We're Hiring!
Working for Fishers Solicitors is like joining a new work family. As well as being dynamic, innovative and forward thinking, our professional team of staff are friendly, efficient and have the desire to provide exceptional client care at the heart of all they do.
We are an expanding five partner firm with offices in Leicestershire and Staffordshire and employ approximately 50 people.
We currently have two exciting vacancies...
Commercial Property Solicitor – NQ+
Due to continued growth, we are currently recruiting for a Commercial Property Solicitor, ideally NQ to 2 years PQE, to join our busy and expanding team in Ashby de la Zouch.
The main duties and responsibilities of the role will include:
- Carrying out your own varied caseload of Commercial Property matters including freehold sales and acquisitions and landlord and tenant matters
- Assisting the Commercial Property Partner and wider team with larger projects including development work and corporate support work
- Ensuring that all clients work is progressed in a timely manner and that the client is kept informed throughout, ensuring that you are delivering exceptional customer service.
- Complying with all file and case management quality standards in accordance with the Law Society requirements
- Time recording for all client matters on the case management system
- Undertaking any relevant training as and when required and comply with the Law Society CPD requirements.
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and experience:
Essential:
- Ideally NQ – 2years PQE with experience of working with a Commercial Property department (this is a guide and candidates with more or less experience may also be considered along with chartered Legal Executive status)
- Experience of freehold sales and acquisitions
- Experience of dealing with landlord and tenant matters
- Ability to handle own caseload and work on own initiative, whilst also being a good team player
- Exceptional client care skills
- Target driven with a can do attitude
- High level of attention to detail
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise
- Sound communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Experience of working with Case Management systems
Desirable:
- Exposure to development and agricultural work would be extremely desirable
- Previous networking experience
This role is to be offered on a full time basis. We offer a competitive salary and benefits including 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, life assurance, an employee discounts portal, social & charity committee, and car parking on site.
Please apply by sending a copy of your CV to alexandra.white@fisherslaw.co.uk, including a covering letter stating your salary expectations.
Company Commercial Solicitor
We are currently looking to appoint an experienced Company Commercial Solicitor to join our team on a full time basis.
The successful candidate will be responsible for running their own caseload of Company/Commercial files with minimal supervision as well as getting involved in business development and networking opportunities.
Main duties will include:
- Dealing with Mergers and Acquisitions
- Providing Company advice
- Providing Partnership advice
- Registration of Companies
- Advising on commercial contracts
- Drafting a variety of commercial documents such as articles of association, shareholders agreements, partnership agreements, sale/purchase agreements etc.
- Building upon the firm’s reputation to attract key clients
- Networking with other professionals and contacts, both individually as well as part of a team.
Required Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- A Corporate/Commercial Solicitor with ideally 3+ years PQE (this is a guide and candidates with more or less experience may also be considered)
- Confident in handling own caseload of wide ranging company commercial transactions
- Excellent knowledge of the Companies Act 2006
- Working knowledge of the Partnership Act 1890
- Working knowledge of Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000
- Working knowledge of Companies House procedures/requirements
- Sound skills and experience in drafting various Commercial documents
- Experience of handling mergers and acquisitions
- Unrestricted Practicing Certificate
- Exceptional client care skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to work well as part of a team as well as independently
- Can do attitude
- Experience of working with Case Management systems
Desirable:
- Basic Commercial Litigation experience would be beneficial but not essential
- Experienced in networking and business development as well as managing/developing existing relationships
- Experience of building own caseload
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to progress their career as a Company Commercial Solicitor. We offer a competitive salary and benefits including 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, life assurance, an employee discounts portal, social & charity committee, long service awards and car parking on site.
Please apply by sending a copy of your CV to alexandra.white@fisherslaw.co.uk, including a covering letter stating your salary expectations.
How we will use your information
As a prospective employee, as part of the recruitment process, Fishers Solicitors will ask you for an up to date CV and potentially a covering letter to support your application. These documents are likely to include information relating to your career history, qualifications, salary, personal details and potentially medical history if you have chosen to include that information as part of your application. This data is collected from you to enable us to make decisions regarding your suitability for the advertised role and the source of this data is you as the Data Subject.
Should you be invited to attend an interview, an assessment record will be generated which assesses your performance in the assessment process. The source of this data is both you as the Data Subject and us as the Data Controller.
For prospective employees, your personal data will be stored for a period of 6 months post application.
Should you be successful in your application, further data will be requested and you will be issued with a further privacy notice informing you how that data will be used. Should you become an employee of Fishers Solicitors, your CV, covering letter and interview assessment records will then be kept for a period of 6 years post employment.
If you are unsuccessful for the role which you have applied for but another suitable role becomes available during the retention period, then we may use your personal email address to contact you regarding this new opportunity.
We will only disclose information about you to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so.
If in the future we intend to process your personal data for a purpose other than that which it was collected we will provide you with information on that purpose and any other relevant information.
Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) you have a number of rights with regard to your personal data. You have the right to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data, the right to restrict processing, object to processing as well as in certain circumstances the right to data portability.
If you have provided consent for the processing of your data you have the right (in certain circumstances) to withdraw that consent at any time which will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent was withdrawn.
You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioners’ Office if you believe that we have not complied with the requirements of the GDPR or DPA 18 with regard to your personal data.
Identity and contact details of controller and person responsible for Data Protection
Fishers Solicitors is the controller and processor of data for the purposes of the DPA18 and GDPR.
If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed you can contact: Andy Robinson, COLP at Andrew.robinson@fisherslaw.co.uk or you can write to Andy Robinson at 4-8 Kilwardby Street, Ashby de-la-Zouch, LE65 2FU.
