Corporate & Business Associate Solicitor in Plymouth

Full time, Permanent, based in our Plymouth office, with opportunities for remote work. Following significant growth over the last few years, and with a desire to grow significantly bigger across the firm in the future, we are recruiting for an Associate Solicitor to join our specialist Corporate and Business team.

The Corporate & Business team supports a diverse portfolio of clients across a range of industries, helping them manage risk, protect their interests, and seize opportunities for growth. We advise start-ups, established SMEs, and larger corporates on the full spectrum of commercial arrangements – always with a focus on practical, commercially sound solutions. The team’s work includes advising on:

• Business sales, acquisitions and reorganisations
• Commercial contracts and trading terms
• Intellectual property and licensing (including software licences)
• Supply, distribution and manufacturing agreements
• Franchise, agency and consultancy arrangements
• Shareholder agreements and other joint ventures and strategic partnerships

Main responsibilities and duties of the job include assisting with commercial sales, negotiating and drafting sale agreements and ancillary documents, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, advising on intellectual property rights and other commercial risks, and supporting clients with day-to-day legal and strategic business decisions. You should be confident managing your own workload, developing client relationships, and contributing to the ongoing growth of the team. As an Associate, you’ll play a key role in supporting junior colleagues, shaping client service standards, and helping to drive business development initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working closely with ambitious clients and wants to be part of a team that is growing steadily and strategically.

About you: We do not set upper or lower limits of PQE for any of our vacancies. Qualified Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive in England & Wales. Well-developed professional and interpersonal skills. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and legal technical skills. Ability to work in a team environment and develop relationships across the business. Ability to demonstrate a deep understanding of a range of technical issues that are key to our clients. Recognises and seizes opportunities for the firm, including repeat business. Builds and develops own network of internal and external contacts. Awareness of business development initiatives in the team and identifies ways to contribute. Good knowledge of PC applications, including MS Office.

Salary & benefits: We offer a highly competitive salary, 5 weeks holiday per year, a health cash back plan, death in service benefit, a healthy bonus scheme and enhanced maternity/paternity pay. Outside of work, we organise various events for our people throughout the year. We also think that it’s one of the best places to bring up a young family. It’s vitally important to us that our people can maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and well-being and we're very happy to talk about opportunities for flexible/remote working, full-time or part-time working patterns.

Our values include being fair, kind, transparent, honest, and brilliant. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities.

We have a range of long-term environmental commitments, particularly with ocean-based charities and organisations. Supporting our community is something that we’re all really passionate about and more than happy to do.