Sole Legal Counsel - Head of Legal
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- Knutsford
- Salary
- £55000 - £65000 per annum, Benefits: Additional benefits
- Closing date
- 5 Nov 2021
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House, Barristers, In-House
- Experience Level
- Not Disclosed
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Financial Services
Job Details
The ideal candidate will:
- Be a UK qualified solicitor with strong academics who has trained at a reputable law firm
- Have experience in drafting and reviewing commercial contracts and documentation
- Provide general corporate, company commercial transactional advice
- Be able to assist and help the department on a wide range of other legal issues including financial services regulatory, compliance, company secretarial and other project matters
- Be able to work in a fast-moving environment
- Have at least 4 years post qualified experience (PQE)
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commercial / business outlook to their work
The client will consider both full time and part time candidates. If you have the skills and experience but would only be looking for 3 or 4 days a week, please feel free to apply.
Our client envisages that candidates with at least four years PQE will have the relevant skills / knowledge for this position, however this has been given as an approximate guide for applicants and our client is happy to consider the applications of candidates who fall outside of this PQE range but who have the relevant experience.
For more information on this great in-house opportunity please contact Simon Campbell at QED Legal. If this position isn’t for you but you know someone who could be suitable then please let us know. We offer a reward fee for any successful referrals. For full details please see our website.
Company
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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