Corporate Legal Director

We are seeking an experienced Corporate Legal Director to join a highly regarded and growing team in Leeds. You will advise an impressive range of OMBs, large corporates and PLCs on a range of corporate transactions, including M&A, private equity, buyouts and joint ventures.

Our client is a highly regarded regional law firm with an increasingly strong national and international reputation.

With a broad full service offering and a client base spanning businesses and individuals, the firm works with organisations across the UK and internationally. Its corporate practice is particularly well regarded, with the team consistently recognised by legal directories for the quality of its work and its commercial approach.

• Advising a varied client base of OMBs, large corporates and PLCs
• Managing a broad range of corporate transactions
• Handling M&A, private equity investments, buyouts and joint ventures
• Advising on corporate reorganisations and corporate governance matters
• Managing transactions from initial instruction through to completion
• Building strong, trusted relationships with clients and key stakeholders
• Supervising junior lawyers, helping to develop the wider team
• Contributing to team projects and the continued growth of the corporate practice
• Helping with networking, profile raising and business development initiatives
• Working with colleagues across the wider firm to deliver commercially focused advice

• A solicitor with around 8 years PQE or more
• An experienced corporate lawyer with strong technical expertise
• Experienced across a broad range of M&A and corporate transactions
• Experienced in private equity investments, buyouts and joint ventures
• Comfortable advising OMBs, large corporates and PLCs
• Commercially minded with the ability to understand clients' wider business objectives
• Confident supervising and developing junior team members
• Able to contribute to business development and networking activity

• Salary ranging from £95,000 to £110,000
• Hybrid working options.
• Option to buy and sell holidays.