Corporate Solicitor Job (2+PQE) Base: Wigan Investment Centre, Wigan WN3 5BA Hybrid working Salary: DOE
Looking for quality corporate work without sacrificing your life outside the office?
At Stephensons, we’re proving that you don’t need to choose between high quality legal work and a healthy work life balance.
As a Corporate Solicitor you can enjoy complex, rewarding corporate work while maintaining a genuine work-life balance.
Recognised as a Sunday Time Best Place to Work in 2025 and 2026 and Investors in People Gold accredited, we are committed to helping our people thrive.
Why join us?
You’ll enjoy the variety and quality of work typically associated with larger city firms, while benefiting from a supportive, collaborative culture and exceptional flexibility.
- High quality corporate work
- Genuine work life balance
- Flexible hybrid working with only one mandatory office day per week and an average of two additional office days per month.
- Direct access to experienced leadership
- A recognised, award-winning employer
- Clear opportunities to develop your own client relationships and career
- Supportive and collaborative culture
The role
Working closely with Louise Hebborn, Partner and Head of Department, you’ll manage a varied and interesting caseload while receiving support from fellow solicitors, paralegal support and the wider commercial team.
Your work will include:
- Mergers, acquisitions & disposals,
- Asset, share sales and purchases,
- Restructures
- Company corporate structures,
- Commercial contracts
- Private equity investment & capital
- Shareholder agreements,
- Drafting and advising on a variety of commercial contracts
You’ll also work alongside colleagues in employment, commercial property and other specialist teams to deliver a complete service to your clients.
About the team
Our Corporate team supports a diverse range of SME’s, building long-term client relationships and helping businesses navigate every stage of their development.
You’ll be joining the wider commercial team of professionals who genuinely enjoy working together and supporting each other’s success. The team benefits from business development support and a collaborative approach to winning and delivering work.
About you
We welcome applicants with a wide range of strengths, thinking styles and lived experiences. We’re happy to discuss workplace adjustments or support that help you perform at your best.
You will have:
- At least 2 years PQE in corporate law,
- Experience managing a corporate case load,
- Strong technical and commercial awareness
- Excellent client care and relationship building skills
- Aproactive and adaptable approach
- An interest in business development and networking
- Experience using case management systems
Most importantly, you’ll share our values of approachable, flexible, inclusive, resilient and supportive.
Join Stephensons where your career and your life can flourish.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave increasing with service
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Enhanced family leave benefits*
- Wellbeing support
- Salary sacrifice pension
- Life assurance
- Retail discounts and cashback
- Holiday buy/sell scheme*
- Will writing service*
- Reward and recognition programmes
- Internal referral incentives
- Cycle to work
- Social events
- Free parking
*Subject to qualifying service requirements
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