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Commercial Solicitor 2-5 years PQE

Employer
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Location
England, West Sussex, Crawley
Salary
£40000 - £55000 per annum + Good Package
Closing date
8 May 2018
Reference
JH7897ComCraw

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Practice area
Company and commercial
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice
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Job Details

Commercial Solicitor - Crawley - £40,000 to £55,000

My client is a top regional Legal 500 firm who is seeking an experience Commercial Solicitor to join their expanding team. The firm is well renowned for the high quality complex work they undertake. You will be given all the support you need to progress and you will have the opportunity to really expand upon your business development skills.

Duties:

  • Dealing with a wide range of commercial work to involve drafting, reviewing and negotiating trading agreements, together with supply, purchase and manufacturing agreements including joint ventures and outsourcing
  • Providing advice on IT agreements, licences and SLA's both for developers and purchasers
  • Advising in connection with e-trading issues, online service solutions and data protection
  • Acting for a wide range of clients
  • Managing a large and varied caseload with a strong commercial approach
  • Playing a supporting role in building the business; developing marketing initiatives and drawing on existing contacts
    • Do you have?

  • 2-5 years post qualification experience of commercial work
  • Excellent drafting skills
  • Solid knowledge and experience of IT/IP contracts and data protection
  • Strong client focus with the ability to build and sustain excellent relationships
  • Good commercial awareness
  • Outstanding communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team not only in the Commercial Department but with internal teams across the business
  • The appetite to develop their business development skills
  • The ability to work well under pressure and manage a varied workload with the support of comprehensive accounting tools
  • Solid IT skills with a good working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook. Experience of working a case management system would also be desirable

    • Applications are currently being shortlisted for interview so apply now for immediate consideration.

    Please contact Jonathan Hoose, Legal Recruitment Consultant, to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration.

    Douglas Scott are a legal recruitment expert and the UK's leading law firms trust us with their legal vacancies. You can therefore apply for our London legal jobs with confidence. We are a regulated recruitment consultancy and will discuss this role and seek your approval before submitting an application directly to the decision maker.

    Please see our website www.douglas-scott.co.uk for more legal positions in London and the South East.

    Company

    Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are multi-award winning legal recruitment experts.

    Our business – put simply – is to remove the pain points candidates may otherwise experience on their journeys.
    Sure, we act for legal professionals of all levels making lateral moves, taking steps up the ladder or looking for contract legal opportunities.
    And yes we can boast a network of connections that spans nationwide private practice, the UK’s in house legal departments and now the Middle East, Asia and the Far East.
    But we are the only REC and APSCO affiliated legal recruitment specialist with an ISO9001 accredited quality management system and the Investors In People Gold Standard award.
    And by externally validating our day to day activities in the wider business community we have been able to place customer experience at the heart of our business proposition.
    Which means people like dealing with our team – a very experienced, settled and happy bunch they epitomise the Douglas Scott brand personality and will demonstrate a genuine interest in you and your career.      

     

     

     

    Company info
    Website
    Telephone
    0161 233 6360
    Location
    Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
    No1 Spinningfields
    1 Hardman Square, Spinningfields
     Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    M3 3EB
    GB
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