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IBB Solicitors

Salary

From £55,000 to £70,000 per year

Location

Uxbridge

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

ONE IBB. BE PART OF IT.

With a reputation for being one of the leading law firms in the South East and a unique market position, our strategy is one based on reputation, financial strength, operational excellence and high calibre people. Our practice areas span commercial, employment, charities, commercial and residential real estate, family, private client and community legal services. As a dynamic and ambitious firm, we are growing.

Senior Solicitor - Commercial Dispute Resolution
Uxbridge
£Competitive regional market rate

As a senior member of the team, you will run your own cases and primarily have fee earning responsibility. You will be involved with business development and help to supervise junior feeearners, playing your part in developing this growing team. This will be underpinned by ensuring the highest standards of quality in respect of client care and the services provided by the team.

You will have a minimum of 6 years PQE in this area, with exposure to working with in-house counsel and as part of a client team. You will be experienced in acting for and liaising with senior stakeholders in corporate and large commercial entities. As a commercially minded individual and a strong communicator, you will have an adaptable and pragmatic approach and experience of advising clients in mediation.

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Closing date: 3 June 2013

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Kennedys

Salary

Competitive

Location

The City

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Kennedys is looking for a Bids Manager to join our Business Development Team. This role may be located in any of the following Kennedys offices: Sheffield, Chelmsford, Birmingham, Manchester or London.

This is a very exciting opportunity for someone to shape and develop Kennedys growing Bids Team. At present there is one direct report, but the team is expanding and this will increase to three direct reports. The successful candidate will have previous management experience.

We are looking for candidates with bids experience in the legal sector, particularly within law firms who specialise in insurance and personal injury. However, we will also consider candidates from other professional services environments.

Essential knowledge skills/experiene

*Substantial experience of business development in bids or sales roles, preferably in the professional services sector
*Strong track record of helping win new business through pitches and tenders
*Exceptional project management skills
*Good understanding of ‘best practice’ in winning new business in the marketplace in which Kennedys operates today
*Well-developed interpersonal and coaching skills
*Strong influencing skills at a senior level
*Thrives when working to deadlines that are often tight. Strong time management skills
*Excellent attention to detail
*Commercial acumen and commitment to understanding markets and factors influencing a prospect’s business in the UK or globally
*Effective business writing and communication styles, adaptable to various situations
*Good track record of managing direct and indirect reports
*Ability to work cross-site and in virtual teams
*Experienced in objectively evaluating – and helping others to evaluate – the merits/demerits of progressing each new business opportunity
*Enthusiastic and optimistic attitude; commitment to profitable growth by Kennedys
*Team player, not afraid of being visible on a project

Desirable knowledge skills/experience

*Good understanding of the insurance industry including the London Market and personal injury
*Pragmatic operator, comfortable working in a sometimes non-directive environment
*Creative approach to meeting challenges and opportunities
*Good understanding of the various pressures lawyers work under
*Numerate
*Strong people management skills
*Organised and methodical
*Able to apply knowledge of modern pitch processes, systems and psychologies.

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Stephenson Harwood

Salary

Competitive

Location

London

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Stephenson Harwood is a full service international law firm, with over 100 partners and over 600 staff worldwide. We act for a wide range of listed and private companies, institutions and successful entrepreneurs.

Vacancies: We have 16 training contracts for Trainee Solicitor vacancies for 2015. The closing date for applications is 31 July 2013.

Application process: Please apply online after 1 October 2012

Contact: Katy Crosse, Graduate Recruitment Assistant
Locations
The training contract is based in our London office with an option to go on a client secondment or on a secondment to one of our offices in Asia.

Areas of work
Corporate (including corporate finance, funds, corporate tax, business technology); employment and pensions; finance; dry and wet shipping litigation; commercial litigation; and real estate.

Who should apply
Firstly we look for a quick intellect. As well as a predicted 2:1 in any discipline plus 320 UCAS points or equivalent, you'll need strong analytical skills, sound judgment, imagination and meticulous attention to detail. Also vital are the communication skills to be persuasive and build rapport, plenty of drive and determination, plus a keen interest in business.

Candidates must demonstrate fluent spoken and written English language skills. Mandarin Chinese language skills are desirable.

Training programme
As the graduate intake is relatively small, the firm gives trainees individual attention, coaching and monitoring. Your structured and challenging programme involves four six month seats in different practice groups within the firm covering contentious and non-contentious areas. These seats include 'on the job' training and you will share an office with a partner or senior associate. In-house lectures complement your training and there is continuous review of your career development. As a trainee at SH you will be given your own caseload and as much responsibility as you can shoulder.

The successful candidates' role is to take initial instructions, undertake research, prepare legal documentation, consult and advise clients and undertake various business development tasks as required.

Outside of the office
At SH we aim to strike a balance between work and life outside of work. The firm plays a range of team sports, offers subsidised health club membership, has privileged seats for concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and offers concessions to more than 200 galleries and museums.

Benefits
Benefits include subsidised membership of heath clubs, private health insurance, pension, dental health scheme, private GP services, critical illness cover, health screening, life assurance, season ticket loan, subsidised staff cafe and 25 days paid holiday per year.

