Unique Opportunity – A wonderful lifestyle choice: combining great career move and based in Cumbria with easy access to the Lake District.
Highly successful practice is looking to appoint a Corporate/Commercial Solicitor to its established team. All applications considered but the nature of the role expected to appeal at the 2-7 years' PQE.
The firm is well established and enjoys an excellent reputation. An effective leadership team ensures a dynamic culture with a progressive outlook. Staff throughout the business are engaged, supportive and can enjoy flexibility providing a sensible work life balance. Looking forward, the practice will continue to support balanced arrangements between remote, home and office working.
Providing a comprehensive service, the team is retained by a varied client base including larger corporates, SME ltd companies, family businesses, partnerships, professionals and entrepreneurs. You will find there is a real variety of instructions with clients operating and trading in many sectors including professional services, manufacturing, technology, retail, hotel and leisure, construction and development, logistics and transport.
Working as part of a team, typical instructions will include:
• New start-ups (corporate formations, partnerships, LLP conversions etc.);
• Corporate Transactions including mergers, acquisition and share distributions;
• Restructuring, Business Finance and Equity issues;
• Preparation of Terms of Business;
• Full spectrum of Commercial Agreements including supply, IT, franchise, data privacy – drafting generic agreements and advising and negotiation on bespoke instructions;
• Franchise Agreements and Joint Ventures.
The firm looks to appoint pragmatic and commercially astute individuals, who take a real interest in getting to know their clients business and understand their plans. You will work closely with wider colleagues in Employment, Real Estate and Litigation to provide a full wrap around service to clients. The team is very active in business development and networking and so appealing to individuals who wish to undertake a client facing role and build links with the business community.
Actis Legal specialises in the North West legal market and with such a detailed knowledge of the region, we are able to provide tailored and bespoke advice to individuals we act for and identify suitable career moves. All enquiries treated in the strictest of confidence.
** Please note that references to post qualification experience (PQE) are given as a guideline to the competences required for technical, client and case management skills, as well as budgeted salary for the role. We encourage you to apply for any job for which you feel you are a suitable candidate.