Solicitor

Shakespeare Martineau is a Top 55 law firm that combines creativity, commerciality and clarity. We work with blue-chip companies, leading organisations, high street brands and individuals across the country.

As enterprising and original thinkers, we’re driven to create exceptional experiences for our clients and our people. We handle personal and business-critical issues and game-changing deals across many dynamic sectors. It’s stimulating and rewarding.

We’re hardworking and deeply ambitious about creating opportunities for our employees; to move forward and achieve our ambition together. We provide an environment in which you’re supported to reach your potential.

Our people have a blend of excellent technical and business skills with the talent to do things differently.

Here you’ll find top quality work, cutting edge training, high profile clients, and supportive colleagues. We think it could be time you joined us.

Our Corporate and Commercial group undertakes various corporate, commercial, tax, banking and employment work at all levels. Our specialist teams combine unsurpassed expertise with a sound understanding of the corporate landscape to provide exceptional solutions for every aspect of our clients’ corporate and business law requirements.

Working with some of the UK’s largest financial institutions ensures our Banking team offers unrivalled expertise with high level knowledge of the issues affecting the sector and the businesses operating within it. The team advise on banking law for both lenders and borrowers, advising on a wide range of property finance, acquisition finance and corporate transactions with a specialism in the education and charity sectors. Our experience has developed through working with high street banks, challenger banks, peer to peer funders, invoice discounters and asset based lenders and corporate borrowers on a number of complex transactions.

The role:

We are looking for an NQ-3yr PQE Solicitor to join our Birmingham-based Banking team, part of our firm’s Corporate Commercial group.

You will provide a high quality service and support to partners and senior fee earners within the Banking team dealing with all aspects of banking law. 

 Your key duties will include:

•  working alongside senior lawyers to provide assistance on all aspects of banking, including banking transactions and document production
• assisting on large complex deals with appropriate supervision, as well as building up your own caseload of straightforward matters
• liaising with clients in a professional manner
• working to strict deadlines
• completing Reports on Title
• completing Property due diligence
• carrying out post-completion administration
• dealing with general correspondence
• handling telephone calls, diary management and efficiently dealing with queries where appropriate
• attending and being involved in business development and marketing events
• developing relationships with clients

 Skills and experience you will have:

•  up to 3 years’ previous experience gained dealing in banking matters within a law firm (for Newly Qualified candidates, significant relevant experience gained during your training contract is essential)
• strong IT skills
• the ability to manage files effectively

 Key competencies you will need:

•  a desire to specialise in this area of law
• a desire to enhance client relationships through day-to-day activity
• excellent communication skills
• to be highly organised with flexibility during busy periods
• excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• willingness to work hard with drive and enthusiasm
• a high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a demanding environment
• excellent organisational and prioritising skills
• the ability to work in a busy team

About you – you will be:

• highly enthusiastic, willing to go the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
• respectful towards others and have a positive, willing and ‘can do’ attitude
• keen to learn, interested in driving your own career progression and be proactive in taking ownership of this progression

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.