Job Description

About the role:

We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our Natural Resources practice within the Financial Services & Capital Markets team. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting our market‑leading work across mining, corporate securities, equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, delivering exceptional service to our clients across developed and emerging markets.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, collaborative and high‑performing team, with excellent career progression prospects for the right individual.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Advising clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including public and private M&A, joint ventures and general corporate transactions.
• Acting for mining and natural resources companies, including listed and private businesses, on a range of matters.
• Managing equity capital markets matters, including IPOs, secondary fundraisings and other capital markets activity, and advising sponsors, nominated advisers and brokers
• Supporting public companies on corporate advisory, compliance and reporting obligations.
• Drafting and negotiating a wide range of corporate agreements and transaction documents.
• Working closely with our Partners to support client delivery and business development initiatives.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships across multiple jurisdictions.
• Participating in travel to support client projects and transactions, including opportunities in Africa, Canada, the Middle East, Australia and other emerging/developed markets.
• Supervising junior fee earners and contributing to team development.

About you:

Applications are welcomed from experienced and ambitious lawyers with strong technical skills, commercial awareness, and a collaborative approach. The role will be wide ranging but key skills will include:

• Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 4 years’ PQE.
• Strong background in mining and public companies work — essential.
• Oil and gas experience is preferred
• Experience in equity capital markets, including acting on transactions for listed entities for both corporates, investors and investment banks.
• Demonstrable experience in public and private international M&A across a range of sectors.
• Excellent drafting, analytical and transactional skills.
• Solid understanding of corporate securities laws, corporate governance and regulatory frameworks.
• Strong communication and client‑facing ability, with a commitment to delivering high‑quality client service.
• Ability to manage complex matters independently while working collaboratively within a team.
• A proactive, commercially minded approach with strong organisational skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required.
• Enthusiasm for contributing to a positive team culture and building a long‑term career within the practice.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description, please contact Nana Panti-Amoa <Nana.Panti-Amoa@uk.gowlingwlg.com>

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