Corporate Solicitor

4 weeks ago

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Duncan & Toplis Full time

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Corporate Solicitor to provide expert legal advice to companies, partnerships, directors, shareholders, and partners regarding their rights, responsibilities, and obligations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Building and nurturing strong client and internal relationships, gaining an in-depth understanding of their businesses, and identifying opportunities for cross-selling other group services.
  • Running and building 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.
  • Collaborating with the Directors to identify key areas for discussion and enhancement.
  • Handling administrative duties such as supervising junior members of the team, assisting with training and developing the junior members of the team and ensuring the accuracy of all work completed by yourself and team members.
  • Managing finance and budgetary aspects, including timely billing, monitoring Work in Progress (WIP), ensuring recoverability targets are met, tracking debtors, and supporting cash collection.
  • Offering legal advice and assistance to current clients while actively developing new client relationships.
  • Ensuring all casework adheres to SRA and other compliance requirements.

Technical Expertise:

  • Drafting shareholders' agreements and partnership agreements.
  • Drafting documents relating to multi-step reorganisations such as capital reduction mergers, share for share exchanges, gifts of shares, and distributions in specie.
  • Drafting articles of association, including for Owner Managed Businesses, Joint Ventures, and Property Management Companies.
  • Advising on EMI schemes, option agreements/plans, and amending articles.
  • Handling share purchases and sales, preparing agreements, advising on warranties, drafting disclosure letters, assisting clients with due diligence, and preparing ancillary documents.
  • Managing capital reductions/demergers, drafting resolutions, solvency statements, and compliance documents.

You will be expected to have a level of experience and competence where you are able to produce first drafts of the necessary documents with minimal supervision for review by one of the Legal Directors.

About Us:

Duncan & Toplis is a leading regional accountancy firm, 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.

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