Commercial Solicitor 0-2pqe
- Employer
- Clifton Legal
- Location
- Bristol (GB)
- Salary
- Competitive Salary and Good Benefits
- Closing date
- 17 Apr 2023
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice
- Experience Level
- Junior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial
- PQE
- Newly Qualified, 1-3 Years
Job Details
Commercial Solicitor 0-2pqe
Our client is a global professional services organisation.
You will play an integral part in delivering high quality legal advice to our global client base, including in the fields of commercial law, data protection, regulatory and financial services.
This law firm works with some of the most recognisable names in the Consumer/FMCG/Hospitality sectors.
A small collegiate team works globally on matters often found in the biggest city firms.
This role will focus on advising clients on commercial and regulatory legal matters as part of a team of three.
This is a friendly and supportive environment led by senior lawyers with a wealth of experience in the industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Drafting and negotiating transactional commercial agreements as well as drafting standard agreements and terms of business for clients.
- Advising on intellectual property matters and compliance areas such as GDPR and competition law. Experience of the financial services sector would be an advantage but not essential.
- Advising on regulatory areas such as FATCA/CRS, DAC 6, ICO registration and registration of overseas entities.
- Working closely with clients, identifying ways in which we can develop the relationship and ensure client retention.
- Work closely with international contacts from overseas offices, law firms and other professionals.
- Identify, promote and develop business development opportunities wherever possible and to keep clients informed of new products, services and changes in legislation.
- Supervise more junior employees, such as paralegals, in the provision of services to clients.
- To work with the sales and marketing teams to raise awareness of offerings through webinars, seminars and social media, producing regular legal updates for clients and provide thought leadership in the form of blogs and articles.
Requirements
- Ability to confidently deal with a variety of commercial legal matters, including in relation to data protection and intellectual property.
- Willingness and ability to research and take on new regulatory areas of law (for example recent implementation of ROE legislation).
- Proactive and self-motivated with a desire to learn and undertake business development activities.
- Personable and enthusiastic team player, with a professional and commercial outlook.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to analyse instructions, understand the issues raised and action the instructions accordingly.
Relevant Experience
- Experience of servicing a broad range of clients in relation to commercial law.
- Expert knowledge of commercial law, including data protection, intellectual property and competition law. Experience of the financial services sector would be an advantage but not essential.
- Experience in providing services to clients: in person, in writing and by telephone.
Qualifications
- Solicitors practising certificate for England and Wales.
- 0-2 years PQE commercial solicitor.
Company
Clifton Legal is the legal division of Clifton Search - a specialist search and selection recruitment firm. We are a niche, boutique firm and focus purely on the legal and corporate governance markets. Our primary focus is on opportunities from newly qualified to General Counsel level.
We set up Clifton in 2014 to fulfil what we believed was a gap in the market to provide clients and candidates in our core markets with the knowledge and connections of a specialist and experienced recruitment partner allied to a pro-active and integrated approach. In essence we bring the professionalism and targeted networking approach of a search solution but with a functional rather than sector driven model. We augment this with the personal touch, flexibility and proactive rate of response of a traditional contingent recruitment service.
The leadership team has c50 years of recruitment experience and as experienced recruiters with a proven track record, we have a deep knowledge and understanding of our markets, a large network of legal and governance professionals and a genuine passion for delivering a professional, honest and quality service to all stakeholders within the recruitment process.
We are rigorous in ensuring that we have a thorough understanding of both candidate and client requirements at the outset to ensure the delivery of a well-matched service and a successful campaign for both parties.
Our long-standing client base is comprised of large UK, US and European listed multinationals and corporate businesses and spans a wide range of sectors. We operate out of offices in Bristol and London but recruit right across the UK, Europe and the US.
Why work with us?
Unlike most recruitment companies we don’t operate with the typical “sales” driven culture that’s common in our sector. This gives us greater independence and objectivity and allows us to focus purely on your agenda and career aspirations and find the right opportunity for you – even if you are not “actively looking” in the market.
Whether you or keen to secure a new opportunity right now or simply keeping an eye on the market for that perfect opportunity, we commit to offer you:
- Honest, impartial and specialist market advice/intelligence from recruiters with extensive experience.
- CV appraisal and preparation guidance.
- Full, in-depth application support throughout the recruitment process from initial approach, interview preparation and feedback, salary negotiation, resignation management – right up to starting your new opportunity.
- Up to the minute and specific salary and benefits benchmarking relative to your experience, sector and location.
- Long term career planning and professional development advice.
- Complete confidentiality and a guarantee that we will never share your CV with any third party without your express knowledge and consent.
If that sounds like the kind of recruitment partner that you would prefer to work with then please do get in touch with one of our directors:
Giles Boustead
Mobile: +44 7500 113 777
Email: giles.boustead@cliftonsearch.co.uk
Chris Conner
Mobile: +44 7818 644 577
Email: chris.conner@cliftonsearch.co.uk
Bristol Office: +44 117 975 8600
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