Senior Associate - Banking & Finance
Department: Banking & Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Ireland
Description
An environment that makes people feel valued and happy doesn’t just help to get the best work out of them - it sparks big ideas, enables new thinking and creates a collaborative environment. As a senior fee earner, you'll be providing technically excellent legal advice on a range of issues, whilst building and maintaining productive relationships with clients and intermediaries.
We are seeking an ambitious and driven qualified lawyer with 5-7 years PQE, and an excellent academic background, including 2:1 at degree.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide sound, quality technical advice and guidance to clients.
2. Manage files with minimal Partner input.
3. Be established and recognised by others in an area of expertise.
4. Ensure you and your team members record and bill their time in accordance with policies and procedures.
5. Ensure clients are fully informed as to the fees and disbursements that will be incurred on each matter and provide updates as required.
6. Be a significant point of contact in your area of expertise for a number of clients.
7. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of and be able to generate repeat business from existing clients.
8. Be accountable for the coaching and development of paralegals, trainees and new joiners, and assist other team members as and when required.
9. Act as mentor for Trainees and Associates.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The ideal candidate will have experience in a relevant law firm environment, ideally within the banking/finance department of a large domestic or international firm, demonstrating good, consistent performance over the last two financial years. Candidates should have experience with structured finance and fund finance, as well as a willingness to take on ad hoc tasks.
Excellent drafting and written communication skills are required, with the potential to develop the highest standards of professional knowledge and ability. Candidates should proactively contribute to the development of know-how, including precedents, practice notes, and publications.
Candidates must be proactive in ensuring all matters are billed monthly or, where bespoke billing arrangements have been agreed, within a reasonable timeframe. They must also ensure fees are collected within 60 days of a bill being issued. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to establish, build, and maintain relationships with external contacts, prepare for and attend business development meetings to achieve positive outcomes, and present training seminars internally and externally as required.
The ideal candidate should adopt a positive approach to change and promote teamwork and strong relationships with immediate team members, other teams across jurisdictions, and Business Services to achieve personal, team, and group objectives.
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