:

We wish to recruit a Tax Senior Associate to join our team. Be part of a progressive, flexible, and modern firm which values the contribution of all employees. Share your professional expertise with a diverse range of talented specialists to deliver outstanding service to our clients. You will be part of a well-established Tax team with the opportunity to grow and develop your experience further.

The tax team provides tailored solutions to clients across all business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, corporate re-structuring's, private equity investments, foreign direct investment, cross border tax planning, financial services tax including asset financing, securitisations, funds and banking, real estate tax, VAT and tax disputes.

We also regularly work with tax counsel from overseas practices on mergers and acquisitions, redomiciliations, asset finance, debt capital markets, debt structures and investment funds.

Candidate Requirements:

• 5 years PQE as a Tax Consultant / Tax Lawyer, with relevant experience from an international or Irish law firm.
• Strong academic background in tax, law, accountancy, or a related discipline.
• Experience working on tax technical matters, planning, and structuring relevant to some of the business transactions described above, ideally gained in private practice.
• Excellent analytical and written and verbal communication skills.
• Works collaboratively.
• Hard working with enthusiasm for learning and development.

Main responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be part of the corporate tax team advising on all the tax aspects of:

• Corporate reorganisation, restructurings and inward investment into Ireland;
• Mergers, demergers, acquisitions, disposals, public offerings and corporate finance generally;
• Private equity transactions from initial investment to exit;
• Property transactions;
• Share based remuneration schemes;
• Employment taxation;
• VAT and indirect taxes;
• Stamp duty;
• Tax disputes;

The successful candidate will also be responsible for delegating work to and managing junior team members, manage a wide portfolio of clients, managing budgets and ensure targets are met.

Why Byrne Wallace Shields?

• Excellent remuneration and benefits package; pension, healthcare & bonus.
• Enviable client base and strong career progression opportunities.
  
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
• Friendly, open and informal working atmosphere.
• Focus on employee involvement, wellbeing and success.
• Byrne Wallace Shields LLP knowledge and education programme to facilitate major development as a lawyer.

So if you like challenge, value autonomy, work well within a team, enjoy partnering with senior business stakeholders and love working with top notch clients then apply to join us.