Commercial Solicitor 2-5 years PQE

Commercial Solicitor
2-5 years PQE
Crawley, West Sussex

Are you an experienced Commercial Lawyer looking to take a step up in your career and work for a market leading top tier Legal 500 firm? This could be the perfect opportunity to really progress and build your reputation in the market place with a highly regarded firm. The firm is a market leader with serveral offices throughout the South East. The vacancy for a Commercial Solicitor is within their Crawley office.

My client has a particular expertise in technology-related issues including IT provision and on-line trading issues, intellectual property rights management, the management, exploitation and protection of data, trading arrangements including joint ventures, partnering arrangements, agency and distribution agreements, procurement agreements and outsourcing agreements.

Requirements of the role:

* Dealing with a wide range of commercial work to involve drafting, reviewing and negotiating trading agreements, together with supply, purchase and manufacturing agreements including joint ventures and outsourcing
* Providing advice on IT agreements, licences and SLA's both for developers and purchasers
* Advising in connection with e-trading issues, online service solutions and data protection
* Acting for a wide range of clients
* Managing a large and varied caseload with a strong commercial approach
* Playing a supporting role in building the business; developing marketing initiatives and drawing on existing contacts

Do you have?

* 2-5 years post qualification experience of commercial work
* Excellent drafting skills
* Solid knowledge and experience of IT/IP contracts and data protection
* Strong client focus with the ability to build and sustain excellent relationships
* Good commercial awareness
* Outstanding communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team not only in the Commercial Department but with internal teams across the business
* The appetite to develop their business development skills
* The ability to work well under pressure and manage a varied workload with the support of comprehensive accounting tools
* Solid IT skills with a good working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook. Experience of working a case management system would also be desirable.

If you would potentially be interested in this role please apply today with a copy of your CV for immediate consideration for interview.

Please contact Jonathan Hoose, Legal Recruitment Consultant, to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration.

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