Commercial Contracts Lawyer – Associate 2PQE+

Addleshaw Goddard; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a junior commercial lawyer to join their Commercial Contracts team in Manchester. The successful candidate will handle a variety of commercial matters and collaborate with senior lawyers on complex transactions. Ideal candidates should possess at least 2 years of post-qualification experience and demonstrate strong project management and client management skills. This role offers excellent prospects for career development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' PQE+ in a comparable practice or in-house.
• Demonstrated track record of strong financial performance.
• Experience in IP and IT transactions such as software licensing.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on the full lifecycle of commercial arrangements.
• Manage contracts on both customer and supplier sides.
• Collaborate with partners on complex transactions.

Skills

Strong project management skills

Technical and analytical skills

Client management skills

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We are seeking a juniorcommercial lawyer to join our leading Commercial Contracts team. The successful candidate will contribute to a broad range of commercial matters across one or more key sectors, including retail & consumer, sports, tech, financial services, advanced manufacturing, aviation, digital, and health.

From day to day, you will advise clients on the full lifecycle of commercial arrangements — preparing, negotiating, and managing contracts on both the customer and supplier sides. You will take ownership of your own matters, demonstrating strong project management skills, while also collaborating with partners and managing associates on larger, complex transactions. The role will also involve advising on issues relating to general commercial contracts, IT, data protection, and intellectual property.

We are particularly interested in individuals with at least 2 years' PQE+, who are looking to step into an Associate level role.

This is a high performing, cohesive and busy team with excellent prospects for career development, and secondments, if you want them.

THE COMMERCIAL TEAM

Our Commercial team is a national group, with teams across each AG office working together on national and cross border transactions. The Manchester team is ranked in Tier 1 with an enviable client base and consists of five partners, fee earners, trainees and embedded paralegals who are involved in a range of work types including commercial contracts, IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing, facilities management outsourcing, logistics, SaaS, cloud arrangements and Intellectual Property protection and exploitation.

Good quality work, high quality people and a strong team ethos and commitment to continuous development underpin our culture.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

To be able to advise at the level required in this role, we expect that you will have gained between 2 – 5 years post qualification experience in a comparable practice or in‑house.

In building this experience you will have demonstrated strong technical, project management and analytical skills, a keen intellect, commercial mind-set and a solutions based approach. You will be able to demonstrate that you are able to provide pragmatic, robust and tailored advice in a way that supports internal and external clients alike. You will have developed strong client management skills and built a demonstrable track record of strong financial performance.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE :

• Real desire to work for a premium law firm for FTSE 100 clients on market-leading work
• Ideally have some experience in IP and IT transactions such as software licensing and support, Saas, hardware purchase and IT managed services
• Clear understanding of excellent client service, going the extra mile to deliver a service for clients
• Real desire to stretch yourself into leading roles on complex large scale transactions for sophisticated clients your areas of knowledge and expertise

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH : IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?