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CORPORATE PARTNER - LEEDS

Employer
Brooke Thornham Consulting
Location
Leeds
Salary
£100 - £175 per annum
Closing date
14 Nov 2018
Reference
TBJ7667

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Practice area
Corporate/Mergers and acquisitions
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
Partner
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

CORPORATE PARTNER - LEEDS

Second partner for very busy team with a Top 60 brand which intends to grow its Leeds Corporate offering further a substantial opportunity.

Our client is ranked in the Top 60, but has a global footprint and full network of offices across the UK including London. They service an impressive list of plc's, large corporates as well as public sector clients, and with niche services to HNW individuals and non-profit organisations. They are frequently opposite higher ranked firms and so are very confident of the quality of their expertise.

Their Leeds office is a decent size though is not of comparable critical mass as some of the larger national brands in town. The consequence of this is a more collegiate environment and closer internal working relationships, and the chance for greater personal profile and visibility within the region and the firm.

The Corporate team in Leeds is busy, with a decent shape to it but with a structural space for a second Partner to share in the internal guidance of the unit and also the external business development work. Suitable candidates will likely already be at partner level (possibly Legal Directors wanting partnership) so as to have the profile and professional contacts expected of someone at the higher end of a team.

This might be someone who is still ambitious and climbing the career ladder and that enthusiasm and energy will be well directed in this role. Alternatively the firm would consider someone who has been at a high level for a number of years and who is now interested in an enjoyable engagement where your expertise and value can be appreciated without you having unduly onerous expectations such as you'd still experience in a Top 20 partnership role.

Adding another partner will add to the size of the team and its credibility in the market place, but also ideally it will be adding new work streams and intermediary contacts for the benefit of this unit. This team has a particular strength in Private Equity work so a candidate with that focus would likely need to be generating their work from outside of Yorkshire to have appeal. Otherwise partners in the region who are stronger in more general corporate work for plcs, private companies and non-PE clients would add a new dimension to the Leeds offering. Candidates looking to relocate themselves to Leeds but whose practice and client base may be elsewhere (including London) will definitely be considered on their merits.

This team has a positive culture, with a flexible mind set to the needs of its lawyers, and they appreciate that employees have lives outside of work. This progressive attitude is something they wish to preserve so a lateral hire will need to share this mind set.

The firm is fully committed to making this key appointment, and are able to move swiftly to bring an interested candidate into process. Initial discussion can be relatively informal so a suitable candidate can get a feel for the firm and the Leeds corporate unit before involving the national head of department or appointments committee.



Brooke Thornham Consulting advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the level of experience required for the role and this does not prohibit applications from candidates who are able to demonstrate the necessary skills and experience. We aim to respond to enquiries as soon as possible but if we have not contacted you within 5 days then unfortunately on this occasion your application has not quite met the requirements of our client closely enough.

Company

Brooke Thornham Consulting is a legal recruitment business established in April 2018 as a partial continuation of a previous brand which had enjoyed a successful 10 years of trading from 2007 and built a stellar reputation. With offices in Leeds, we specialise in the recruitment of Solicitors from Newly Qualified through to Partner level, and our focus is on the commercial market.

We are well networked with clients in the north of England where we serve an enviable client list encompassing Top 20 national brands and also regional practices and boutique firms. Our trade mark is our pragmatism, and trying to offer value at every opportunity.

We believe that when you give more, you get more. That’s why we’re generous with our time and expertise, and why we go out of our way to understand you, share our knowledge and add something extra – every time you work with us.

We’re experts in our field – and we get results. But over time, we develop something even more important: the intuitive understanding that really special relationships are built on.

Website: www.brookethornham.com

Director: Anthony Brooke (anthony@brookethornham.com)

Offices: Leeds (0113 4873080)

Company info
Website
Telephone
0113 487 3080
Location
No.1 Aire Street
Leeds
LS1 4PR
GB

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