Corporate Commercial Solicitor – Head of Department

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Portsmouth
Salary
Competitive
Posted
16 Sep 2020
Closes
14 Oct 2020
Job Title
Director
Category
Legal
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Corporate & Commercial Solicitor – Head of Department

Portsmouth, Hampshire

A well–established legal practice is seeking a highly experienced Corporate Solicitor from a reputable firm to join their leading department. The team and wider firm are accredited in the Legal 500 and UK Chambers. The team are acknowledged for providing a first–class service to high net worth clientele across a range of transactions.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop an existing mixed caseload with an exceptional miscellaneous client base who operate across a wide range of different industries to include financial services, technology, professional services, manufacturing, hotels and leisure, real estate, publishing, fashion, media and sport.

This is a position will be a National head of department role, therefore you will be required to oversee the teams in all the offices.

Areas of focus may include:

Commercial contracts

Company secretarial matters

Competition law

Corporate

Charities and not for profit organisations

Data protection

Intellectual property rights

Partnerships

Sport

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

Managing your own caseload, providing clear and concise advice

Deal with larger scale, complex transactions alongside colleagues

Attending to clients of the firm

Drafting a wide range of legal documentation such as Contracts, Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale and Shareholder Agreements

Making amendments to Articles of Association

Preparing Board Minutes and all Companies House forms, ensuring filing of all statutory documents

Manage and support the team to achieve their best

Supervise junior members of the team

Active involvement within business development

Maintaining a professional and polite demeanour at all times

Managing and support the team within the office and other offices

Support is provided to all fee earning members of the team

The successful candidate must be a Solicitor with a substantial amount of experience of dealing with a diverse portfolio of business clients across an array of sectors; from international organisations to sole traders, established household names to new start–ups, listed companies to charities

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