Associate/Senior Associate - Corporate

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Corporate Associate or Senior Associate to join our growing Corporate team in Birmingham, working with major clients across a range of high-profile transactions including M&A, private equity and venture capital, management buy-outs/ins, and Equity Capital Markets.

Our Legal 500-ranked national Corporate team operates across the UK, with Birmingham playing a key role in our continued success. The Birmingham Corporate team is at the forefront of TLT’s rapid expansion in the city, and following our move to One Centenary Way, we are continuing to invest significantly in the office, the local market, and the development of the Corporate team. This investment underlines our long-term commitment to Birmingham and positions the team for sustained growth.

The Corporate team is consistently recognised as one of the leading practices in the UK and has been recognised by Experian MarketIQ for its corporate work, ranking as a top deal adviser by volume of deals completed. More broadly, TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023, marking the third consecutive year the firm has received this accolade, having previously been awarded Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2021 and the British Legal Awards 2022.

Most recently, TLT has been shortlisted for ‘UK Firm of the Year’ at The Lawyer Awards 2026, recognising the firm’s sustained strategic growth.

Your Role

As an Associate or Senior Associate, you will deliver the following:

• Work as part of a close-knit team, in which there are no rigid sub-teams with all team members working with each other on a full range of M&A transactions, including corporate acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs/ins, private equity and venture capital investments and Equity Capital Markets transactions.
• Advise a range of clients from large listed and unlisted companies, PE/VC backed companies, mid-market PE investors, venture capital firms, ambitious management teams and founder shareholders.
• Support the Partners and senior team on our business development strategy, including profile-raising events and communications.
• Support with the development of Paralegals and Trainees.

In return we will invest in you. We want you to be successful. You will manage your own client matters, ensuring your experience is varied and broad. Through our national service lines you will work with notable clients and become a sector specialist. You will receive bespoke training throughout your career ensuring you have the technical and commercial skills to build an effective and successful practice, developing your technical, management and business development skills.

Your Skills and Experience

You will have/be:

• A qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered), with ideally 2-6 PQE, gained within a highly regarded Corporate team. We would also welcome applications from candidates outside this PQE range who are operating at Associate or Senior Associate level.
• Experience working on complex mid-market M&A, VC and PE transactions and/or ECM transactions is beneficial.
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines.
• An enthusiasm for business development essential as part of a rapidly expanding team.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of your client’s business needs.
• An appetite for keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in your practice area and sector focus.
• Ambitious and enthusiastic team player, able to support partners and senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture.

Your Team

TLT’s corporate team is one of the South West’s largest and most experienced practices, recognised for delivering market‑leading advice on complex, high‑value transactions. Our Corporate team includes 17 Partners and over 60 team members across our six UK offices.

In 2024, the team was named Corporate Law Firm of the Year and won Large Deal of the Year at the South West Dealmakers Awards, underlining the scale of its transactional capability and the quality of its execution.

Beyond transactions, the team demonstrates leadership across the wider market. It is a co‑founder of the South West Junior Corporate Finance Network, working with BDO, BGF and HSBC, and is recognised for its commitment to inclusion, including winning the Influence Award at the 2026 Bristol Women in Business Awards and the Outstanding Internal Women’s Network Award for the TLT Women’s Equality Network.

Innovation is embedded in delivery through TLT’s award‑winning FutureLaw team, integrating technology, AI and process optimisation to enhance client outcomes.

TLT’s Corporate team delivered exceptional growth and deal volume in 2025, completing more than 125 UK-wide transactions across core sectors. The team has achieved double digit revenue growth for five consecutive years, including a 20% increase in FY25, outperforming the firm’s overall growth rate of 18%.