Senior Associate Solicitor - Corporate & Commercial
Company Commercial
Location Flexible with Hybrid working - Brentwood / Chelmsford / Saffron Waldon
Both Full time and Part time considered
We are partnered with a growing multi-site firm with a fantastic reputation and growth plans. We are seeking a Senior Associate Solicitor or someone looking to step up into a more senior tole where you will join a specialist team of commercial law solicitors provide advice on: Commercial contracts, joint ventures & collaborations, agency, distribution & franchising, supply chain & logistics, outsourcing contracts, and IT contracts. The team take great pleasure and pride in delivering a high-quality service to clients.
This new role will provide oversight and provision of a quality, tailored and supportive legal service to a wide range of clients. Proactively manage a complex portfolio of clients and anticipate their specific needs and using specialist skills to enhance the client experience in the Corporate Team. You will manage, support and develop a team. Mentor and advise members of the team on complex cases and support partners and the board achieve the strategic aims of the firm.
Main Responsibilities
- Work closely with your Executive Partner to develop strategy and annual business plans. Work with the Executive Partner, other senior associates and attend management meetings as required. Provide updates on progress against objectives, share information and help drive value and change within the Firm.
- Responsible for managing a complex mixed caseload of client matters without supervision. Providing clients with high quality legal advice, proactively manages client relationships.
- Set and deliver objectives personally and support your Executive Partner in setting and delivering objective through the team. Support Executive Partner and help set and drive team objectives, monitor performance/progress and provide professional guidance to team members as appropriate.
- Lead, manage and motivate staff. Ensure team members have an understanding of goals related to their own objectives. Provide regular feedback at meetings.
- Achieve the firm’s fee targets and assist and enable others in the team to do so by mentoring and developing junior members of the team.
- Accountable for ensuring efficient and timely credit management processes are adhered to. Manage own time and that of the team to effectively achieve targets.
- Ensure cash flow and credit-management systems are managed effectively, such as time recording, lock-up, cash flow, profitability and billing.
- Accountable for the delivery of legal services within own area of responsibility, in a manner which is both cost-efficient, to the client and the firm. Using technology to enhance performance.
- Make full use of the firm’s IT and other systems and be committed to helping the team to maintain and develop effective office systems and procedures in line with the quality standard.
- Oversight of quantity, quality of work and outcomes achieved by the team, to maximize the teams overall contribution and performance.
- Analyse key performance indicators, use technology and implement new systems and processes to enhance and improve the team’s performance.
- Provide clients with high quality legal advice and services.
- Advise partners and board members on opportunities to add value to the client experience and improve profitability.
- Make a significant contribution to the firm’s reputation and position within the community by virtue of their reputation for excellence and specialist skills and knowledge. Attract new clients and introducers.
- Make a significant contribution to professional and community activities to support the firm.
- Accountable for the delivery of a marketing strategy and plan, which might include: marketing initiatives by the individual or team, marketing events, networking, speaking at seminars on specialist topics and contributing to or writing publications.
- Undertake additional technical specialisms to support the strategy of the firm and the individual.
Corporate and Commercial Services - Specifically in the area of corporate and commercial law services, advice and support might include:
- Provide proactive and creative advice and services to clients in all aspects of Corporate and Commercial Law.
- Ensure the profitability of the firm is maintained through regular billing and financial management of the client including ensuring WIP is billed up to date or written off, late payment is actively chased and the build up of WIP is closely monitored and communicated to client.
- Initiate, develop and nurture client relationships.
- Draft Documentation using precedents and creating precedents where none exist.
- Contribute to the firm’s knowledge bank.
- Manage highly sensitive and emotive cases appropriately.
- Provide advice on complex matters to other members of the team in relation to Corporate and Commercial Law issues that require sign off or specialist knowledge.
- Work on high profile cases which may have a higher level of economic, political, or social impact or risk on the firm.
- Develop Corporate and Commercial law products, including e-products via the firm’s website.
- Attend and speak at the firm’s marketing events and seminars.
- Through good business development techniques acquire new clients for the firm.
Benefits:
- An attractive salary
- Discretionary payments
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays with entitlement increasing with length of service
- Compassionate leave
- Employee assistance programme through Health Assured (including Counselling sessions, 24/7 access to trained Counsellors, Health Assessments, 4-week wellness programs, and more)
- Contributory pension
- Discounted legal services
- Discounted financial advice services
- Life assurance
- Permanent health insurance
- Interest free season ticket and travel loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to a discount platform
- Discounted gym membership
- Social events throughout the year
- Payment for professional memberships and development opportunities
- A day’s leave per year to undertake Volunteer Day
