Associate (French native speaking) - Corporate

Who are we?

Linklaters is a leading global law firm which specialises in advising the world's top companies, financial institutions and governments on their most challenging transactions and assignments. With offices in major business and financial centres, we deliver an outstanding service to our clients anywhere in the world.

The Belgian office of Linklaters is seeking an entrepreneurial, dynamic lawyer to be part of the Corporate & Finance practice across a range of initiatives. This position represents a unique opportunity to provide expertise working with talented, engaged and visionary colleagues and stakeholders in Belgium and abroad.

What do we offer?

The Corporate & Finance practice is one of the practice areas in which we have really made our name around the world. Our expertise covers everything from advising on takeovers of listed companies to private M&A and major restructurings, handling private equity transactions to co-ordinating joint ventures; facilitating privatisations to overseeing delistings.

Our local experience, combined with our international capability, has led to us achieving results and grabbing headlines that other firms find difficult to match.

We firmly believe that the business in which a law firm operates is a people business. That is the reason why we will provide you with state-of-the-art training on a practice, local and global level both on technical legal and on "soft" skills (e.g. presentation skills and business development skills).

What do we expect?

• We are looking for a bright confident lawyer with 3 to 5 years' experience and a keen interest in corporate, economic and legal matters on a global scale. You have acquired your experience in a renowned law firm and have been involved in complex, cross-border M&A transactions.
• You have French as your mother tongue and an excellent command of English and Dutch.
• You have a first-class Belgian law degree, possibly combined with additional education abroad or a postgraduate degree in the field.
• You will be based in Brussels.
• You have a strong analytical sense, excellent drafting skills, are commercially aware and solution-oriented.
• You are a team player and have the ability to operate throughout complexity and ambiguity staying focused on best outcomes and client satisfaction.
• You are curious and have a point of view, and you're creative enough to challenge what the future looks like, based in a firm which is always striving to be consistently excellent, admired and at the cutting edge of the global legal market.

Additional information

The firm operates as a meritocracy and, therefore, selection for recruitment is on merit, irrespective of gender, race or ethnicity, age, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.