Cartmell Shepherd have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Commercial lawyer with the ability and confidence to head up a commercial department and business services section. We have seven offices across Cumbria and Northumberland (now including Hexham). We offer hybrid working from home mixed with days in the office as business and client needs demand, and are very flexible on which of our offices the successful applicant would prefer as their base.
Whilst we would welcome applications from solicitors who hold an SRA practising certificate from 7 years PQE upwards, we use PQE and salary level purely as a guide and are happy to consider applications from all candidates who consider that they have the skills to fulfil the role and who may be looking for the potential for personal development up to Board level.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to deliver tailored, practical and pragmatic advice and assistance to help clients achieve their commercial goals. You will be ready to hit the ground running, confident in your own ability and knowledge and with some experience of training trainee lawyers. Experience of managing a department previously is not essential. This role represents an excellent development opportunity for a solicitor at associate level or equivalent experience/ knowledge, looking to head up a department and for early promotion to senior associate with a pathway to directorship.
Role details
The role will involve supporting clients in a multitude of industry sectors including leisure and hospitality, food and drink, retail, healthcare, animal care, engineering, manufacturing and production, agriculture diversification, eco business, waste, professional services and property development and management. You will be advising a variety of size of businesses from family businesses to national companies.
The department covers all types of Commercial law including:
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Business sales – assets or share sales
- Incorporations & reorganisations
- Joint ventures
- Shareholder & partnership advice and agreements
- Advice to directors
- Succession planning
- Management buyouts
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts & terms & conditions of business
- Transactional work ranging from hundreds of thousands to multi million pound deals
In addition an active participation is expected in business development planning and activities, helping expand the existing team and our client base across Cumbria and the North East, with plenty of help from our enthusiastic and progressive marketing team.
Cartmell Shepherd provide a supportive, collaborative working environment, with a career structure in place to support your ambitions for the future.
We offer:
- A forward thinking, positive working environment
- The ability to further develop your skills and career through training and professional development
- Competitive pay and benefits
- The opportunity to join a business that is committed to growth and development
See the attached link here to learn a little more about our career structure: A career at Cartmell Shepherd
Pay and staff benefits
We’re committed to taking care of our staff. Providing a competitive and varied reward package is just one of the ways we do that. All our staff enjoy being able to take part in and contribute to our local communities and/or charities and are encouraged to get involved in such opportunities.
The ‘Our reward’ link below takes you to a summary of the current benefits we offer at Cartmell Shepherd, for every member of our team. We regularly review the benefits we offer to ensure that our offering remains competitive. We may be prepared to negotiate on reasonably available benefits with the successful applicant.
How to apply
If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and a covering letter to Lindsay Berry, Assistant Practice Manager at lindsay.berry@cartmells.co.uk