Professional Support Lawyer (Commercial Team) - Bristol

Company Information:
• Managing Partner: David Pester
• Location: Bristol, London, Piraeus
• Headcount: 75 partners, over 300 lawyers and nearly 700 staff
• Turnover: forecast £40 million
• TLT was created in 2000, following the merger of Lawrence Tucketts and Trumps. In 2005, TLT acquired niche firm Lawrence Jones and expanded into London
• In June 2007 TLT acquired international commercial firm Constant & Constant,
• Leading strengths are in Financial Services, Leisure, Retail, Technology and Media and Built Environment
• TLT supports the community:
- We provide ‘pro bono’ legal advice to a variety of charities
- TLT staff are encouraged to volunteer other support including physical work and mentoring individuals in the community through our “Giving in Kind” scheme
- A recent environmental audit rated TLT above the 'Best Practice' benchmark for carbon emissions
• TLT belongs to European Law Firm (ELF) and International Practice Group (IPG), two international networks that enable us to provide high quality and good value legal services throughout Europe and the world.
• Around two thirds of our work comes from outside the Southwest region

Awards:
• 2004: Legal Business - UK Regional Law Firm of the Year
• 2004: Managing Partners Forum - Best Management of Working Capital
• 2005: Sunday Times - 100 Best Companies to Work For
• 2006: Legal Business Awards - Shortlisted for Management Partner of the Year, (David Pester)
• 2006: Legal Week Awards - shortlisted for Regional Law Firm of the Year
• The Sunday Times writes "In many ways TLT is a dream company… Businesses with the best ideas grow fastest, and TLT has shown a strong track record of growth and development." (March 2005)
• Chambers UK, 2007 writes "The firm has carved a niche for itself in the marketplace and has a spring in its step."
• Chambers UK rates 25 of TLT's lawyers as "leaders in their field"
• 2007: Western Daily Press - South West Deals Awards '07 - Corporate Law Firm of the Year.
• 2007: David Pester has been named Managing Partner of the Year in the prestigious 2007 British Legal Awards held in association with Legal Week magazine.

Group/Team Structure:
The Commercial team forms part of TLT's Commercial Services Group. The team has over 50 commercial lawyers across our offices in Bristol & London advising on a variety of corporations across the firm's 5 industry sectors.

The Technology and Media team consists of 6 Partners and 10 Solicitors dealing with all aspects of commercial dispute resolution including;
• contractual and warranty claims
• intellectual property and IT disputes
• manufacturing and engineering
• financial services litigation
• partnership and shareholder disputes
• professional negligence
• defamation
• arbitration and mediation
• construction disputes
• cross border claims


The successful candidate will be working closely with colleagues in Bristol and London, within both the Commercial Services and Intellectual Property teams, as well as with other members of the firm who also service commercial clients.

The Role:
Main Purpose of the Job
to the commercial team

Drafting:
• Administer, monitor, update and maintain the team's precedent system
• Draft and source precedents as required (including explanatory notes)

Training:
• Plan develop and implement the commercial team training schedule to include know-how sessions and other training events as required
• Identify areas of specific interest
• Source the delivery of training sessions
• Ensure training is strategic and in line with the team's plan

Knowledge Management:
• Monitor legal, commercial and industry developments
• Implement a KM strategy that is consistent with that of the firm
• Review and make recommendations in respect of updaters, journals and other resources available

Business Development
• Writing client on-line updates and briefings
• Preparing client seminars and workshops
• Developing our client training programme
• Developing and maintaining knowledge-based client extranets and other online services
• Writing for relevant legal and industry journals

Sector Focus
• Working closely with other PSLs at TLT to co-ordinate professional support to the Technology & Media Sector Group

The ideal candidate:
Knowledge, Skills and experience
• Minimum three years' general commercial fee earning experience or experience as a commercial professional support lawyer
• Some IT/IP experience
• Bristol based with some travel to other UK offices
• Flexible on days but envisage not less than 3 days per week
Personal qualities:
• Highly motivated
• Able to contribute to a wide variety of tasks
• Good self management skills including ability to drive projects forward
• Able to hold confidence of fee earners on technical issues
• Commercial awareness
• Clear appreciation of the relationship of the PSL’s role to the profitability of the firm
• Able to work with and take direction from key partners
• Able to communicate easily with all levels of pqe
• Good project management skills

TLT has recently been through a re-branding exercise, our clients and our employees would describe us as: energetic, entrepreneurial & driven.

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For a confidential discussion or to apply for this position, please contact:

Emma Webster
HR Recruitment Manager
TLT Solicitors
One Redcliff Street
Bristol
BS1 6TP

Tel: 0117 917 7606
Fax: 0117 917 7649

TLT Solicitors is the trading name of TLT LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales number OC308658. TLT LLP is regulated by the Law Society.

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