Associate - M&A

The Opportunity
A growing, modern corporate law firm is expanding its Melbourne M&A practice and looking for an Associate with 3-5 years' PQE to join its corporate and transactions team.

This is not a role where you'll be buried in the background of deals. You'll have the opportunity to run transactions end-to-end, work directly with founders, boards and investors, and take real ownership of your matters and client relationships.

The team is building something different, combining high-quality transactional work with a genuinely modern approach to technology, client service and how lawyers work.
 
What You'll Be Doing

• Advising on a broad range of M&A and corporate transactions
• Running matters from start to finish with strong senior support
• Working directly with founders, boards, investors and sophisticated clients
• Taking ownership of client relationships and your matters
• Working alongside an entrepreneurial, commercially focused team
• Using technology and AI to reduce process-heavy work and focus on the legal work that matters

Why Consider It?

• High-quality M&A work with genuine ownership and client exposure
• Direct access to decision-makers rather than layers of hierarchy
• Autonomy over your matters and the opportunity to build your profile
• Uncapped bonus structure linked to performance and contribution
• AI tech stack that makes sense to make help you be more efficient and focus on the lawyering
• A growing Melbourne practice where you can help shape what comes next
• Hybrid working and a modern approach to flexibility

The Ideal Candidate
You'll be a 3-5 year PQE corporate/M&A lawyer with solid transactional experience and a genuine interest in doing quality work in a different kind of environment.

You enjoy autonomy, client contact and being trusted to get on with things. Just as importantly, you're commercially minded, curious and keen to be part of a growing team rather than simply another lawyer in a large hierarchy.
 
Interested?
If you're an M&A lawyer who wants better work, more ownership and a more modern way of practising, I'd love to have a confidential chat.
 
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