Corporate & Banking Solicitor

Thrings; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a supportive and inclusive firm as a Corporate Solicitor in a hybrid role, where you will handle exciting banking and corporate law matters. This position offers a chance to work within a friendly team, providing expert legal advice while managing client relationships. You will have the opportunity to develop your career through targeted business development activities and collaboration with other legal professionals. Enjoy a competitive salary and tailored benefits, including private medical and dental insurance, in a dynamic work environment that values teamwork and individual contributions.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Health Checks

Social/Networking Events

Hot Desking

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1-year PQE required with experience in Corporate and Banking law.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and manage client files effectively.
• Supervise junior team members and engage in business development.

Skills

Corporate Law

Banking Law

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Client Management

Teamwork

Education

Solicitor Qualification

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Solicitor to join the Corporate/Banking team in our Bristol office. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with demonstrable experience of Banking and/or Corporate law looking for a new challenge and an interesting workload.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

1. Providing a first-class service to clients through effective handling of client files (under supervision as appropriate).
2. Reviewing and finalising facility, security and intercreditor documentation, perfecting security and assisting with the lender’s pre-completion requirements.
3. Providing expert advice to clients.
4. Dealing with post, emails and telephone calls.
5. Supervising more junior members of the team.
6. Providing a proactive and constructive input into the Team’s strategy.
7. Planning and engaging in targeted business development activities to obtain new clients for own team, and for other teams within Thrings as appropriate.

What we’re looking for:

1. Experience of working as a Corporate Solicitor
2. Ideally some experience of working with banking clients
3. Minimum of 1-year PQE.
4. Great communication and negotiation skills.
5. Excellent client management skills.
6. Team player, whose personal ambition is expressed through team achievement.
7. Able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.

Location and working hours:

This is a hybrid position based in our Bristol office. There will be an opportunity for you to work with other fee earners within the corporate team based at our other offices.

It’s a full-time position, 35 hours per week. We will consider applications from candidates looking for part-time positions.

About the team:

You’d be joining an inclusive and friendly Corporate/Banking team.

Our Corporate offering undertakes a balanced mixture of corporate work, including mergers, acquisitions, disposals and corporate reorganisations, and Company and regulatory law matters.

The Banking Team acts as panel bank for many top high street and challenger banks, advising lenders and borrowers on a range of secured lending matters.

About us:

By joining Thrings you are joining a supportive and inclusive firm. We offer a great working environment, with hot desking available when you’re in the office and plenty of social/networking events to get involved with. We’re extremely proud of the relationship we have with our clients and referrers and are seen as their trusted legal partner.

What we can offer:

In return for your hard work, you can expect to receive a competitive salary and a variety of benefits for joining Thrings. These can be tailored around the requirements for you and your family including Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Health checks and much more.

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity and you have the experience to join our team then we look forward to hearing from you!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.