Senior Associate Solicitor/Partner
Corporate
Bournemouth
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The Role
We are looking for a talented Senior Associate Solicitor or a Partner to join our award-winning Corporate team in our new Bournemouth office which is to be supported by our existing Winchester and Southampton offices. The right candidate will be an excellent team player who will be tasked with helping to establish a new corporate practice at our Bournemouth office, with a strong focus on transactional work. They will need to be highly organised, commercially aware, and have excellent IT skills. The successful candidate will be joining one of the largest corporate law practices on the South Coast, working in a highly skilled team who, together are winners of the Corporate finance team of the year in the region.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Help to establish and build a corporate practice from our new Bournemouth office
- Strong focus on transactional work – acting for many serial acquirers, often PE backed in a buy and build strategy, but equally involved in corporate disposals
- Support the existing team with non-transactional corporate work such as shareholders agreements, share option work and restructurings
- Handle own caseload and work with other members of the team – depending upon complexity and size of matter
- Carry out such marketing and business development activity as is appropriate or requested by the Head of Department
- Provide a high-quality legal service to our clients
- Accept work from and delegate work to (as appropriate), all members of the department
- Offer advice on legal procedures and a wide range of associated issues
- Work and behave in a professional manner and to the highest standards of the profession
- Comply with procedures set out in the Office Manual, professional standards and any requirements set by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
- Carry out duties given by the partners or employees faithfully and diligently and follow all reasonable instructions
- Keep up-to-date with changes in the law
- Record all chargeable hours
The Candidate
- Have corporate experience
- Skilled in business development
- Highly organised
- A good team player
- Flexible and proactive approach
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.)
- Willing to take ownership and be accountable for own work
Rewards & Benefits
We want you to thrive at Paris Smith and be the best version of yourself. That’s why we do what we can to support your health and happiness both at work and outside it.
Rewards & Benefits
We want you to thrive at Paris Smith and be the best version of yourself. That’s why we do what we can to support your health and happiness both at work and outside it.
As well as a competitive salary, we offer a range of other benefits.
Competitive salary
We’ll give you a salary that’s appropriate for your experience, service line and location. We use third-party market research to make sure what we pay is competitive compared with the rest of the market.
Performance incentive
We take a performance driven approach at Paris Smith. So, if you perform well and are eligible, you may receive a bonus on top of your salary.
Benefits
Whilst pay is of course important, we look to provide a broad range of benefits as well, focused on health, wellbeing and family.
- 26 days’ holiday (increasing by one day per one year of service up to a maximum of 30 days) plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme membership
- Private medical insurance (subject to eligibility)
- Group income protection (subject to eligibility)
- Life assurance cover
- Personal accident cover
- Discounted legal fees
- Shopping Gateway: get product discounts by shopping online
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Wellbeing
At Paris Smith, the health and wellbeing of our staff is of the utmost importance. In support of this, we offer:
- access to a number of fully trained Mental Health First Aiders;
- health assessments (subject to eligibility);
- an annual Wellbeing Week;
- annual flu vaccinations;
- eyecare vouchers;
- financial wellbeing – access to professional financial advice throughout the year; and
- Employee Assistance Programme.
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You will have the full support of a team of 10 fee earners comprising 4 partners, 1 senior associate, 1 associate and 4 assistant solicitors (plus trainee support) based in our other offices.
You’ll work alongside like-minded ambitious, friendly and supportive professionals to enable you to succeed in your career.
As a firm we strongly encourage a work-life balance and have various initiatives in place to make sure you’re supported. This support is far reaching and includes a mentorship programme, wellbeing initiatives and social activities.
We actively encourage open and transparent working environments across the firm so there is space for you to flourish as an individual. All 3 of our offices are situated in the heart of a City, within walking distance from a train station, high street shops and green spaces. Bournemouth has a landmark pier with golden sandy beaches stretching 7 miles, Winchester has a cathedral and a river running through it, and Southampton has a thriving port, a 10 minute walk from the office.
If you believe you are the person we are looking for, please complete the form below and upload your CV
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Email the Recruitment team at recruitment@parissmith.co.uk
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