Junior Associate / Associate Banking & Finance

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

1/16/2025

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the worlds most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.

We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the worlds leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.

Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.

What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.

The Team

The nature of A&O Shearman's work is increasingly advanced and multi-jurisdictional. The Advanced Delivery Legal department plays an increasing role in managing and delivering important elements of major transactions and handling various types of work for global relationship clients.

We have several exciting opportunities for Junior Associates/Associates to join the Banking & Finance team in our Belfast office. We are keen to meet qualified lawyers with experience in Banking & Finance.

Role And Responsibilities

In this role you will work with a growing team of Legal Professionals and with offices across the global network on client matters, supporting multiple practice groups. You will have a high level of interaction with counterparts in other offices to enable you and your colleagues to operate as fully integrated members of matter teams. In the early stages of engagement, this will include scoping, mapping work and monitoring capacity. In this role you will also be expected to work independently, lead a team and be the first line of support for Legal Professionals and Senior Associates.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead growing teams of Legal Professionals to work with instructing offices on client matters across the A&O Shearman global network.
• Work closely with Partners and instructing teams to scope instructions and to deliver legal services, and projects.
• Establish and maintain the highest standards for quality, efficiency, and service including quality control / review of work of more junior members of the team.
• Manage and report on progress and liaise with both internal and external clients to address points of relevance or concern and resolving queries and issues.
• Provide legal expertise; including drafting, reviewing, and amending documentation, document management, legal research, maintaining and improving templates and precedents.
• Identify and develop innovative service lines supporting practice groups and clients of strategic importance.
• Participate in business development and client pitches, tenders, pricing decisions, and client service.
  
  

Who We Are Looking For

• Member of the roll as a solicitor or barrister, or a Fellow of CILEx.
• Experience in Banking & Finance law.
• Consistently demonstrate a professional manner with evidence of exceptional levels of judgement, commercial awareness, and critical thinking.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong relationship-building skills a team player with the ability to establish credibility and inspire confidence with clients and senior colleagues.
• Demonstrate a high level of affinity with legal technology and a desire to expand experience in legal technology.
• Ability to collaborate with both the Advanced Delivery Legal team and teams across the network
  
  

What We Can Offer You

We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, online discounts and lifestyle management services.

Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.

We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We recognise the value of flexible working and embraces hybrid working, allowing our people to work from home up to 40% of their working time. We do however remain committed to working together in person for the remaining 60% of time so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.

Additional Information - External

Closing date 31st January.