Associate Lawyer - Tax
Application Deadline: 25 August 2025
Department: Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380
Reporting To: Partner - Tax
Description
The Arthur Cox Tax Group takes the lead on advisory, transactional and contentious matters or works on an integrated basis with other practice groups in the firm such as corporate, finance, capital markets, real estate and litigation.Our clients include large multinational public companies, many of the world’s leading financial institutions, government bodies and many of Ireland’s leading companies.
We are exclusively focused on tax advisory, dispute and transactional work and do not have a focus on tax compliance. Read our What’s Another Year publication to find out more about Tax in Arthur Cox for 2025.
Our Tax Group works on all of the market-leading work for the firm:
- Negotiating the largest and most complex deals with our market leading M&A/Corporate practice.
- Developing new transaction structures and approaches with our corporate, capital markets and investment funds colleagues
- Structuring real estate acquisitions and disposals with our top ranked real estate group.
- Guiding our clients through tax disputes and investigations with our unrivalled litigation practice.
- Providing stand-alone tax advice to Ireland’s leading publicly traded and privately held large corporate groups on sensitive tax matters and long-term strategy.
Arthur Cox focuses on attracting, developing and retaining the best and brightest talent.
Learning opportunities arise daily while providing clients with the most practical, innovative and timely tax advice to support their business aims. Read our Update July 2025 publication to find out more this month Tax Group 2025 July Update. As the work is of the highest quality, highly technical and challenging at all levels, we provide continuous, in-depth training focused on developing your technical knowledge and applying it to your work.
With a truly flexible working environment we encourage you to engage with us on how we can support your needs.
Key Responsibilities
- You will assist in the development of our responses to tax policy initiatives of OECD, EU, Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners.
- Contribute to the firm’s position on technical points.
- Undertake high-level client work across corporate, M&A, securitisation, finance, real estate and disputes.
- Provision of legal and commercial expertise.
- Working as part of cross-border and interdisciplinary teams to advise on corporate activities.
- Actively engaging in thought leadership initiatives.
- Drafting legal documents clearly and concisely, creating solutions using legal knowledge and commercial judgement to advise and support all of our clients.
- Attending networking and marketing events.
- Developing strong relationships with the firm's clients, ensuring the highest quality of service and acting in a diligent, responsible and professional manner.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
At Arthur Cox we value the diversity and individuality of our people. There is no Arthur Cox type, but there are qualities and experiences that we look for, people who enjoy the technical and practical challenges of working in a leading tax practice. Accountants and solicitors work together in the tax group and each bring their unique perspective to provide the best, client focused solution.- Newly qualified to three years relevant post qualification experience (Legal or Accountancy (ACA / ACCA/CTA)
- Strong technical knowledge
- Advisory and Client relationship management skills
- Excellent communication / presentation / project management / time management skills
- Positive attitude, with an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
- Good commercial awareness
- Strong academic credentials
- Excellent analytical, technical and drafting skills
- High level of commercial and business awareness
- Calm and measured approach to problem solving
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Strong growth mind-set that is open to feedback
- Adaptability
Benefits
We reward, encourage and support our talented people to reach their full potential offering excellent progression opportunities along with a market leading remuneration package and benefits including:- Discretionary annual bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave
- Leading hybrid working policy
- Immediate pension scheme
- TaxSaver and Bike to Work scheme
- Professional membership fees
- Full gym and wellness programme
- Healthcare