Junior Trainee Lawyer – Corporate M&A

Overview

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The Corporate practice is composed by a team of nearly 35 professionals who advise clients on public and private M&A, disposals, demergers, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance and regulatory compliance, with a particular focus on complex, cross-border transactions. Our integrated team includes experts in antitrust/competition law, funds and investment management, real estate, insurance, private equity, equity capital market and public policy. We also offer clients a combination of specialist technical and industry expertise across 12 sectors from financial services through to energy & resources and healthcare.

You will be given the chance to handle a variety of work and be involved in working closely with clients and other lawyers. This will help you develop outstanding transactional and organizational skills as well as superb technical abilities. This role presents an excellent opportunity for career progression. From your first day with us, you will have varied opportunities to grow continuously and develop your skills and knowledge through formal training, informal coaching and mentoring, skills-based and technical training, and on-the-job learning.

Responsibilities

• Handle a variety of work and work closely with clients and other lawyers to develop transactional and organizational skills and technical abilities.

Qualifications

• You are ideally a recent graduate or a graduate enrolled on a Master’s course, with an excellent academic background and strong English language skills.
• You are interested in starting your career in Corporate M&A and have studied the subject in depth through internships, campus programs, or summer school experiences.
• You are a self-starter but also a team player with strong communication, analytical and drafting skills, able to lead deals while managing different work-streams.

Company Description

Within our approachable, friendly, and team-based way of working, you will collaborate with the team that advises major domestic and international companies on public and private M&A, disposals, demergers, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and antitrust advisory with a focus on complex cross-border transactions. We were among the first international law firms to open offices in Italy (Rome in 1993 and Milan in 1994) and have long experience of cross-border deals. Our team of approximately 100 lawyers is qualified to practice in Italy, the UK, and the US, and all lawyers are permanently based in Italy.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures and languages. We offer clients a truly international perspective in a globalised world. We have worked on landmark deals and high-profile cases, including privatisations in the 1990s and more recent deals involving Autostrade per l’Italia, Telepass and Arcaplanet.

Additional Information: At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team, our firm and society. We are committed to treating all employees, fee earners and applicants fairly and equally regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfers and every other aspect of employment. Our goal is to deliver equality of opportunity, equality of aspiration and equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.

Seniority level

• Internship

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Legal Services

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