Associate, Tax (Corporate) - London
About Ashurst
Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a history spanning 200 years and a vision to be the most progressive global law firm.
Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing exceptional standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law.
With offices across the globe, we offer the reach, insight and career opportunities of a truly integrated global network that is built on our values of being passionate about quality, delivering through collaboration and thinking differently.
Our values are critical to the culture of our firm and sum up what we stand for, what makes Ashurst an exceptional place to work and what we aspire to be. For us, "progressive" is a mind-set, an approach to how we do things. We instinctively take a fresh perspective on situations, exploring whether there are better ways of achieving our clients' goals as well as our own.
We also aim to be at the forefront of the evolution of our industry and have led the market by establishing our New Law Division (Ashurst Advance) and our Consulting Division to provide holistic legal and operational advice to our clients.
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About the team
The department forms part of the firm's Disputes, Investigations and Advisory Division and advises on a wide range of general corporate and commercial tax matters, both domestic and cross-border.
Reflecting the firm's key practice strengths and diverse client base, our work has a particular focus on:
- Real estate, acting for developers, financiers and investors;
- Funds, acting for investors, sponsors and management teams across all asset classes;
- Corporate, from listed company work to private equity
- Infrastructure and oil and gas
A substantial part of our business involves working with other practice areas across the firm, but an increasing proportion is standalone advisory work, including contentious tax matters.
We form part of the firm's international tax practice with expertise in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and Australia.
We pride ourselves on having a wide and general tax practice and on being adaptable, pragmatic and constructive
Recent work- Ashurst advised bp Global Investments Limited ("bp") on the sale of its shares in bp Petrolleri A.S. and bp Turkey Refining Limited to Vitol's Turkish distribution arm Petrol Ofisi A.S.
- Ashurst has advised longstanding client Lendlease in connection with the GBP 809 million (USD 917.08 million) acquisition of 21 Moorfields, London from Land Securities plc.
- Ashurst advised Antin Infrastructure Partners on its joint venture with Scandinavian Enviro Systems and Michelin to develop the world's first large scale tire recycling group.
- Ashurst has advised TfL in relation to the mixed use development 4C Hotels and Rocket Properties are bringing forward on a site on Aldgate High Street adjoining the Aldgate bus station.
Recent awards and rankings
Tax - London (Firms) - Link to ranking table
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic tax lawyer to join a collegiate and growing team offering high quality tax work across a broad range of practice areas and excellent career development and responsibility.
We are seeking to hire a 3 - 6-year PQE corporate tax lawyer who is experienced in all forms of corporate tax with a particular emphasis on M&A transactions and the deal documentation underpinning those.
Experience in the sphere of Infrastructure M&A deals would be desirable but is not essential.
About you- Mid-level lawyer with experience in an international law firm (3-6 PQE only)
- Excellent technical and analytical skills across contractual drafting, due diligence and providing regulatory and strategic advice
- A desire to build on client relationships and develop own client network
- Manage projects and transactions, and liaise closely with colleagues, clients, counterparties and other advisers
- Demonstrate an enthusiasm for business development and strong interpersonal skills
- Dedicated to understanding clients' needs and delivering a first-class service
- Understanding the industries and the commercial challenges and opportunities in which our clients operate
- Enthusiasm for the subject area and proactive, organised, and enjoys working in a team
- Advising corporate and commercial clients on tax matters in a domestic and international context
- Advising on some or all of the following: fund structures and terms, real estate, private equity, management and executive incentive plans, oil and gas, infrastructure
- Drafting structure paper
Accessibility
We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions. If you consider yourself to have a disability or a long-term health condition, please feel able to be open about this at any point during the recruitment process.If you are not sure what adjustments you require, we will work with you to establish the most suitable adjustments at each stage of the recruitment process. Please note that our online application form includes a section which allows you to advise us of any extenuating circumstances that are relevant for us to consider when reviewing your application form.
Any information disclosed on your disability will remain strictly confidential and please contact us if you have any questions.
Background checks
To comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks.These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations.