Sellick Partnership
Corporate Legal Director

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A highly regarded, Legal 500-ranked national law firm is seeking a Corporate Legal Director to join its market-leading Corporate team in Leeds.
The successful Corporate Legal Director will manage a high-quality caseload of complex corporate matters while developing long-term client relationships across a broad client base, including owner-managed businesses, large corporates and PLCs.
The role will include:
- Managing a varied caseload of high-value corporate transactions with minimal partner supervision
- Advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, management buyouts, joint ventures, reorganisations and corporate governance matters
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships while delivering commercially focused legal advice
- Supervising and supporting the development of junior members of the Corporate team
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across the firm to identify opportunities and share knowledge
- Playing an active role in networking and business development to support the continued growth of the team
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The ideal candidate will:
- Be a Corporate Legal Director seeking a new challenge or an experienced Senior Associate ready to step into a more senior position
- Have extensive experience advising on a broad range of corporate matters, including M&A, private equity, buyouts, joint ventures and corporate governance
- Be confident managing complex matters independently while maintaining exceptional client service
- Have experience supervising and mentoring junior lawyers
- Enjoy networking and business development and be keen to contribute to the team's continued success
- Be commercially minded, collaborative and able to work effectively both independently and as part of a wider team


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In return, our client is offering a competitive salary, excellent benefits and the opportunity to join one of the UK's most active Corporate teams within a supportive and ambitious firm.
If you would like to find out more, please reach out to Danica Whiting at Sellick Partnership.
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
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