Corporate Solicitor
- Recruiter
- Flint Bishop Solicitors
- Location
- Derby, Derbyshire
- Salary
- Attractive salary package & benefits
- Posted
- 28 May 2019
- Closes
- 25 Jun 2019
- Ref
- Corporate Derby
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, Corporate
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Corporate Solicitor to join Flint Bishop’s Corporate & Finance team in Derby for a full-time, permanent role.
This represents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and driven Solicitor with up to 2 years of post-qualification experience in a corporate environment to progress their career with an award-winning firm.
Your new team
The Corporate Solicitor will be joining a team with a strong track record of advising on local and national transactions for clients ranging from owner-managed businesses to large listed corporates, in the UK and overseas.
The Corporate & Finance team advises on a varied mixture of high-profile and high-value deals which, in the last 12 months alone, have an aggregate value of more than £150m.
With two partners, a senior associate solicitor and a paralegal, the Corporate Solicitor will join a busy, hard-working and close-knit team who provide a supportive working environment.
About the role
The core duties of your new Corporate Solicitor role with us will include:
- Working on a wide range of corporate matters, with a focus on transactional work
- Assisting with the management, analysis and reporting of due diligence information, including management of online data rooms
- Preparing, reviewing and negotiating corporate transactional documents, including taking responsibility for ancillary documents forming part of a transaction
- Building strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and other teams within the firm
- Conducting legal research
- Working flexibly to accommodate the needs of the department, which may sometimes include working outside of ‘normal’ office hours
Candidate profile
We are looking to speak with Corporate Solicitors who demonstrate:
- A law degree (2.1 or above) or other suitable legal qualification
- 1-2 years of PQE working within a corporate team, including undertaking due diligence, reviewing, drafting and amending corporate ancillary documents and undertaking disclosure exercises
- Excellent client care and communication skills
- Excellent knowledge of IT systems and processes including Microsoft Excel
- High levels of motivation and the ability to work cohesively as part of a larger team
- Great attention to detail
- The ability to work under pressure, often to tight deadlines and prioritise tasks effectively
Benefits of working for Flint Bishop
As well as a flexible working environment, we will offer the successful Corporate Solicitor a range of perks and benefits including:
- Discounted legal services for you (between 15 to 25%)
- Discounted legal services for your family (15%)
- Ability to buy and sell holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme to give you support with lifestyle and medical issues
- Salary-sacrifice pension scheme
- Membership to the Flint Bishop Incentive Scheme which gives you discounts across a broad range of products and services
- A 20-minute walk from Derby train station
- A five-minute walk from Derby city centre
Apply now
Please submit your application today to be considered immediately for this Corporate Solicitor opportunity with Flint Bishop in Derby.