Solicitor, General Finance & Corporate, 2 year PQE
Kennedys is looking to recruit a general finance and corporate solicitor based in our London office. The successful candidate will benefit from a wide range of high quality work, realistic opportunity for career progression and a high level of client interaction.
Team Information: This role sits within the Corporate/Commercial Division of Kennedys which encompasses: Commercial and Corporate, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, General Commercial Litigation and Insolvency. An indication of the type of work the team undertakes includes:
- Advising lenders in relation to secured and unsecured lendingAdvising borrowers in relation to their financing requirementsAdvising buyers and sellers as regards M&A transactions
Clients: Banks, private companies and individuals
Requirements:
- UK Qualified Solicitor with the relevant experience.
- 2 years post qualification experience in general finance or corporate*
- Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining excellent client relationships and business development activities as well as a sound knowledge of relevant law.
- Broad exposure across a range of medium and high value transactions
- Previous experience of working on similar scale deals and with a significant level of responsibility
- Strong Academics (2.1 or higher degree) or equivalent
- Ability to run and assist on transactions with some supervision
Kennedys' Firm information:
Kennedys is an international law firm with expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, particularly in the insurance/reinsurance and liability industries. With over 1,500 people worldwide across 26 offices in the UK and Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America, we have some of the most respected legal minds in their fields.
We act for insurers, reinsurers, Lloyd's Syndicates, public bodies and corporates. Our deep sector knowledge means that we understand the impact of proposed regulations and advise our clients on the implications this will have on their business. Every day we make a difference for our clients.
We provide answers, recommendations, strategy and tactics. We deliver these in plain English and it's what we call Legal advice in black and white.
What do we have to offer?
At Kennedys we offer a vibrant and supportive working environment built upon our core values; we are approachable, and responsive, we show respect for people, we are trustworthy and straightforward and we ensure that we deliver economic solutions for our clients.
Career Development:
We actively encourage all staff to develop in their chosen career by providing early responsibility, supervision and training.
Please see attached job specification for further information.
*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.