Vacancy for Partner / Partner Designate – Mature Commercial practice

Vacancy for Partner / Partner Designate – Commercial

Our clients have a terrific opportunity for a partner, with or without a team, who is able to contribute to building our South Coast Commercial offering. They have a mature Commercial practice across 4 regions with strength and depth in expertise. The Commercial Practice Group comprises some 25 lawyers and we are looking to strengthen our offering in Hampshire to complement our very strong Corporate, Banking and Real Estate and Commercial Litigation Business Groups.

The right person will be a practice builder and relationship manager with high level exposure and expertise in a number of the following areas:

• Commercial trading contracts
• Outsourcing projects
• Intellectual property protection and exploitation
• IT contracts, outsourcing and IT procurement projects
• Licensing agreements and supplier and distribution contracts
• NDAs

There is tremendous potential to be part of our thriving Commercial Business Group.

Skills & Experience

Your experience will have been acquired at a leading national, regional or city firm where you have been involved in good quality commercial work.

They expect candidates for the position to have the following personal attributes:

• 10+ PQE
• Strong technical competence
• Self-motivation
• Ability to mentor and challenge other members of the team
• Proven success with business development and building a practice area
• Confident and personable
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Enjoy client contact, ability to build rapport and confidence
• Well regarded where you are
• Understands and complies with Information Security responsibilities commensurate with this role including Data Protection and the duty of confidentiality