Corporate Lawyer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Corporate Lawyer/Senior Lawyer to join our dynamic Legal Service Team at Duncan & Toplis. In this key role, you will provide expert legal advice to companies, partnerships, directors, shareholders, and partners regarding their rights, responsibilities, and obligations.

• Provide expert legal advice to clients on corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and compliance.
• Build and nurture strong client relationships, gaining an in-depth understanding of their businesses and identifying opportunities for cross-selling other group services.
• Run and build your own case load in line with your experience from the start, participating in client meetings, providing guidance to junior team members, and providing constructive feedback for improvements.
• Handle administrative duties such as supervising junior members of staff, assisting with training and developing the junior members of staff, and ensuring the accuracy of all work completed by yourself and team members.
• Manage finance and budgetary aspects, including timely billing, monitoring Work in Progress (WIP), ensuring recoverability targets are met, tracking debtors, and supporting cash collection.
• Offer legal advice and assistance to current clients while actively developing new client relationships.
• Ensure all casework adheres to SRA and other compliance requirements.

• A minimum 2:1 Law degree.
• The ability to work independently, demonstrating high-quality standards and in-depth corporate law expertise.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, including Word, Excel, and Outlook, as well as familiarity with case management software (Leap) and ability to competently use DocuSign and electronic data rooms.
• The ability to commute to our Grantham office every Wednesday and at least two other days a week, with a base in or around the East Midlands.

Duncan & Toplis is one of the UK's top regional accountancy firms, specialising in accountancy, tax, and business advice, as well as supporting clients with legal services, IT support, and wealth management. We help each other as well as our communities, taking our social responsibility seriously by supporting local initiatives through the Duncan & Toplis Foundation.

We offer flexible working arrangements through our flexible working guide, called 'How We Work'. As part of our benefits package, we also offer mental health support and time to volunteer for charitable work. Duncan & Toplis develop talent and encourage ambitious individuals to progress their careers and expand their professional and personal development, whilst always ensuring we put our values at the forefront of everything we do.