Mid-level Associate Banking & Finance Law

CMS is looking for a Mid-level Associate to strengthen its Banking & Finance law team in Brussels.

Profile:

• You have an excellent knowledge of English
• You have gained experience in a legal department of a reputed financial institution or in a business law firm
• You hold a Belgian law degree with enviable academic results
• You have strong analytical skills and a creative mind
• You enjoy taking initiatives and have a real interest in business life
• You are an enthusiastic team-player, rigorous and attentive to accuracy

Main responsibilities:

• Advise companies and national and international groups in several areas of banking & finance law
• Cooperate with the various foreign CMS law firms and the different CMS Belgium departments, to experience the multi-jurisdictional and multidisciplinary approach of cases
• Manage files, act with a satisfying degree of independence, under the supervision of a partner
• Assist to client meetings

What we offer:

• Dynamic team
• Local direction team
• Yearly assessment
• Entrepreneurial work environment
• Long term commitment to our lawyers
• Collaboration with other departments
• Collaboration on an international level with other CMS countries
• Custom-fit career path and trainings
• International CMS events, sporting events and conferences
• Sport activities
• Wellbeing activities and conferences
• Many internal events
• Possibility of individual language classes (French, English and Dutch)
• Bonus and yearly remuneration evaluation
• Invalidity and death insurance
• Phone subscription and iPhone
• Compulsory bar training and membership expenses coverage

About CMS:

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, recognizing our commitment to sustainability and business ethics.

Read more about working for CMS here.