Corporate Solicitor | Somerset | Transactional Focus | Agile Role in a Growing Regional Firm

QED Legal; Wells; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Somerset is inviting applications for a Corporate Solicitor role with a focus on transactional work. This agile position offers flexibility, autonomy, and genuine career progression opportunities, making it ideal for a motivated lawyer wishing to develop their practice in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Competitive salary

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Circa 3PQE, able to manage own matters.
• Enjoys client interaction.
• Proactive and commercially-minded.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of corporate transactional work.
• Support clients with business and asset transactions, and commercial contracts.
• Collaborate across departments within the firm.

Skills

Client Interaction

Proactive Approach

Commercial Mindset

Education

3PQE

Job description

Corporate Solicitor | Somerset | Transactional Focus | Agile Role in a Growing Regional Firm

If you're a Corporate Solicitor seeking the chance to work on high-quality transactions within a supportive, down-to-earth team, this opportunity in Somerset offers genuine career progression, flexibility, and exposure to clients ranging from local entrepreneurs to regional SMEs.

This long-established and trusted law firm has a strong foothold with 4 offices across Somerset.With an estimated annual turnover of £14 million and a headcount of around 85 staff, the firm combines solid infrastructure with a personalised, local approach. Its Corporate & Commercial department plays a vital role in the firm’s wider offering, regularly advising on high-value transactions, business sales, restructures, and complex contractual arrangements.

The team’s current portfolio spans a broad mix of sectors, including manufacturing, retail, agriculture, hospitality, and technology. Clients range from fast-growth start-ups to long-established family businesses and regional private companies, and the work frequently involves cross-departmental collaboration with the firm’s commercial property, private client, and litigation teams.

In this role, you’ll manage your ownvaried caseload of corporate transactional work. This includes business and asset sales and purchases, share buybacks, shareholders’ agreements, refinancing, company constitutions, and reorganisations. You’ll also support clients with a range of commercial contracts, terms and conditions, partnership agreements, and joint ventures. Your input will be valued from instruction through to completion, with the support of experienced colleagues, administrative staff, and the firm’s dedicated compliance function.

This is an agile opportunity with flexibility on location (including part-remote working) and is ideal for someone who wants to grow their corporate practice within a highly regarded and collegiate environment. The team is currently lean and led by experienced senior lawyers, meaning your contribution will be highly visible and impactful, with a clear path to progression and recognition.

You’ll be circa 3PQE andcan confidently handle your own matters, enjoys client interaction, and brings a proactive, commercially-minded approach. Whether you’re currently in private practice and looking to escape city politics, or returning to law after time out, this role offers autonomy, trust, and a work/life balance that is genuinely sustainable.

In return, you'll receive a competitive salary, flexible working options, regular client contact, and the opportunity to play a key part in shaping the future of a growing and ambitious team.

For more information or a confidential chat, please contact [e-mail] or call 07300236070.