Solicitor

Weightmans is a Top 45 law firm with offices throughout the UK. Having been recognised as the leading legal employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK 2017, we are immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people.

Our national Corporate team provides a comprehensive range of legal services, with a particular focus on corporate transactional work, including mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs and buy-ins, and trade sales and disposals. We also handle company formations, re-organisations and re-structuring, joint ventures, shareholders agreements and investment agreements and offer advice on general company law compliance and corporate governance.

This role is based in our Birmingham office

Main purpose of role

To assist partners and other fee earners in the team and manage own caseload of corporate and company law matters.

Key responsibilities

• Assist partners and other fee earners with their caseloads, and manage own caseload of corporate transactions and company law matters

• Provide general company law advice to clients

• Manage cases in accordance with client expectations

• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values and procedures

• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets

• Comply with Data Protection compliance and procedures

• Complete Client MI procedures/databases as and when required

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.

• Qualified solicitor with up to three years’ PQE

• High level of corporate awareness, with strong attention to detail

• Experience of :

  • undertaking due diligence and drafting due diligence reports

  • undertaking disclosure and drafting/negotiating disclosure letters

  • drafting ancillary corporate transactional documentation

  • helping manage and co-ordinate completion meetings

  • project managing smaller corporate transactions

  • drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements for smaller transactions

  • drafting shareholder agreements, option agreements and articles of association

• Commercial approach to research

• Familiarity with and genuine interest in corporate and company law

• Ability to work as part of a team within the corporate team supporting more senior and junior staff and across the wider firm on larger projects

• Ability to work proactively and use initiative

• Passionate about business development for the team and Birmingham office

• Excellent communication and organisation skills

• Methodical, organised approach

• Ability to work to strict deadlines, targets and client protocols while maintaining high standards in terms of accuracy and quality

Please note:

• Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.

• The successful candidate appointed to this role will be subject to our standard background checking process, and any offer of employment made is conditional upon successful completion of those checks. Further details can be obtained from the Recruitment team.