Senior Corporate Solicitor (Private Equity Specialism) 6-10+ PQE

A highly regarded, untraditional and progressive firm with strong Private Equity clients is seeking a Senior Corporate Solicitor to join its corporate team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Corporate Solicitor seeking high-quality work focused on Private Equity transactions within a modern and commercially driven environment.

The Opportunity

• You will play a key role in supporting a busy corporate practice, advising a broad range of businesses, investors, and management teams on a variety of corporate transactions and advisory matters.
• The role offers significant responsibility from the outset, including managing your own matters and client relationships, acting as a lead contact on transactions, and supporting junior lawyers within the team.
• You will advise on a broad range of corporate matters including shareholder agreements, articles of association, investment agreements, equity financing transactions, corporate restructures, management buyouts and Private Equity transactions including platform acquisitions and bolt-on deals.
• The role will also involve drafting and reviewing rollover documentation, subscription agreements and management equity arrangements, managing due diligence processes, drafting disclosure letters and ensuring post-completion matters are handled efficiently and accurately.
• There is also opportunity to support workflow improvement initiatives, maintain precedent documents and mentor more junior fee earners within the team.

About You

• You will be a Qualified Solicitor with ideally 6–10+ years’ PQE in Corporate Law and strong experience handling Private Equity matters. You will have strong technical Corporate transactional experience and be comfortable managing matters independently with sound commercial judgement.
• The firm is seeking someone personable, commercially minded and proactive, with excellent communication and client relationship skills. Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers would be advantageous.

Whilst a business development mindset is welcomed, the firm already has a strong flow of existing work and established referrer relationships.

The Firm Offers:

Mostly remote working with excellent flexibility, high-quality Corporate transactional work, a strong existing pipeline of matters, and a collaborative and people-focused culture.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, contact JoAnne Cokayne at jo@lrlegal.co.uk or call for a confidential discussion on 02084642526 (office hours) or 07925104795 (out of office hours).

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The PQE identified on this advertisement is a guide only and does not preclude applications from those with more or less PQE.

LR Legal Recruitment is operating as an Employment Agency in respect of this vacancy.

*We require a lawyer who has gained the necessary experience for the position advertised. The PQE identified on this advertisement is a guide only and does not preclude applications from those with more or less PQE.