Director
Corporate & Commercial
West Midlands
Full time, permanent opportunity
We are looking for a proactive individual to join Talbots as a Director for our Corporate & Commercial Team, with at least 8 years’ experience of managing a full caseload of company commercial work for sole traders, partners, directors and shareholders.
As a Director, you will be dealing with a wide variety of business matters including sales, mergers, acquisitions and corporate reconstructions, as well as being actively involved in business development.
Who Are Talbots Law?
Talbots Law is proud to be an Employee-Owned Company and a member of the EOA. We were the first Employee-Owned Law Firm in the West Midlands.
Talbots is a Values led Company with a shared vision of “Working every day to be the best” for our people, our clients, and for our communities.
We are passionate about people being the best that they can be. We do this by providing a comprehensive package of high-quality Company benefits and rewards.
The Company is committed to the Real Living Wage Foundation and we also hold the Disability Confident accreditation.
* Competitive salaries with annual review.
* Annual tax-free* profit-share.
* 25 days holiday + birthday + ex-gratia day + UK Bank Holidays + long service awards.
* Company salary-sacrifice pension scheme (4% from Talbots: 4% from employees).
* Group Life Insurance (3 x annual salary).
* Enhanced Company Sick Pay.
* Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programmes.
* Perkbox employee rewards & benefits platform.
* Medicash Health Cash Plan.
* Financial Health & Wellbeing Provision.
* Bank of Talbots (Annual employee credit for legal fees).
* Salary Sacrifice schemes.
* Established Company progression framework.
* Career progression plans (including financial / mentoring support towards professional qualifications where desired).
* Flexible and hybrid working available for experienced/qualified lawyer roles.
* Social events programme with larger event invitations extended to partners & families.
* Company gifts for celebrations and special life events.
* Commitment to charitable initiatives (currently main corporate sponsor of Acorns Children’s Hospice).
* Additional benefits include Aviva private health cover & Company parking provision for Associates, Senior Associates & Directors.
What the job involves;
* Advising individuals and business clients on a full range of general commercial agreements which will include: terms of business; supply agreements, distribution agreements, service agreements, asset and share purchase agreements, franchise agreements, shareholder, LLP and partnership agreements.
* Providing guidance on a range of matters, such as company restructures, corporate reconstructions, Shareholder and warranty disputes, small business purchases;, partnership deeds and issues, business sales, mergers and acquisitions.
* Proactively involved in business development activities and to build connections locally with other professionals.
* Ensure compliance with SRA, Lexcel, Law Society Quality Scheme standards, SARs and accounting requirements.
What you need:
* To have at least 8 years qualified experience as either a Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive within corporate and commercial, managing own caseload across a variety of matters.
* High level of attention to detail, excellent planning and organisation skills, confident with working to deadlines;
* Passionate about giving outstanding client care to clients and referrers with strong interpersonal skills, sensitivity, tact and diplomacy.
If this sounds like the role for you then please apply today by sending your CV to careers@talbotslaw.co.uk.