Corporate M&A Solicitor

Solicitor

Burges Salmon. Where ambition meets opportunity, and goals become achievements.

Interested in exposure to high-profile clients and partners from day one? Looking for support and mentorship that will elevate your career? Excited by the opportunity to work with a fresh-thinking trail blazing firm with industry leading insight? Take the leap with Burges Salmon.

The Team

Our Corporate M&A team is one of the largest outside London. Our lawyers work on an array of complex public/private mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions in the UK, internationally and in the equity capital markets. We act for a variety of clients from multi-national corporates and financial institutions to early-stage businesses, partnerships, co-operative societies, and high net worth individuals and investors.

What others say…

We stand “toe to toe with London firms” (L500) and are renowned for our “excellent, highly professional and sound advice” (IFLR1000).

Key clients include:

Virgin Group, Octopus, John Lewis Partnership, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Bluefield Solar, FirstGroup plc.

Want some real examples of recent matters?

Follow this link to read about the recent notable transactions our Corporate team accomplished, contributing to an impressive aggregate deal value of over £3bn in 2024.

The Firm

Our environment is professional yet progressive, offering quality work and a real work life balance. Our collaborative approach attracts top legal minds and is one reason our people love working here.

We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have been voted by our people as a RollOnFriday's ‘Best Firm to Work at 2025' for the fourth year in a row.

And did you know our hybrid working model offers flexible working options too?

What you'll need

• Relevant experience working on Corporate M&A and PE transactions
• Must be a SRA or Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer

Benefits

Click here for a full overview of our brilliant reward package and find out more about the benefits of a legal career with Burges Salmon, here.

We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate, and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.

Get in touch!

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Abbie Jackson - 0117 307 6776 - for an informal and confidential conversation.

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