Corporate Managing Associate – Bristol or Oxford
About the Team Freeths’ highly rated and award-winning team of over 70 corporate lawyers has extensive experience advising businesses ranging from entrepreneurs and SMEs to financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies.
Operating from 13 UK locations, the team provides advice and guidance on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, fundraising, private equity, equity capital markets, due diligence, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, reorganisations and demergers, corporate structures, and governance.
The Corporate team is entrepreneurial, ambitious, and supportive led by Malin Svanberg Larsson, who is ranked as a Leading Individual in Chambers & Partners (2026 edition) and is listed as a Recommended Lawyer and recognised as a Next Generation Partner in The Legal 500 (2026 edition). The team offers a unique blend of top-level national legal expertise with an international reach, combined with a strong and deep-rooted local presence.
The team is passionate about providing a platform to deliver the most significant deals and offers flexible working, as well as being conveniently based in fantastic offices with good transport links and parking. About the Role We now have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join our Corporate team in either Bristol or Oxford. Candidates with 6+ years’ PQE are invited to apply.
You will be involved in the full range of corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, venture capital and private equity. The team works seamlessly across our offices, and you will be a strong team player.
We encourage all our lawyers to network and develop their own client relationships, and you will be actively supported in this and in progressing your career. . Key Responsibilities To work to a consistently high level and to provide an exemplary level of client service and care.
Competent financial management and commercial awareness, including accurate time recording, billing, achievement of firm delivered targets and management of WIP. To drive business development opportunities to ensure the retention of existing clients and development of new client relationships. To ensure at all times that you maintain up to date technical expertise.
To be accountable for your own personal development and to continuously develop interpersonal and soft skills. To be competent at all times in accordance with the SRA competence standards To carry out any other such reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time. Your skills and qualifications Have directly relevant previous extensive experience and have the correct level of post qualified experience (PQE) for the role in question.
To have a strong commercial acumen and understanding of the industry and business of the client. To run and manage your own case load with minimal supervision. A proven track record of competent financial management, ability to meet client expectations and sound case management skills. Good IT skills, experience, and confidence with using case management systems, electronic time recording and general Microsoft packages.
To be a self-starting, friendly individual with excellent interpersonal skills. To be able to consistently demonstrate and embody the firm’s values. No agencies direct applications only. For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact the recruitment team !RecruitmentFreeths@freeths.co.uk. Smart. Bold. Together. We Are Freeths. Become part of the team at Freeths. View some of our recent highlights on our website here.
Do we sound like a match? If you’re someone who cares deeply, communicates openly and collaborates effectively, then we’d love to have you join our diverse, inclusive team. We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities.
We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting. 1. Think Ambition: We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise.
This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1,000 colleagues, and counting. Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support.
It’s helped us to grow an award-winning reputation in the eyes of our clients and competitors that each and every one of the Freeths team works hard to uphold in everything we do. 2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. We recognise our teams work hard together to deliver the best solutions for our clients.
That’s why great work is well rewarded - our rewards and benefits are among the best in the business. 3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.
We understand that differences add strength, which means we maintain a diverse culture where everyone has the freedom to be themselves and thrive. We're committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds.
We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency. If you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact !recruitmentfreeths@freeths.co.uk and we will be happy to discuss. We are committed to sourcing candidates directly where possible.
For particular roles, we may work with preferred suppliers who will be invited by our resourcing team to support us. We may also agree to accept CVs from other suppliers on an ad hoc basis (to be agreed in writing). We will not be responsible for fees in relation to CVs or profiles submitted directly to our partners or other employees or for any applications not submitted via our portal.
Agencies should contact our recruitment team before submitting unsolicited applications.
