Norton Rose Fulbright

Practice Group / Department:

Corporate Team 2 Leadership - Luxembourg

Job Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide.

We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service.

As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. We value difference and actively promote a culture of respect for each individual, encouraging and creating inclusion.

Our new hybrid working model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing.

Senior Associate, Corporate/M&A/Private Equity/Real Estate

The team

The Norton Rose Fulbright Luxembourg office, which was set up in June 2017, consists of a dynamic and enthusiastic team working closely with our more than 50 offices globally and offers employees and associates the opportunity to play an integral part in consolidating the office’s presence within the Luxembourg market.

Our team is made up of experienced and multilingual lawyers with extensive knowledge of the Luxembourg legal and regulatory environment and covers the firm’s core practices, including corporate/M&A, investment funds, banking and finance, real estate and cross-border tax planning. Availability, quality and responsiveness are the hallmarks of our team.

The Role

In connection with our continued expansion, an opportunity has arisen for a Senior Associate Corporate/M&A Lawyer in Luxembourg.

The successful candidate will:

• take an active role in providing tailor-made corporate advice and innovative solutions to major corporates, listed companies, private equity-, real estate- and hedge funds, UHNWI and financial institutions ;
• be involved in strategic corporate, M&A, private equity and real estate transactions predominantly in a cross-border context involving multiple jurisdictions ;
• be asked to take a leading role in transactions (running due diligence, drafting and assisting in negotiations of SPA / JVA, assisting with signing and closing) ; 
• be working on transactional mandates involving the set-up, conversion (domestically and internationally) and liquidation of Luxembourg vehicles as well as restructurings, intra-group (re)financings and corporate house-keeping assignments ;
• provide in-house and external trainings and be involved in legal publications ;
• train and mentor junior associates and trainees ; and
• participate in business development activities.

Skills and Experience Required

• University degree in business law (first state exam in Germany, Master 2 from Belgium, Luxembourg or France), ideally completed by a post-graduate degree in business law, business administration or finance (Ecole de commerce, LLM, MBA or similar) ;
• Registration as attorney with the Luxembourg bar or able to exercise under foreign home title ;
• At least 6 years of working experience at a leading law firm in Luxembourg with transactional focus ;
• Fluency in English and French with German language proficiency being an asset ;
• Excellent communication skills, team player, self-starter approach ;
• Proactive, entrepreneurially spirited and keen to work in a close-knit team and an international environment ;
• Interest in working on a wide variety of matters involving several jurisdictions and departments ; and
• Strong business acumen and willingness to contribute to firm-wide business development initiatives.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Norton Rose Fulbright we value difference and promote a culture of respect for each individual. We encourage workforce diversity in all aspects and at all levels and in doing so create an environment where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill.

If you are unable to apply for a position online or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on Luxembourg.Jobs@nortonrosefulbright.com

We want to support your application as best we can. For that reason, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). This means that applicants with a disability need only meet the minimum qualifying criteria for a role to qualify for an interview under the scheme.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at Norton Rose Fulbright please click on the following link https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-gb/about/diversity-and-inclusion 

If you have any questions during the recruitment process, please contact:

Hanane Gaouir, Human Resources, at: Luxembourg.Jobs@nortonrosefulbright.com

Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice. We provide the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4,000 lawyers based in over 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.

Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. 

Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We can make tailored adjustments to our application process to ensure that you have the best chance of success by working with you individually to understand more about your requirements. Please contact our Recruitment team on EMEARecruitment@nortonrosefulbright.com