Corporate & Commercial Solicitor

Prospect Law LTD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Prospect Law Ltd seeks an experienced senior lawyer to shape the firm's future and lead growth across its corporate and commercial practice. You will bring a substantial client following, take a lead role in expanding the non-contentious client base, and drive cross-selling alongside the firm’s strong brand.

You will also influence recruitment, upgrade infrastructure and technology (including AI), and identify new practice areas as the firm expands.

Qualifications

• 8+ years PQE in corporate and commercial law.
• Proven relationship-builder with ability to attract, retain, and grow clients.
• Entrepreneurial, commercially minded and comfortable with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Bring and service a substantial client following of your own.
• Take a lead role in managing and developing the firm’s existing non-contentious client base.
• Actively grow the practice through collaboration, cross-selling, and leveraging Prospect Law’s strong brand and reputation.
• Help shape recruitment strategy and attract top-tier talent; drive improvements in infrastructure, systems and technology (including AI).

Job description

This role is for a senior lawyer who doesn’t just want a seat at the table — but a hand in shaping it.

The Opportunity

You will:

• Bring and service a substantial client following of your own
• Take a lead role in managing and developing the firm’s existing non-contentious client base
• Actively grow both through collaboration, cross-selling, and leveraging Prospect Law’s strong brand and reputation

This is not a pure fee-earning role, this is a genuine leadership and growth role. You will have the scope to:

• Help shape our recruitment strategy and attract the next generation of top-tier talent
• Drive improvements in infrastructure, systems, and technology, including the intelligent use of AI
• Identify and help develop new practice areas, sectors, and opportunities as the firm continues to expand If you enjoy autonomy, influence, and seeing your ideas turn into reality, this role is designed for you.

Who We’re Looking For

You will be:

• 8+ years PQE in corporate and commercial law
• A proven relationship-builder, with the ability to attract, retain, and grow clients
• Commercially minded, confident, and credible with senior stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial in outlook and comfortable taking ownership and driving growth

Experience in the energy sector is a plus, but not essential. What matters most is your ambition, judgment, and appetite to build.

What We Offer

• Central London office
• A senior role within a Legal 500-ranked multi-disciplinary practice
• Access to a wide MDP network of lawyers and non-lawyers
• A diverse and high-quality client base across renewable and nuclear energy
• Real influence over the future direction of the firm Culture & Sectors

We work in fast-moving, future-focused sectors including renewable energy, ESG, and risk management. Our established practice areas include corporate, commercial, planning, property, environmental and employment.

Our culture is collaborative, professional, and entrepreneurial. You’ll have the freedom to build both your own and the wider practice with the backing, credibility, and infrastructure of a recognised Legal 500 firm that values long-term relationships over short-term wins.

Broad sector capability, with particular strength in energy.

We advise across a wide range of sectors, supporting clients on the legal and commercial issues that arise throughout the lifecycle of their businesses and investments.

Our practice is particularly well established in the energy sector, including renewable and nuclear energy, where we advise on project structuring, financing, regulatory frameworks and operational arrangements. Our integrated model—combining legal expertise with in-house technical specialists—provides clients with a distinctive perspective on complex energy and infrastructure matters.

Advising on transactions, governance, financing, regulation and sector-specific contractual arrangements.