Senior Associate

Senior Associate - Equity Capital Markets (M/F/d)

**About the team and the role**

The Public Companies and Capital Markets team is growing and we are looking for an additional lawyer at Senior Associate level, with experience in both corporate law and equity capital markets, to join us and assist us in delivering the very best client experience.

Your responsibilities include providing advice in the field of equity capital markets transactions and corporate law advice for listed companies, e.g. IPOs and capital increases, public takeovers, ongoing advice as to shareholders' meetings as well as on the compliance with the post-admission obligations arising from stock exchange listing.

Furthermore, you will assist listed and non-listed companies in a variety of challenging corporate law issues.

You will combine your legal skills with your interest in transactions, develop innovative solutions and shape market practice.

**About you**
- You have completed your law studies with above-average success
- Relevant professional experience in the above-mentioned areas of focus
- You have an excellent command of English
- Entrepreneurial thinking and legal creativity complete your profile

We are looking for lawyers who are:

- Energetic self-starters, willing to contribute to establishing a new office for a Global 100 international law firm
- Team-spirited and technically excellent
- commercial with an ability to think on their feet and exercise sound judgement
- able to develop relationships with colleagues, clients and their peers externally
- keen to expand their knowledge base and skills

We are recognised in the market as having the experience to advise on all aspects of capital markets transactions by public companies. The long-established practice of the German team has an extensive track-record of advising issuers and their sponsors as well as underwriters on IPOs, follow-on equity cash raisings and M&A transactions involving listed companies.

Our German team is particularly known for handling complex cross-border capital markets transactions, including listings of German issuers abroad, cross-border exchange offers and transformations. Firm wide, we handle transactions on behalf of companies operating in over 60 jurisdictions, in addition to the UK, with particular expertise in Canada, North and South America, Australia, South-East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and India.

The international Gowling WLG team has for many years consistently been a leader in the ECM rankings, especially in the AIM market, and has a broad spread of work focussing on floats and secondary fundraisings, both on the Main Market and on AIM acting for corporates and nominated and financial advisers, takeovers, and private M&A and joint ventures for public companies.

**What we offer**

Under our Agile+ policy, we offer a hybrid approach to office and remote working, with up to 50% remote working available over the course of an average month.

By supporting people to choose where and when they get their work done, we help them to make a full and fair contribution to their team - while maintaining that all important work-life balance.
- In addition, our offering includes
- An exciting, international and varied working environment
- Diverse and challenging activities with flat hierarchies and a lot of freedom in a start-up-like environment
- Openness and appreciation within the team
- Modern, well-equipped offices in a central downtown location
- Individual support and personal development opportunities
- Attractive compensation with a variety of additional benefits, such as free membership with an attractive fitness provider

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