Corporate Solicitor - Leading Thames Valley Firm

Job Description

Corporate Solicitor 
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Leading Thames Valley Practice
Are you an ambitious Corporate Solicitor looking to take the next step in your career with a highly regarded Thames Valley firm?
This is an opportunity to join a well established and highly respected corporate practice, recognised in the Legal 500 for its work across the Thames Valley, with particular strength in M&A, sales and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, restructurings and corporate governance.
The team acts for an impressive client base ranging from owner managed businesses and entrepreneurial companies through to private equity and venture capital investors and multinational corporates, giving you exposure to genuinely varied and high quality corporate work.
The Role
Working alongside experienced partners and senior lawyers, you will advise on a broad range of corporate matters including:
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Company restructures and reorganisations
• Shareholder agreements
• Joint ventures
• Corporate governance
• Share and asset sales and purchases
• Private equity and investment transactions
• General company law advice
You will have the opportunity to manage your own matters while supporting on larger and more complex transactions, developing your technical expertise and building strong, long term client relationships.
The team has continued to grow its corporate offering, with recent senior appointments and investment reflecting the increasing volume and quality of work coming through the practice.
About YouWe are keen to hear from qualified Corporate Solicitors who:
• Have solid corporate experience gained within a recognised private practice environment
• Have strong technical and drafting skills
• Demonstrate good commercial awareness and a client focused approach
• Are confident dealing directly with clients and other professional advisers
• Enjoy working collaboratively within a close knit team
• Are proactive, organised and keen to develop their career
Why Join?
This is a firm that combines the quality of work and reputation you would expect from a leading regional practice with a genuinely supportive and people focused environment.
You will benefit from:
• A strong Legal 500 recognised corporate practice
• High quality work across M&A, private equity, investment and restructuring
• A diverse and sophisticated client base
• Genuine career development and training opportunities
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Core working hours allowing flexibility around start and finish times
• Performance related discretionary bonus
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing annually up to 30 days
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Enhanced family leave
• Income protection and life assurance
• Private professional subscriptions covered
• Employee Assistance Programme and 24/7 virtual GP
• Extensive mental and physical wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans
• Recruitment bonus scheme
• Shopping and lifestyle discounts
The Firm
This is a leading Thames Valley law firm with an established reputation across the region, offering a broad range of legal services to businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, charities, educational institutions and private clients.
The firm's corporate and commercial practice is currently ranked in Legal 500's Thames Valley, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and M4/M40 rankings, with the department recognised for its strength in sales and acquisitions and its work for SMEs, private equity and venture capital investors, start ups and multinational corporates.
It is a firm that has continued to invest in its people and its corporate capability, making this an exciting time to join a team with genuine momentum.
Full time or part time working patterns will be considered. xehkeey
Get in touch!
If you're a Corporate Solicitor looking for high quality work, genuine progression and the opportunity to develop within one of the Thames Valley's established legal practices, I'd be very keen to hear from you.