Great opportunity to join our Funds Team as an Associate or Senior Associate.

About the Role

The CMS funds team is band 1 ranked and the practice covers both manager and investor side private funds and investment management. The teams clients range from boutique and emerging fund managers to globally regarded investment managers and institutional investors. The role offers:
- a range of GP and LP side work;
- the opportunity to work closely with the international CMS funds group, as well as the tax, regulatory and other sector teams in the UK, Europe, APAC and beyond;
- opportunities to develop client relationships, for business development and to raise both your and the firms profile;

- excellent training and development opportunities; and
- the opportunity to be part of a well-established and growing funds team.

About You

You will have excellent drafting and negotiation skills, the ability to translate legal theory into practical advice, sound judgement and good interpersonal and analytical skills. To meet the needs of the role, you will have an appropriate level of post qualification experience (4PQE minimum) in a leading law firm and have focused on funds and investment management. Ideally, you will have broad experience of fund and other platform formations (including within some of private equity, credit, venture, real estate and infrastructure sectors), both closed-ended and evergreen structures, and LP-side advice on fund and co-investment transactions.

Whats 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:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)

• Flexible, hybrid working policy

• Generous bonus scheme

• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)

• Holiday exchange scheme

• Private medical insurance

• Enhanced parental leave

• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

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.

Location: London Cannon Place

Time Type: Full time