Corporate Solicitor

Corporate Solicitor

• Job Type: Full-time, permanent
• Location: Surrey/Hampshire WITH hybrid/flexible working patterns such as 1/2 days per week in the office and 3/4 days per week from home
• Salary: £55k - £68k, depending on experience
• Hours: 37 hours per week

An award-winning, Legal 500-ranked firm is looking to appoint a Corporate Solicitor with 1-5 years PQE to join its growing Corporate & Commercial team. This is an excellent opportunity for a Corporate Solicitor who enjoys high-quality transactional work across mergers and acquisitions, investments, disposals, and wider corporate matters, while developing within a collaborative and ambitious environment.

Day-to-day of the role

• Advise on a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, exits, equity investments, and debt investments.
• Draft, review, and negotiate key transaction documents, including share purchase agreements, disclosure letters, articles of association, and shareholders' agreements.
• Support asset purchase and sale transactions from initial stages through to completion and post-completion matters.
• Manage and oversee legal due diligence processes, including preparing and reviewing due diligence reports and responses.
• Assist with business disposals by preparing documentation and facilitating smooth progress across the transaction lifecycle.
• Work closely with partners and other solicitors on complex transactions, taking the lead where appropriate.
• Handle cross-border and multi-sector matters with strong commercial awareness and technical accuracy.
• Supervise junior lawyers and trainees, offering guidance, feedback, and support with workload management.
• Contribute to business development activity and help build strong client relationships.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with circa 1-5 years PQE in corporate law.
• Strong technical drafting skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Proven experience handling corporate and commercial transactions.
• Sound understanding of mergers and acquisitions, investments, and general corporate advisory work.
• Ability to interpret and apply complex legal principles in practical commercial situations.
• Confident communicator with strong client-facing and relationship-building skills.
• Proactive, organised, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supervising or supporting junior team members would be advantageous.
• A solution-focused mindset with a genuine interest in career development as a Corporate Solicitor.

Benefits

• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Fee earner bonus scheme.
• Private medical insurance.
• Pension scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• 25 days holiday, plus an additional day for Christmas closure.
• Perkbox benefits.
• Free car parking.
• Hybrid working with defined core hours and flexibility around start and finish times.
• Ongoing learning and development within a supportive team.

How to apply

To apply for this Corporate Solicitor opportunity, please submit your CV or reach out to Mark Watts AT Reed, Your Local Legal Recruitment Manager.