Associate

Job Description & Requirements

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s 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 world’s 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.

Department & Role

A&O Shearman is a truly global adviser and we boast an enviable geographic footprint. Our corporate team spans all of our offices and works seamlessly with a global community of relationship law firms giving us access to a further 118 countries. This platform provides our clients with the confidence that they will receive the highest quality advice in both their domestic markets and as they expand into new territories.

The Corporate group advises across the broad spectrum of corporate work including public takeovers, private M&A, complex joint ventures, disposals and corporate restructurings, as well as general commercial, antitrust and corporate governance issues. We are looking for a corporate associate to join our Corporate team in Singapore.

Role Requirements

• Qualfied Lawyer with a minimum of 1 year PQE in a common law jurisdiction. Ideally the candidate will be on track to qualifying in England & Wales, Singapore, Dutch, Australian or New Zealand.
• Experience in complex cross border and multi-jurisdicitonal Corporate work for an international law firm
• Strong Corporate experience
• Experience working in Asia market
• Experience in a wide range of areas of commercial and corporate transactions, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate documentation preferred
• Excellent Client Relationships skills
• Strong commercial/business acumen with the ability to deliver creative and pragmatic solutions and advice
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface at all levels and particularly to win the respect of the partner and fee-earner community, building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborative team player with the ability to develop and work in a fast paced, intellectually rigorous environment

What are we offering:

• You will work in a truly diverse environment and on cross-border projects
• You will benefit from first-class legal and soft skills training that will greatly contribute to your career and personal development
• You will work in a highly collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment, and you will be part of a team that helps you develop, learn and succeed.