Commercial Senior Associate/Partner - Leading Law Firm - South East - £Market-Leading + Bens + Flex

My client is a highly-regarded law firm of exceptional quality and heritage. It has leading reputations both for its general Corporate & Commercial work and for its lead practitioners in the fields of commercial and secured lending for development.

The firm has an outstanding opportunity for you as a senior commercial lawyer to use your expertise and experience in working with the lead partner and the team in servicing existing clients’ needs, as well as developing new client wins. The lead partner, with whom you will work closely is personally ranked in Band 1 as a Leading Individual for Corporate/M&A work in the region and is also recognised as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 UK 2021 edition for Corporate & Commercial.

The team has an ambitious 5-year growth plan in terms of number of lawyers, types of client and fee income to move them up in terms of Mid-Market work and expanding into new service lines.

The Corporate & Commercial team is experienced in acting for private limited companies, owner managed businesses, UK operations of foreign multinationals, entrepreneurs and investors.

There is no doubt that joining now will be optimal in terms of your own career development. This firm offers genuine work:life balance, whilst also facilitating access to the highest quality of work.

The firm’s commercial team sits within the Corporate & Commercial team and works closely with the firm’s other commercial departments of Commercial Property and Employment. The firm’s most recent appointments include a corporate partner and a specialist banking and finance lawyer to support the growth plans of the team and to provide strength, depth and breadth to reflect the clients and the work the team undertakes.

This provides an exceptional opportunity for you now to influence and further establish the commercial offering of the firm and to develop your skills and reputation as a commercial lawyer.

In addition to being able to unlock your experience in commercial contract matters, you will also have ample opportunity to achieve your own personal and career ambitions as a key member of this ambitious team.

In order to find out more about this outstanding opportunity in strictest confidence, please contact the firm’s retained consultant Simon Chadwick on simon.chadwick@esperoconsulting.com or on +44 7985 198 578.