Description
We are seeking an experienced Tax Associate to join our leading UK Tax practice at Freshfields. The UK Tax Group at Freshfields continues to excel, providing top-quality advice on a broad range of the highest-profile and most complex mandates and contentious tax matters. As a Tax Associate, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging, engaging work across the breadth of the team’s practice, giving you the chance to make your mark and progress your career.
Key Responsibilities
- Corporate & Private Capital: You will work on corporate tax matters covering the full spectrum of public and private M&A, IPOs, demergers, restructurings, returns of capital, joint ventures, and private capital transactions.
- Finance and Restructuring: You will work on tax finance and restructuring matters, including all types of corporate equity and debt-based work, as well as innovative solutions for restructuring and refinancing corporate debt in turbulent markets.
- Real Estate: You will work on real estate tax matters, covering a wide range of commercial real estate activity, acting for developers, institutional investors, lenders, and fund managers.
- Tax Disputes: You will work with clients to solve some of their most difficult contentious tax issues globally, representing clients dealing with large-scale and multi-faceted tax disputes in the UK and internationally.
Requirements
- Candidates must be admitted as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales.
- Excellent technical and commercial abilities.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Highly effective communicator, both orally and in writing.
- Able to take on a high degree of responsibility and manage a challenging workload.
- Committed to providing an excellent service to our clients.
- Proactive involvement in business development and knowledge management.
- Committed to supporting initiatives that promote our values and culture.
Inclusion
Freshfields is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background. All offers of employment will be conditional on the candidate having/securing the right to work in the UK and providing the firm with evidence of that right prior to employment commencing.