Company description

CMS is an international law firm with more than 90 lawyers based in Brussels and Antwerp, providing clients with a full range of legal and tax solutions. CMS is an ambitious and growing international organization.

With more than 5,000 lawyers worldwide, we are present in 47 countries and 84 offices located throughout Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa and China.

CMS is a founding member of the Legal Diversity and Inclusion Alliance (https://legaldiversityalliance.be/). Selection for recruitment is irrespective of gender, race or ethnicity, age, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

CMS Belgium has been granted a silver medal by Ecovadis, the world's most trusted business sustainability rating.

More about CMS Belgium

CMS is looking for a mid-level associate to strengthen its corporate/M&A law team in Brussels.

Profile:

You hold a Belgian law degree with enviable academic results
You are bilingual in French and in English or in Dutch and in English
You have gained four to seven years’ experience in the corporate/M&A department of a reputable business law firm
You have strong analytical and communication skills and a creative mind, with a sense of initiative and a real interest in business life
Accuracy, rigor, availability and responsiveness are among your additional qualities • You display real team spirit

Main responsibilities:

Advise national and international group companies on a broad range of corporate matters, from routine matters to complex M&A transactions and other clients’ key business and corporate decisions. Our clients include domestic and non-Belgian companies active in all industry sectors as well as financiers, private equity houses and venture capital players. Our international reach provides our clients with a consistent quality of service for their local and international developments
Coordinate with the various foreign CMS law firms and the different CMS Belgium departments, to experience the multi-jurisdictional and multidisciplinary approach to client work and transactions
Depending on your seniority, manage files from start to finish with a satisfying degree of independence, under the supervision of a team leader

What we offer:

Dynamic team of 20 corporate lawyers
Entrepreneurial work environment
Long term commitment to our lawyers
Collaboration and day-to-day exchanges with pluri-disciplinary teams
Collaboration on an international level with other CMS countries
Custom-fit career path and trainings
International CMS events and conferences
Sports and other multiple social events
Wellbeing activities and soft skill conferences