Corporate and Commercial Lawyer / Solicitor First North Law Harrogate, up to 49,764 per annum pro rata

Corporate and Commercial Lawyer / Solicitor - First North Law Harrogate, up to £49,764 per annum pro rata

Grade J/K - M

Salary: From £37,035 up to £49,764 per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full & part time hours available

Locations: Civic Centre, Harrogate

Are you looking for a career which is rewarding and offers the opportunity to rapidly grow and expand your profile? Come and join our expanding legal team at First North Law.

As the successful candidate for this role, you will sit within our corporate and commercial team. Our client base is ever growing and offers a wide variety of opportunities in the following areas:

• Construction : drafting, negotiating and supporting a wide range of contracts required for the construction, operation and maintenance of new homes, including advising on contracting strategies, commercial models, performance securities, insolvency risk and the management of disputes.

• Governance : managing complex governance arrangements across client projects for Teckal and non-Teckal clients.

• Mergers, acquisitions and organisation restructures : Advising and facilitating on merger projects, formation of new companies and associated legal documents

• Regulatory and planning : supporting the businesses with regulatory compliance and development/compliance with planning requirements.

• Compliance : supporting the business in understanding regulatory compliance obligations and demonstrating best practice in all aspects including GDPR, health & safety and environmental matters

Applications from individuals with experience of any of the above disciplines are welcomed.

Day to Day

• Working on unique, stimulating and complex matters;

• Working closely with public sector lawyers on joint projects between clients and public bodies

• Collaborating and working with external lawyers on complex matters as appropriate;

• Reviewing, drafting and participating in the negotiation of contracts, leading the negotiation process where appropriate;

• Participating in the management of contracts, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution processes including instructing counsel, legal panel firms and experts; and

• Working closely with clients within to understand their objectives and business needs and to identify current and future legal requirements.

This is a role where work is varied and challenges arise regularly as clients look to push at boundaries and develop their own service offering.

The Person

What does working at First North Law involve?

• Team Player : As a growing firm it is imperative that you work with the existing team

• Communication : You should have excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to communicate complex legal concepts to a range of audiences both verbally and in writing. support to other teams.

• Self-motivated : This role provides for the ability to work from home and as such you should be able to work independently, planning and managing matters as required.

• Organised : Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and manage work priorities accordingly, often working on several matters concurrently.

• Commercially astute : Strong commercial acumen that can identify risk, risk mitigations and present suitable options to the business balancing risk and reward.

• Attention to detail : Able to demonstrate both attention to detail and the ability to provide highly pragmatic legal advice in the context of an established, commercial, operational business.

• Flexible : Flexible approach with a willingness to develop knowledge and skills in different areas of law and provide advice to clients as necessary

Essential:

• To be successful you must hold a Solicitor, Barrister, Chartered Legal Executive or equivalent qualification.

Desirable:

• You should be able to demonstrate commercial acumen and experience preferably (though not necessarily) in the public and private sectors

• Experience of Teckal company arrangements is beneficial as our client base contains Teckal companies

• Experience in using Case Management Systems, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint to an intermediate level.

Knowledge or experience of working with Local Authorities is advantageous but not essential, we welcome and encourage applications from the private sector.

Our Team

First North Law is wholly owned by North Yorkshire Council and the successful candidate for this role will be employed by the Authority and enjoy all the benefits of working for the Authority whilst undertaking work in the private sector. This role sits within a growing team and reports to a First North law Director.

First North Law generates revenue for the Council by offering traded legal services to external clients. The nature of the work requires a flexible and versatile approach as it will change from time to time in response to the changing needs of the Council, and its developing initiatives. The post is required to work with colleagues and Members at every level within the organisation, with external clients and partners, and to manage the performance of staff within its responsibility. The budget of Legal and Democratic Services is in part dependent on income from external sources and the post must play its part in ensuring successful income generation and in ensuring compliance with Law Society Professional Standards.

Why First North Law?

If you enjoy working in a busy but rewarding environment, where you will be trained and gain experience to support the whole range of legal work carried out by First North Law, we would love to hear from you. The starting salary for this role is: £37,035 - £49,764 (Grade J/K - M) . You will benefit from a supportive management system and on-going personal development and performance management.

The postholder will be based at County Hall, Northallerton or Civic Centre, Harrogate (to be agreed with successful applicant). There is also scope to work remotely from home or from another Council building some of the time in line with our Corporate Hybrid Working Policy.

As an organisation we strongly believe in promoting a work life balance, with flexible working opportunities and modern technology you will be able to deliver your role to suit both your personal and our business needs. In return for your hard work and dedication to our service, we can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and supportive team. You will benefit from a variety of competitive employee rewards such as generous leave entitlement and local government pension scheme. We also offer exceptional company benefits such as salary sacrifice schemes in technology, professional qualifications, and green car schemes as well as discounted retail offers, health schemes to name but a few. More information can be found in our Total Rewards Brochure.

You will also benefit from a variety of competitive employee rewards such as generous leave entitlement and local government pension ...