Corporate M&A Lawyer Resume Example

Tombstone layout: deal-tombstone tiles across the header, a representative-transactions table and practice tags for corporate and M&A lawyers in private practice.

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Sophie Laurent

Senior Associate — Corporate M&A and Private Equity
sophie.laurent@example.com+971 52 555 0884Dubai, United Arab Emirateslinkedin.com/in/sophielaurent-ma
11Years in practice
US$9bn+Deal value
11Jurisdictions
22Deals closed

Summary

Corporate lawyer (England & Wales, DIFC) with 11 years in Magic Circle and international firms in London and Dubai. I run cross-border M&A, private-equity and joint-venture deals for Gulf sovereign funds, family groups and European sponsors, from structuring and due diligence to SPAs, shareholder agreements and completion. I manage deal teams and local counsel across the GCC and keep commercial points moving without losing legal precision.

Experience

Senior Associate, Corporate
Clifford Chance · Dubai
Sep 2021 – Present
US$9bn+Deal value
22Deals closed
  • Lead associate on a US$2.4bn acquisition of a European logistics group by a Gulf sovereign fund, coordinating 11 jurisdictions
  • Draft and negotiate SPAs, SHAs, W&I-backed warranties and disclosure; run data rooms and due-diligence reports
  • Advised a family conglomerate on a 50:50 JV with a Japanese manufacturer in KSA, including MISA licensing and governance
  • Ran sell-side auction processes end to end: data rooms, bidder Q&A, SPA mark-ups and signing-to-closing checklists
Associate, Corporate (trainee from 2015)
Linklaters · London, UK
Sep 2017 – Aug 2021
FTSE 100Public M&A
  • Worked on two FTSE 100 takeovers under the UK Takeover Code, a £1.1bn carve-out and three private-equity buyouts
  • Seconded for six months to a global bank's legal team, supporting ECM and corporate-governance work
  • Drafted disclosure letters and W&I insurance submissions on 9 private-equity exits
Trainee Solicitor
Linklaters · London, UK
Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
  • Seats in corporate M&A, banking, competition and a client secondment to a FTSE 100 legal team
  • Prepared due-diligence reports and merger-control filings for 6 cross-border transactions

Representative transactions

MatterValueRole
SWF buys EU logistics groupUS$2.4bnLead associate
KSA manufacturing JVUS$600mLead associate
PE exit of UAE healthcare groupUS$850mSenior associate
FTSE 100 takeover£3.2bnAssociate
Fintech minority investmentUS$180mLead associate

Summary example

Corporate lawyer (England & Wales, DIFC) with [N] years in Magic Circle and international firms in London and Dubai. I run cross-border M&A, private-equity and joint-venture deals for Gulf sovereign funds, family groups and European sponsors, from structuring and due diligence to SPAs, shareholder agreements and completion. I manage deal teams and local counsel across the GCC and keep commercial points moving without losing legal precision.

Example bullet points for a Corporate M&A Lawyer

  • Lead associate on a US[$X] acquisition of a European logistics group by a Gulf sovereign fund, coordinating [N] jurisdictions
  • Draft and negotiate SPAs, SHAs, W&I-backed warranties and disclosure; run data rooms and due-diligence reports
  • Advised a family conglomerate on a 50:[N] JV with a Japanese manufacturer in KSA, including MISA licensing and governance
  • Ran sell-side auction processes end to end: data rooms, bidder Q&A, SPA mark-ups and signing-to-closing checklists
  • Worked on two FTSE 100 takeovers under the UK Takeover Code, a [$X] carve-out and three private-equity buyouts
  • Seconded for six months to a global bank's legal team, supporting ECM and corporate-governance work
  • Drafted disclosure letters and W&I insurance submissions on [N] private-equity exits
  • Seats in corporate M&A, banking, competition and a client secondment to a FTSE 100 legal team

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Skills to include

  • Cross-border M&A
  • Private equity
  • Joint ventures
  • W&I insurance
  • Corporate governance

Tips for a Corporate M&A Lawyer resume

  1. Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: Cross-border M&A, Private equity, Joint ventures.
  2. List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. Solicitor, England & Wales, Registered Practitioner, DIFC Courts.
  3. Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example deal value.
  4. Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
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