Associate: Mergers & Acquisitions

Job Description - Associate: Mergers & Acquisitions (2500007C)

Associate: Mergers & Acquisitions

The Opportunity

Are you ready to make your mark as part of the Corporate M&A and Private Equity Practice in our Singapore office?

As an Associate, you will apply good judgment and excellent analytical skills to your work. Highly organised and self-motivated, you’ll be a team player with a strong professional presence and client focus.

Drawing on a global breadth of knowledge and experience, we support major multinationals and leading corporations, banks, private equity funds and other visionaries to execute their largest, most complex multijurisdictional transactions. Combining deep local market knowledge with specialist expertise across the full spectrum of legal areas and business sectors, we have been involved in some of the largest and most high-profile M&A transactions worldwide, and numerous market ‘firsts’.

At White & Case, we’ll support you, give you responsibility and welcome you as an integral member of our diverse, international team from day one. We foster a collegial working environment where partners are friendly and accessible, and colleagues always supportive and open to questions.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting on leading complex multi-jurisdictional cross-border M&A and Private Equity transactions
• Coordinating the various groups working on a project and ensuring that they are all on schedule, understanding and disseminating transactional information
• Liaising with clients and stakeholders
• Working with local counsels in various jurisdictions
• Drafting and reviewing legal and technical documentation

The skills and attributes we are looking for

• Called to the Singapore bar in 2023 or 2024
• Trained with a Big Four or reputable law firm in Singapore
• Experience in M&A/Corporate transactions
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative and analytical thinker
• Outstanding communication skills - written and verbal.
• Strong time management skills, ability to stay calm under pressure when working across multiple deals.
• Client service focus and commercial awareness
• Team player
• Proactive and a self-starter
• Strong judgment

What we offer

At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on cutting-edge deals that make the headlines and help shape the world we live in. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a lawyer and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

We offer high-quality, internationally oriented work on the most challenging matters and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organisation.

Being a lawyer at White & Case is also about great client relationships, mentoring others and developing business and our professional development programme will support your technical and business development skills. Throughout your career, we will provide formal and informal mentoring and support to guide you in every aspect of your career development.

As an associate you will also be offered to be part of one of our vibrant office committees (diversity, pro bono, workplace and CSR) to have the opportunity to participate in the life of the office and giving back to the communities. Our committees are associate led and driven and as a key member of a committee you will experience leadership and take initiative on finding and executing projects.

About White & Case

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Join us in our Singapore office where we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment. Our ultra modern offices are located in the heart of the CBD in Singapore.

How to apply

Interested? Please apply by submitting your CV for further consideration.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all ages, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, genders, sexual orientations, as well as people who have family or carer responsibilities. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

For further assistance or queries regarding this opportunity please reach out to Jennifer Lau at jennifer.lau@whitecase.com