Corporate Solicitor

JMC Legal Recruitment; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Career development

Modern offices

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment is seeking a Corporate Solicitor with 2+ PQE to lead the establishment of the corporate team in a new Burgess Hill office, West Sussex. You will manage independent corporate matters, build relationships with growing businesses, and shape how the team operates with genuine autonomy and senior support.

The role offers hybrid working, modern offices, and meaningful growth opportunities as the office expands.

Qualifications

• 2+ PQE in Corporate Law (flexible for the right candidate).
• Strong technical grounding across M&A, corporate structuring and commercial agreements.
• Ambitious to build your own client base and help establish the corporate team.
• Seeking genuine growth opportunity with autonomy and backing.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own corporate caseload from day one.
• Develop relationships with growing businesses in a thriving market.
• Shape the office culture and how the corporate team operates.
• Work with autonomy while having senior support across the firm.
• Influence growth strategy as the Burgess Hill office establishes itself.
• Benefit from modern offices and strong staff support.

Skills

2+ PQE

Corporate Law

M&A

Corporate governance

Commercial contracts

Business-focused

Job description

Corporate Solicitor | 2+ PQE | Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Build Corporate Practice in a Growing Market (Alongside Shaping a New Office)
A well-established regional firm has just secured a flagship office in Burgess Hill, a strategic expansion into a growing market area with a full-service team across multiple practice disciplines.

They're recruiting experienced Corporate Solicitors to help establish and lead their corporate and commercial offering from day one. This is a genuine opportunity to build a practice, work with real autonomy, and shape how a new office develops.

If you're ready to step beyond managing a caseload and actually influence an office's growth and direction, this is rare.

The Opportunity

You'll be one of the founding lawyers establishing the corporate team in a new flagship office:

• Manage your own corporate caseload independently from day one
• Develop client relationships with growing businesses in a thriving market area
• Actively shape the office culture and how the corporate team operates
• Work with genuine autonomy while accessing senior support across the firm
• Influence the corporate practice’s growth strategy as the Burgess Hill office establishes itself
• Tap into full firm resources: modern offices, strong administrative and paralegal support, real investment in your development

This isn't about proving yourself in an under-resourced satellite office. The firm is investing properly, purpose-built offices, experienced colleagues available across locations, and genuine backing for the expansion.

The Firm

A regional, full-service practice genuinely committed to investing in its people and infrastructure.

What they understand, and what often gets overlooked: strong administrative and paralegal support, modern working environments, and real investment in staff. That directly affects the quality of your work and your development as a lawyer.

The Work

You'll build a varied corporate caselaw:

• M&A transactions for growing businesses and entrepreneurs
• Corporate structuring and governance advice
• Commercial contracts and agreements
• Business acquisitions and disposals
• Share sales and equity work
• Support for owner-managed businesses navigating growth

You'll manage your own matters independently while knowing experienced corporate lawyers are available for support on particularly complex transactions.

About You

• 2+ PQE in Corporate Law (flexible for the right candidate, no upper limit)
• Strong technical grounding across M&A, corporate structuring, commercial agreements
• Comfortable working independently while knowing support is thereCommercially astute and business-focused approach
• Ambitious to build your own client base and help establish the corporate team
• Seeking genuine growth opportunity, not just a change of office location

What's On Offer

• Salary negotiable reflecting your experience and background
• Performance-based rewards and bonus scheme
• Hybrid and flexible working including part-time options (typically 60% office attendance)
• Modern, purpose-built offices in a flagship Burgess Hill location
• Strong paralegal and administrative support (not just marketing, genuinely embedded in how they work)
• Career development within a growing, full-service firm
• Real autonomy to build your practice within a supportive structure
• Shape something new: help establish the corporate offering in a significant office expansion

Why This Works

Burgess Hill is growing, exactly where expanding businesses need corporate legal support. The firm has committed to a flagship location in a prominent building. This expansion is genuinely strategic, not speculative.

You're not joining a struggling practice or a token satellite office. You're being recruited to help establish something significant with proper institutional backing. That means access to resources, experience, and support, plus genuine autonomy to shape how things work.

The commitment to strong administrative support and modern offices isn't corporate speak. It's how they actually operate. That directly translates to your ability to deliver quality work and develop a thriving practice.

If you're a corporate lawyer ready to move beyond managing files and actually help shape an office's future, with autonomy, proper support, and genuine opportunity, this is it.