New! Head of Corporate / Partner

TSR Legal; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TSR Legal in Cardiff, South Wales, seeks a Head of Corporate to lead and shape its corporate practice. The role offers genuine ownership of a well-established platform with strong client relationships and a pipeline for growth across mergers, acquisitions, investments and restructurings.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Corporate Partner or senior lawyer ready to take the next step to lead the department, working closely with senior leadership to drive strategic direction.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mergers, disposals and investments.
• Strong technical ability with commercial judgement.
• Proven ability to lead transactions and advise senior owners.
• Ability to build long-term client relationships.
• Leadership to grow and develop the Corporate team.
• Credibility to be a senior figure in South Wales markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the established Corporate practice.
• Develop client relationships and pipeline.
• Advise on acquisitions, disposals, restructurings.
• Mentor and develop junior lawyers.
• Collaborate with other firm teams to broaden client base.
• Shape the firm's commercial strategy in South Wales.

Skills

Leadership

M&A

Client relationships

Strategic planning

Education

Qualified solicitor England & Wales

Job description

Head of Corporate

Cardiff | South Wales

TSR Legal is delighted to be working with a highly regarded South Wales law firm on a senior opportunity to lead the next phase of development of its Corporate practice.

This is an unusual opportunity for an experienced Corporate Partner or senior corporate lawyer who is ready to take genuine ownership of a successful and established area of the business.

The foundations are already firmly in place. The firm has an established corporate client base, a strong flow of work and longstanding relationships with businesses and entrepreneurs across South Wales. The opportunity now is to build on that success and take the Corporate practice into its next phase.

Rather than joining to create a department from scratch, the successful individual will be stepping into a platform that already has the clients, reputation and work to support further growth.

The Opportunity

As Head of Corporate, you will take responsibility for the continued development and direction of the practice, working closely with the firm's senior leadership team.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Lead an established Corporate practice and determine its future direction.
• Build on existing client relationships and develop the department's already strong pipeline of work.
• Advise on a broad range of corporate matters, including acquisitions and disposals, investments, shareholder arrangements, management buyouts, reorganisations and wider strategic corporate advice.
• Become a key senior adviser to an established portfolio of businesses, entrepreneurs, shareholders and management teams.
• Further develop the firm's profile within the South Wales corporate market.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing relationships and introduce new clients to the wider firm.
• Work closely with colleagues across Commercial Property, Employment, Litigation and other specialist teams to develop broader client relationships.
• Lead, mentor and develop the Corporate team as the department grows.
• Play a meaningful role in shaping the firm's wider commercial strategy.

The attraction of the role is that the work is already there.

The firm has reached a point where the Corporate practice has the client base, reputation and level of activity to support the next stage of its development. It now wants the right individual to take that platform forward.

The Person

We are looking for an experienced corporate lawyer with the ambition and credibility to lead an established practice.

You may already be a Corporate Partner, Head of Corporate or Legal Director, or you may be a senior corporate lawyer who has reached the point where you are ready to take the next step and assume responsibility for a department.

You will bring:

• Significant experience across mergers and acquisitions, disposals, investments, shareholder agreements, management buyouts, restructurings and general corporate advisory work.
• Strong technical ability combined with sound commercial judgement.
• The confidence to lead complex transactions and act as a trusted adviser to senior business owners and management teams.
• A proven ability to build and maintain long term client relationships.
• The commercial instinct to recognise opportunities and develop relationships naturally.
• Leadership experience and the ability to support and develop colleagues as the department continues to grow.
• The personality and credibility to become a visible senior figure within the firm's Corporate offering and wider South Wales business community.

Most importantly, you will be someone who sees the opportunity in an established platform.

This is not about inheriting a struggling department or being asked to generate work from nothing. The work and client relationships are already there. The next step is to develop them, strengthen the team and establish an even more prominent Corporate practice.

The Next Phase

For the right individual, this represents an opportunity to join at exactly the right point in the firm's development.

The Corporate practice has established itself and has the foundations for continued success. The firm is now looking towards the next stage, with the ambition to increase its capabilities, develop its people and strengthen its position within the South Wales market.

The person appointed will have the autonomy and influence to make a genuine difference.

They will be joining a firm with deep roots in South Wales, strong relationships throughout the local business community and a culture built around long term client relationships, accessibility and practical commercial advice.

For an ambitious Corporate Partner or senior corporate lawyer, this is an opportunity to take an established practice and make it your own, with the support of a wider firm that is committed to its continued growth.