Junior Associate (w/m/x)

Taylor Wessing is an international full-service law firm with clients in the most dynamic branches worldwide. In 2015, The Slovak Spectator announced it the largest international office in Slovakia according to the number of cooperating lawyers.

Job description, responsibilities and duties 

As a junior associate you would strengthen one of our specialised teams with primary responsibilities as follows:

• Analysing, reviewing and preparation of documents in various areas of law 
• Participation in negotiations and drafting contractual documentation;
• Coordination of communication with the clients, potential investors, business partners, counterparties and public authorities;
• Providing operational legal support for the company’s executives;
• Providing legal advice to a variety of clients, including clients doing business in “industries of tomorrow”;
• Monitoring and implementing regulatory changes;
• If interested, opportunity of participation in legislative process (commenting of bills);
• If interested, opportunity of participation in pro bono legal work.
   

Employee perks, benefits

• Attractive job in an international law firm with a friendly and very supportive environment;
• Personal freedom to act within state-of-the-art ethical and moral standards of the legal industry;
• Further training opportunities and professional and personal development (costs partially or fully covered; special training within the TaylorWessing network or at external institutions);
• Further education in legal matters, foreign language development, as well as IT skills, is supported (e.g., further LL.M. studies abroad co-financed by the law firm, secondments in other TW offices, participation at domestic as well international conferences);
• Highly qualified colleagues, informal work environment and regular team-building events (in Slovakia and abroad);
• Annual bonus schemes and revaluation of the wage rewarding great performance and working attitude;
• Personal coaching by the respective head and senior members of the team aimed at continuously increasing personal skills and professional capabilities;
• Possibility to participate in variety of regular CSR and pro bono activities;
• Opportunity to regularly work in foreign language and to obtain understanding for foreign legal concepts that regularly apply in the respective practice area.
• Regular corporate and teambuilding events and further benefits.
   

Requirements and Skills

• University education (Master's degree) in Slovak law
• Microsoft Office - advanced
• English - Advanced (C1)
• You really like law and approach it with curiosity, passion and problem-solving mindset;
• Fluent written and spoken English is a must;
• German proficiency at working level is an advantage;
• Analytical skills, imagination, out-of-box thinking and creativity necessary;
• Flexible, detail-oriented, organized, stress-resistant;
• Interest in new technology trends is an advantage.
   

How to apply

Please send us your CV in Slovak and English language at the e-mail address stated below. Only the selected candidates will be contacted.
Ms. Martina Pálková
TaylorWessing e/n/w/c advokáti s.r.o.
Panenská 6, 811 03 Bratislava