About your new role
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 act on behalf of private equity funds, fund managers and investee companies and their management teams. We also handle company re-organisations and re-structuring, joint ventures, shareholder agreements and investment agreements and offer advice on general company law compliance and corporate governance.
We are currently recruiting for a Corporate Lawyer 6YRS + PQE to join our Corporate team in Manchester.
The successful candidate will manage own workload and assist other lawyers in relation to corporate transactional work and company law advisory work.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. To manage own workload of corporate transactional and company law advisory work (to include structuring and governance) for a variety of clients including owner managed businesses, private and public companies, public sector bodies, LLPs, partnerships and individuals
2. Assist other lawyers in the team with their work as required including supporting lead advisers in transactional work and supervision of more junior lawyers
3. Draft, review and negotiate a variety of transactional and corporate documents
4. To develop and build upon own case load of corporate/company law matters whilst supporting partners with larger scale matters
5. Advise clients in relation to the various areas set out above
6. Ensure clients are kept informed as often as may be required
7. To take an active role in business development
8. Attend client meetings and visit clients’ premises as necessary
9. Liaise with internal and external parties such as colleagues, clients, other lawyers etc
10. To train, supervise and develop junior team members
11. Complete MI procedures as and when required
12. Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
13. Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPIs are adhered to
14. Comply with relevant policies and procedures
15. Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values
This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.
About You
About You
16. Corporate Lawyer 6YRS + PQE
17. Proven experience in all aspects of private M&A transactions
18. High level of commercial awareness with strong attention to detail and good drafting skills
19. Conscientious, self motivated, hard working, responsive, with critical thinking abilities and excellent communication, organisation and analytical skills
20. Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative and as part of a team within the national corporate teams supporting more senior and junior staff and across the wider firm on larger projects
21. Methodical, organised, logical approach
22. Passionate about operational excellence generating work opportunities through great service delivery and improving the client experience
23. Ability to work to strict deadlines, tight timetables, targets and client protocols while maintaining high standards in terms of accuracy and quality
24. Excellent drafting and research skills
25. Excellent IT skills
26. Excellent communication
27. Excellent time management and organisation skills
28. Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
29. Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills