We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our London Corporate practice .
This role sits within our Technology, Media & Communications (TMC) and Gambling team and offers an exciting opportunity to work on a broad range of domestic and cross-border M&A, venture capital, growth capital and strategic corporate transactions. You will advise founders, growth companies, institutional investors, venture capital funds, private equity houses and corporates operating in some of the most dynamic sectors of the economy.
Working alongside leading corporate partners and sector specialists, you will play a key role on high-profile and complex transactions while developing deep TMC sector expertise and building long-term client relationships.
CMS is recognised as one of Europe's leading firms for the TMC and Gambling sectors. We are consistently ranked by Chambers and Legal 500 across these sectors and are one of the largest and most experienced TMC and Gambling practices in the UK and Europe, with more than 300 lawyers advising clients across the full range of legal disciplines.
Our clients operate across technology, communications, digital infrastructure, software, data-driven businesses, gaming, gambling and other innovative sectors. This breadth of sector coverage generates a significant volume of buy-side and sell-side M&A, venture capital, growth capital and other strategic corporate transactions.
You’ll work on cross border deals from day one, the majority of which will involve bespoke and unusual structures and dynamics which provide excellent opportunities to challenge an ambitious and creative corporate lawyer. You’ll collaborate across our 90 plus international offices and work closely with experts in tax, share schemes, IP, data protection, commercial tech, gambling regulatory, competition and disputes to deliver deals in some of the fastest moving sectors of the global economy. We want our corporate lawyers to become genuine subject matter experts in the industry sectors they are immersed in.
If you want exposure to exciting work, innovative and often entrepreneurial clients and complex cross border transactions, CMS offers a platform where you can grow and specialise and develop some first-class industry specific expertise.
Working in the main alongside senior corporate partners who are 100% dedicated to the TMC and Gambling sectors respectively, you will be responsible for a variety of work including:
We will invest in your ongoing training and development to support your professional goals and help you to thrive in your role from day one.
You will have excellent drafting skills (often needing to create bespoke documents and mechanisms without relying on precedents) and the ability to translate legal analysis into practical and easy to digest advice. You will need to have sound judgement, strong commercial acumen, good interpersonal and business advisory skills and a willingness and hunger to become genuinely expert in the TMC and Gambling sectors. Your willingness and interest in using AI tools to enhance your work and efficiency is essential. To meet the needs of the role, you will have an appropriate level of post qualification experience. Ideally, we are looking for a minimum PQE of 5 years. The ability to communicate clearly and succinctly with clients is a must.
Ideally you would have existing experience of transacting in the TMC and/or Gambling sectors and/or have specific experience of one or both of the sectors (e.g. via experience working in-house or on secondment at a business operating within either sector).
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What’s in it for you?
We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:
If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.
CMS is a Future Facing organisation of independent law firms. With 90 offices in over 50 countries and 7,200+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep local market understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what’s coming, but to shape it. In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, our clear, business-focused advice helps clients of every size to face the future with confidence. We’re immersed in your world. Your interests and priorities are at the heart of what we do. Our lawyers are genuine experts in their fields, with a grasp of detail that’s second to none. Our next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. It means we can anticipate the likely challenges, accelerate our pace and create the space to develop innovative solutions. We’re diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture in which every one of our people, can maximise their potential and thrive.
For more information, please visit our website: https://cms.law
