Employee Incentives Manging Associate | 5+ PQE | Top 25 UK Law Firm
Are you a motivated Employee Incentives specialist with 5+ years PQE, looking to join a leading international law firm in London, where you will have the chance to develop your career within a highly respected team? Progress your legal career in this Top 25 ranked law firm, renowned for providing technical excellence, innovation and a dynamic approach to law.
About the Firm
This Legal 500 and Chambers-ranked firm has created a strong reputation for delivering high quality outcomes across their domestic and international client base of HNW individuals, multi-national corporations, financial institutions and public authorities. With a full-service expertise across Financial Services, Energy, Real Estate, Technology, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Private Client and many more! They have built an esteemed reputation throughout its 250-year history, putting them in good stead to compete with some of the world's biggest firms.
Despite its impressive global footprint, the firm retains a close-knit, collegiate environment, placing genuine emphasis on employee development and wellbeing. With a culture built around their three core values of quality, imagination and impact, you will be part of a supportive, collaborative firm that encourages authenticity, innovation and personal growth.
With a strong UK presence and an expanding international reach, the firm continues to attract top legal minds through its commitment to innovation, diversity, and flexible working. It has earned a reputation as an employer of choice, offering its lawyers both challenging work and the space to thrive.
The Employee Incentives team sits within a highly ranked Tax and Structuring practice, working at the heart of the firm's most significant corporate transactions. The team advises seamlessly across UK offices, partnering closely with Corporate colleagues on private equity deals, mergers and acquisitions, flotations and complex business reconstructions.
Headed by an award-winning, highly influential Partner with over a decade at the firm, you'll join a team that offers exceptional depth of knowledge and experience. Working collaboratively with partners across the Corporate team, this role provides a strong platform to develop client relationships, further enhance the team's reputation and grow your own professional profile.
The Role
Joining the firm's highly respected Employee Incentives team, you will advise on all aspects of employee benefits and incentives work. This will include the design, implementation and communication of senior executive and employee incentive arrangements, the establishment and operation of employee benefit trusts, executive tax planning (including internationally mobile executives), as well as corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters.
More specifically, your work will involve the drafting and implementation of both tax-advantaged and non-tax-advantaged share schemes, including growth shares, JSOPs, EMI, CSOP and LTIP arrangements. You will advise on both the corporate and tax aspects of these schemes, alongside providing regulatory advice and drafting clear, practical employee communications.
The transactional element of the role will include acting on public and private M&A matters, with the share schemes workload comprising a balanced mix of transactional support and standalone advisory work, fluctuating in line with deal activity. You will advise a diverse client base across sectors including sports and betting, food retail, financial services and other major commercial industries, working with both domestic and international organisations.
As a Managing Associate, you will become a key member of this high-performing, cohesive and busy team. You will contribute to the ongoing growth of the practice by building and maintaining strong client relationships, while working closely with the firm's Corporate teams on complex, multi-disciplinary matters.
There is a genuine focus on continuous development. You will be encouraged to take on significant responsibility with the opportunity to lead on matters, play an active role in business development and support the supervision and development of junior lawyers within the team. This is all with a view to your future progression.
What makes this opportunity stand out
* Become part of a well-established Employee Incentives team, acting for household named commercial industries
* Join an award-winning, globally recognised firm praised for outstanding client service and an exceptional, people-focused culture.
* Benefit from a collegiate, supportive environment with genuine professional development.
* High-quality, complex work with exposure to PE, M&A and restructurings
* Senior responsibility, business development opportunities and mentoring scope
Requirements
* Qualified solicitor with at least 5 years' PQE and Employee Incentives experience
* Experience advising public and private companies
* Ability to lead matters and collaborate across teams
* Commercially minded with a genuine interest in business development
With increasing demand and significant team growth, there is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in the Employee Incentives team, with client relationship development and the continued expansion of the team and practice, which will provide clear career progression opportunities.
Apply now for immediate consideration of contact JMC Legal Recruitment for a confidential conversation.