We are looking for a qualified and experienced solicitor to join our award-winning corporate team working on a broad range of corporate transactions.
You will be involved with a range of work from strategic planning through to integration for our enviable list of clients across sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, technology, hospitality and fintech.
Overview
As a solicitor within our corporate team, you will act on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, corporate governance and restructuring projects. You will work with the wider team where required to deliver a first-class service to clients.
To be considered for this role you will be a qualified solicitor with circa 2-5+ years’ post-qualification experience in corporate law.
We advise on a truly impressive variety of corporate work. We have for a sustained period of time ranked third for deal value and volume in the North East region and since 2020 we have advised on 261 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of £1.1 billion and have recently been ranked in the top 20 law firms in the country for deal volume.
Responsibilities
- Managing your own workload of corporate transactional and company law advisory work for a variety of clients including owner managed businesses, private and public companies, private equity/venture capital funds, public sector, LLPs, partnerships and individuals.
- Assisting other lawyers in the team as required, including supporting lead advisers in transactional work and supervision of more junior lawyers.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of transactional and corporate documents.
- Developing and building upon own case load of corporate/company law matters whilst supporting partners with larger scale deals.
- Advising clients in relation to the various areas set out above whilst delivering exceptional customer service.
- Ensuring clients are kept informed as often as may be required.
- Taking an active role in business development.
- Attending client meetings and visiting client premises as necessary.
- Liaising with internal and external parties such as colleagues, clients, other lawyers and intermediaries.
- Training, supervising and developing junior team members.
- Ensuring relevant deadlines and quality measures are adhered to.
What we are looking for
Knowledge, skills and experience required
The successful candidate will ideally have gained experience in corporate law at a recognised (Legal 500 or Chambers and Partners) regional or national firm and will have a blend of good technical ability and commercial awareness.
Hands-on experience of advising on mergers and acquisitions, re-organisations, joint venture arrangements and investments is preferred.
Additional attributes
As well as having the experience mentioned above, the candidate should:
- Be strong academically.
- Support the positive culture in the team.
- Be capable of working independently with minimal supervision on appropriate matters, as well as working as part of partner-led team on larger projects.
- Be a team player who can work well with different teams and lawyers across the firm.
- Be a self-starter.
- Be prepared to assist the senior lawyers in the team with supervision of junior lawyers.
- Possess excellent communication and organisational skills.
Benefits
The employee benefits package at Mincoffs Solicitors has been created based on feedback from our team.
As a firm we are committed to maintaining a culture, where our team can access a range of benefits enabling them to flourish both in and outside of work and deliver great client experience. Alongside a competitive salary, you will be eligible to receive our core benefits and a range of voluntary benefits to choose from focused on health, family and wellbeing.
