Associate/Senior Associate – Commercial/Technology

Stevens & Bolton LLP; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pensions Scheme (5% employer contribution)

Private medical insurance

Permanent health insurance

Life assurance

Travel allowance or car parking reimbursement

Interest-free loan for season ticket

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Critical illness insurance

Cycle to work schemes

Discounted gym memberships and shopping

Profit share and discretionary bonus schemes

Job summary

A prominent law firm is seeking a qualified lawyer to join their renowned Commercial & IT practice in Guildford. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse array of high-quality projects across various sectors like insurance and technology. Candidates should possess a commercial mindset, strong negotiation abilities, and a collaborative spirit. The firm emphasizes diversity and inclusion, and offers a range of benefits including health insurance, travel allowances, and enhanced parental leave.

Qualifications

• 3+ years PQE in commercial or IT law.
• Strong academics and high-quality experience.

Responsibilities

• Advise on commercial contracts, technology projects, and data protection.
• Work with cross-border and international projects.

Skills

Strong team player

Good inter-personal skills

Commercial approach

Excellent communication skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

Commercial & IT, Guildford

Main information

PQE:

3 years +

Term type:

Permanent

Practice area:

Commercial & IT

Location:

Guildford

The Role

We are looking for a great lawyer to join our renowned commercial & technology practice. This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a highly professional team, advising and assisting on a wide variety of high quality, commercial and technology projects. The team is renowned for commercial and technology and is top ranked for IT as well as corporate and commercial in Legal 500 and Chambers UK, with further rankings for commercial contracts, data protection, franchising, insurance, and competition.

What you will be doing

• The practice undertakes a very wide range of high-quality commercial contract, advisory, IT and digital business related work.
• All members of the team advise on technology and commercial contracts including competition, consumer law, data protection, and franchising matters.
• We are active in all sectors, including a particular focus on insurance, life sciences, retail, franchising and technology.
• You can expect to get involved in a huge range of work, with a fantastic client list which includes in-house legal teams, well-known brands, multinationals, FTSE 100 corporates as well as owner managed businesses and entrepreneurs.

The team (and the wider firm) has a significant focus on international work and much of what we do has a cross border dimension.

Qualifications and Experience

What skills we are looking for

• We are looking for strong team players with good inter-personal skills, good academics and high-quality experience.
• Individuals who have a commercial approach and excellent technical, communication and negotiation skills.

The range of the work undertaken means we can accommodate a variety of experiences and aspirations: you might be a commercial lawyer or IT lawyer looking to continue this type of work, or a specialist competition or regulatory lawyer looking to broaden your practice to a wider variety of sectors or work types.

The Opportunity

• Pensions Scheme (5% employer contribution)
• Private medical insurance
• Permanent health insurance
• Life assurance
• Receive either the sum of £750 per annum as a travel allowance or reimbursement of carparking expenses via a pay as you go card at a local carpark (likely to be Farnham Road carpark)
• Travel – option to apply for an interest free loan for a season ticket or parking permit
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay (after sufficient service)
• Critical illness insurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Give as you earn
• Discounted gym memberships and shopping
• Profit share and discretionary bonus schemes

The Firm

Stevens & Bolton – making a positive difference to your career

You’ll work with people who listen, and who actively and willingly support one another within a collaborative and engaging environment. We genuinely care about our people and strive to build and maintain a diverse, inclusive and happy workforce.

We are recognised as a top firm in The Times Best Law Firms 2024, with a commendation for company and commercial. We were highly commended for both “Regional/Offshore Firm of the Year” at the Legal Business Awards 2023 and “Law Firm of the Year” at the SLS Legal Awards 2023. We also received a commendation for “Law Firm of the Year: The Independents” at The Lawyer Awards 2023 and were shortlisted for “ESG Initiative of the Year” at the Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards 2024, “UK Law Firm of the Year - Small/Mid Sized Firm” at The British Legal Awards 2023, and “Workplace Fit-out of the Year” at the Insider South East Property Awards 2023. Our refurbished office has been awarded a RICS SKA silver certificate and a 2 star Fitwel accreditation.

We’ve made excellence the hallmark of our firm: in the clear advice we give, in the enduring client relationships we build and in our proactive and highly responsive service. We seek to recruit people who will help us maintain and build on this, and in return we offer excellent long-term career and development opportunities.

Diversity & Inclusion

We have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I). This drives a strategy which focuses on constant promotion of an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to realise their full potential and be themselves at work. Previously we have been shortlisted for “Best D&I Initiative” at The HR Awards and for “Best Talent and Inclusion Initiative” at The Lawyer Awards.