Senior Commercial Solicitor (Remote)

Harperjames; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing commercial law firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Commercial Solicitor with over 10 years of experience. This role emphasizes remote working with competitive salaries and flexible hours. The ideal candidate has experience in distribution agreements, agency agreements, and data protection law. Enjoy a supportive work environment without politics or bureaucracy, complete with generous holiday and healthcare benefits.

Benefits

33 days holiday including public holidays

Private Healthcare

Death in service benefit

Option to buy additional holiday days

Electric car scheme

Flexible hours

Qualifications

• Accumulate general commercial experience to support diverse businesses.
• Provide legal insights on distribution and agency agreements.
• Familiarity with competition law is preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support businesses across various sectors with legal expertise.
• Collaborate as part of a team on client and internal projects.

Skills

Experience in distribution agreements

Knowledge of agency agreements

Understanding of general terms and conditions

Interest in competition law

Experience in data protection and privacy law

Job description

Senior Commercial Solicitor

Harper James is a growing, ambitious commercial law firm like no other. We are growing our commercial team and have a number of exciting opportunities senior commercial solicitors to join the team (from 10 + years experience).

About Harper James

Harper James is a growing and ambitious commercial law firm like no other. Forget any misconceptions you may have, we’re not stuffy or inhibited by traditions.

Founded in 2014, our purpose is as strong now as it was then – to enable growth-oriented businesses to succeed through delivering top-quality legal services by acting as partners in our clients’ journeys while our people enjoy a true work-life balance.

Harper James continues to grow at c40%+ year on year. This year, more than 150 people will support 4000+ businesses and we expect to double our turnover over the next two years.

Remote working

We offer truly remote working with access to meeting space in Birmingham, Cambridge, London, Manchester, Oxford, Southampton, Cardiff and Sheffield.

We work really hard to ensure our lawyers are part of the team. We work on client and internal projects as teams, collaborating, sharing ideas and enjoying each other’s company. The remote set up simply allows people to work from wherever they want, to give people the flexibility they need, for whatever reason.

What does the ideal candidate look like?

This opportunity is suited to lawyers with general commercial experience, in particular:

• Distribution agreements;
• Agency agreements;
• General terms and conditions for goods and services;
• Some experience of competition law or an interest in training in this area (preferred but not essential);
• Experience in data protection and privacy law.

The workload is varied and you will be supporting businesses of different sizes across a variety of sectors.

The bottom line

• Work where and when you want.
• No client following is required. We care about experience, expertise and commitment to our clients.
• An environment with no politics, no bureaucracy and a great team of people who all play a fundamental part in the success and continued growth of the business.
• Competitive salary and bonus.
• 33 days holiday, including public holidays FTE.
• Option to buy up to 5 holiday days a year FTE.
• Private Healthcare
• Death in service benefit.
• Access to our electric car scheme.
• Flexible working with full time or part-time hours available as part of a fully remote but collaborative team.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE