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About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

The Opportunity

• The chance to work in a market leading international practice, launching our Luxembourg office with high-calibre fee earners in a collegiate "start up," environment
• Advising on corporate, direct lending and private equity matters, such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings and restructurings, domestically and cross-border, in all sectors.
• Advising on corporate, direct lending and private equity matters, such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings and restructurings, domestically and cross-border, in all sectors.
• Lead, delegate, and manage work - lead on client matters, including negotiation and the preparation of proposals, estimates and pitches; delegate work to juniors, supervising the team to support optimal utilisation; keep partner(s) informed and assist partners to monitor and control progress against agreed objectives, scope, timelines and budgets.
• Manage client relationships – regularly engage with client and keep informed of progress; ensure all compliance and risk management processes are followed; propose fees and manage client expectations as to cost, quality and time; and seek opportunities for new work with existing and new clients.
• Support the firm and others - extend effective relationships across the global network; contribute to the development of team members; uphold the firm’s values; contribute to the firm’s initiatives; take steps to cultivate an excellent reputation and profile in the market and internally; attend marketing / industry events and draft or help prepare articles, precedents and know-how materials; lead the development and delivery of training and presentations.
• Comply with risk requirements, firm policies and all relevant professional responsibilities and legislation and contribute to billing, engagement and client acceptance processes.

Key internal relationships

Key external relationships

Practice group / team

Our lawyers provide clients with market-leading legal advice on their most important commercial transactions, including significant cross-border mergers and acquisitions, ground-breaking projects, complex capital markets fundraisings, financial regulation, inward investment, governance and risk management for companies' boards and corporate tax advice.

Clients include the world's leading corporates, banks, financial buyers, governments and public sector bodies and our role frequently puts us at the heart of industries that are reshaping, restructuring and expanding into the world's established and emerging markets.

We are one of the leading corporate legal advisers to FTSE-listed companies and are regularly ranked 1st by Adviser Rankings for a number of clients listed on FTSE100, FTSE250 and AIM. We have maintained our position as the #1 firm for UK public takeovers by deal value since the new Takeover Code came into force in 2011.

The diversity of the group allows us to advise on transactions across a wide range of industry sectors and we are acknowledged as providing world-class legal advice to energy, mining, infrastructure, technology, media and telecoms, and financial services clients.

Some of our recent accolades include :

Primary objectives

Qualifications, skills and experience :

Team

Corporate

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

Luxembourg

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.