Current Roles

Head of Corporate Commercial (Law)
Salary: Competitive Base + Bonus + Benefits

Client & Requirement  

Our client is a well-established and highly successful full-service law firm based across Cheshire and Shropshire that offers expert & trusted legal advice to individuals and businesses. The business is doing very well and has a thriving Corporate Commercial offering. The Department has excellent relationships with clients and works across a wide variety of corporate commercial matters that entail areas such as: Business Sales, M&A, Commercial Contracts, Shareholder Agreements and Partnership Agreements. Due to continued growth, there exists the key strategic requirement to recruit a Head of Corporate Commercial.

Role & Responsibilities

The Head of Corporate Commercial will have the following core role & responsibilities:

• Oversee and lead a broad range of corporate and commercial client workflows, personally running your own caseload capably and competently
• Involvement with forecasts, fees, development & mentoring of staff, recruitment of new team members and general administration of running the unit
• Help to ensure this Corporate Commercial team is successful; achieves and exceeds targets, grows and has very positive culture
• Act as a primary point of contact for clients and other stakeholders, delivering great results and service for clients
• Be involved with company networking and marketing where appropriate
• Effective time management and organisation skills with the running of the team and services provided in relation to all client matters

Objective Expertise & Subjective Traits

Suitable candidates for this role are likely to have the following backgrounds:

• A qualified self-sufficient Solicitor or Legal Executive in Corporate Commercial client matters such as any of the following areas: Business Sales, Purchases, M&A, Contracts and Shareholder/Partnership Agreements
• A strong communicator with excellent time management, organisation, commercial management and administration skills
• Determined, focused, energetic and a team player
• Proactive, confident and professional at all times with a high degree of integrity
• Hands on, progressive and someone that is able to challenge, improve and develop existing practices
• Enthusiastic outlook and charismatic with a good sense of humour
• Based within Cheshire or Shropshire

The Opportunity

• The chance to be a Head of Department
• Fast track to Partnership
• The opportunity to be part of a well-established, high calibre and successful practice
• The chance to join a successful business with a strong brand that is growing
• The chance to work within a stimulating, highly sociable and positive environment

• Legal/Company Secretarial
• Legal Sector
• Cheshire (GB)