Salary
We offer an excellent salary and benefits package. Your starting salary would be 37,000 in year one, rising to 40,000 in year two. Our current NQ salary is 60,000.

graduate training training contract vacancies law firm corporate including corporate finance funds corporate tax business technology ; employment and pensions; finance; dry and wet shipping litigation; commercial litigation

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Fragomen LLP

Salary

Competitive

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Fragomen is the leading provider of corporate immigration services and solutions around the world. Founded in 1951 in the United States, Fragomen now has 40 offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas with over 2,000 professionals worldwide.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Consultant to join the firm. You will work as part of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Coordination team in our London office.

Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
• Case management of client instructions in assigned countries
• Liaising with Co-Counsel and client parties
• Creating pre-invoice notes and providing purchase orders to the vendor
• Responding to pre-instruction enquiries and liaising with co-counsel
• Drafting emails to client parties
• Drafting and researching country processes and procedures
• Reviewing expiry date reports and actioning renewals
• Identifying and escalating matters to managers and/or CSMs attention
• Maintenance of proprietary material in firm’s KMS (Knowledge Management System)
• Attending training courses in order to develop relevant technical knowledge, techniques and skills
• Researching corporate clients’ markets by industry/sector
• Researching and benchmarking performance of external co-counsel

To be shortlisted for the role candidates must:
• Demonstrate expert proficiency in word processing, Internet and email systems
• Be able to act under instruction with limited supervision
• Be able to plan workload, meet deadlines and priorities
• Keep abreast of current affairs
• Maintain confidentiality

The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level and have experience in a similar field. Fluent in Russian is essential.

Direct Applicants Only
No Agencies

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DLA Piper UK LLP

Salary

Competitive + Competitive salary and benefits

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

DLA Piper's strategic vision is to be the world's leading business global law firm. The development and growth of the Corporate Group lies at the core of that vision. We are now seeking an exceptional corporate lawyer with wide-ranging capital markets experience (Equity Capital Markets essential, Debt Capital Markets would be useful) from leading corporate practices with 5 years'+ pqe. The successful candidate must be willing and able to turn their hand to more generalist M&A work.
Applicants will need to possess developed team working skills, and enjoy business development. A pro-active, commercial approach to help drive the practice forward is essential. Written and oral communication skills will be excellent. We would welcome applications from US qualified lawyers for this post.
We act on all types of transactions on some of the largest and most complex deals. The multi-jurisdictional nature of many of such transactions plays strongly to the firm's unrivalled global network of offices and expertise. We offer first rate support in the form of tailored training, partner time, excellent career prospects and an opportunity to play a significant role in the development of a key practice in one of the world's most exciting and dynamic law firms.

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Field Fisher Waterhouse

Salary

Competitive

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

The Firm
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP is a European law firm with a reputation for providing an excellent all-round service to an impressive list of domestic and international clients. The firm has over 140 partners, more than 220 other lawyers and is growing fast with revenue of £97.5m in 2011/12. We have a particular focus on companies that are highly regulated and those with intellectual property and technology driven business models.

Increasingly, we are taking an industry sector approach to our marketing, focusing on areas of strength like Energy and Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Hotels, Retail & Leisure, Life Sciences and Technology, Media & Telecoms. We have offices in Brussels, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, London, Manchester, Munich and Paris and have a strong focus on the US, India and the CIS region. Over a quarter of our revenues are international.

The Team
The Intellectual Property (IP) Protection practice group consists of 2 Partners, 9 Lawyers (including Trade Mark Attorneys), 9 support staff and 4 Secretaries. We wish to recruit a Renewals Manager to join the team on a temporary basis to cover a period of maternity leave.

Responsibilities
The Role holder will provide a support service to the professional staff and key responsibilities within the team will be:

Responsible for all aspects of post registration trade mark maintenance
Supervising the renewals team
Management of reminder system and advising clients of maintenance dates for registered rights
Attending to renewal and maintenance of trade marks
Liaison with Client and FFW Client Manager regarding portfolio maintenance for prime clients
Billing, database and other administration duties relating to the aforesaid
Assisting the IP Practice Manager as necessary
Key Skills & Experience
Strong verbal and written communication skills;
Able to work well without supervision
Ability to manage multiple simultaneous time sensitive tasks
Able to prioritise work for self and the team
Excellent time management skills and good team player
Able to demonstrate a genuine interest in the client’s business and be client-facing
Excellent attention to detail
Strong IT skills

Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP aims to ensure equality of opportunity and we are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. All applications will only be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role.

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DLA Piper UK LLP

Salary

Competitive + Competitive salary and benefits

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

DLA Piper's Real Estate group is the world’s largest real estate practice and is consistently top-ranked around the world. The Real Estate Group in the UK is a leader in this vital sector and our clients value our global resources, regional strength and local delivery. We offer a full range of services in areas including acquisitions and disposals, construction, financing, hospitality and leisure, land use, planning and development, leasing, environmental law, insurance and tax. As one of the largest and most experienced planning law teams in the UK, the group anticipates and pre-empts planning problems, advising on the most pragmatic and commercial approach to securing the best results for our clients. Our team enjoys strength in depth, both technically and geographically, with highly rated lawyers in numerous locations.
Our highly successful Planning team in London are now looking to recruit an additional solicitor with at least one years' pqe (no NQ cvs please) from a leading firm or local authority. Our client base is wide, acting for both the public and private sector, on all types of development and strategy. Understanding client needs, together with a meticulous approach to preparation and process are essential skills. The successful candidate will also play a significant role in the future success and development of the business.
Work will include planning appraisals, applications and agreements, compulsory purchase and highways, enforcement, appeals, inquiries and legal challenges. Candidates will also need wide-ranging experience of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Plans (NSIPs) work.