Corporate Lawyer / Legal Director

Our client is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than840 people including175 partnersand legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

They act as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Hours:37.5 hours a week, 9am 5.30pm, Monday to Friday

As the winner of Working Families Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020 , we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

We are looking for talented Corporate Lawyers, at Associate, Senior Associate or Legal Director level to join our established and very highly regarded Corporate Team in Liverpool and will engage in detailed work with our strong client base. Regularly working against and alongside City based and national firms, the team is a leading corporate practice in Liverpool, and this role will focus predominantly on M&A (mergers and acquisitions) work with some investment work (private equity and venture capital) as well.

The corporate team has a presence in Liverpool, Manchester and London and offer the following services

We act as trusted advisors to our clients, providing commercial solutions in their specialist markets for their strategic success.

We want to grow a sustainable and profitable business, with a positive and inspiring culture, which places us as a top 40 law firm.

To create a firm we are proud of and a culture that reflects our values to deliver our ambitions of growth

To foster an environment of fairness, equality and respect for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, professional skills or status, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief and to create an inclusive culture that is representative of all sections of society.

We work withStonewallas part of our commitment to being an LGBT friendly employer, to ensure all policies are gender inclusive and we are up to date on language and terminology. We link in with local Pride events and wear rainbow lanyards to show support to the LGBT legal community.

We work with theSocial Mobility Foundationto offer work experience placements in October each year for students from low socio-economic backgrounds. We deliver a formal mentoring programme with associates and trainees mentoring students from the Social Mobility Foundation. We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and inclusion for all roles.

We are members ofWorking Familiesand work with them to ensure our policies and practices are family friendly as well as commercially viable. Working Families worked with us to develop our updated Smart Working guidelines which promotes a healthy work life balance by encouraging all employees to have a flexible approach to work in a way that is beneficial to them and to their work.

Trust:We understand that trust is fundamental to how we do business, it empowers our colleagues, builds loyalty and inspires creativity.

Respect:We will maintain the highest standards of professionalism and integrity so that we foster a climate of mutual trust and confidence amongst our colleagues.

Innovation:We will embrace change, utilise our technologies and modernise our approach to business and people management.

Collaboration:We will work together and integrate across teams and in doing so share our expertise and knowledge for the benefit of the firm and our clients.

We will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best. Please contact the Huntsman Group Recruitment Team and tell us what adjustments you need to submit an application for a vacancy, or if you require reasonable adjustment should you be invited to interview.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service.Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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