The role
We are looking for someone to help us to build our successful corporate services team. The team is run primarily by two highly experienced senior associates. The available position is for someone to support them in delivering excellent client service and is likely to involve helping with taking client instructions, preparing initial draft documents and generally progressing projects to completion, all under the supervision of senior lawyers.
We'd be very interested in talking to individuals who have previous paralegal experience or perhaps a qualified solicitor. Previous corporate experience would be an advantage but is not essential, as training will be provided for the right individual.
The work will involve helping businesses to establish, grow and realise their strategy and will include providing advice on a range of areas, including:
- Company formations;
- Corporate compliance;
- Directors’ duties;
- Shareholder arrangements;
- Investor agreements;
- Corporate structure reorganisations;
- Demergers and offloading dormant companies;
- Share based incentive schemes to help retain and motivate employees; and
- Preparing businesses for investment and/or sale.
So who are we looking for? We want someone who has a real interest in this area of law or who wants to learn more about it. This could be possibly based on experience and understanding of business legal structures and relevant documentation, although this is not essential.
Ideally you will be a team player, proactive, with a strong technical ability or willingness to learn, with a committed and strong work ethic, you will be a problem solver and organised. We've also set our sights on an individual with excellent people, communication and client management skills, an interest in business development and good commercial awareness.
We are keen to hear from individuals from all backgrounds and flexible working will be considered.
Our team
We think our Corporate team is a special place to work. You’d be part of a team that is ranked number 1 in the region by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 legal directories. We have also been named Corporate Law Firm of the Year by North East Insider Dealmakers Awards 8 times between 2007 and 2019, so you’d be working with award winning lawyers who are recognised as leaders in their field.
The Corporate team is a key part of the wider Muckle LLP team, which is around 150 people strong. We are all based at a single site office in central Newcastle upon Tyne – a city we have operated from for over 100 years.
Historically, we had invested significantly to promote agile working, with our people having the ability to work from wherever suited them best, which we all did already long before the COVID-19 lockdown. This flexibility allowed us to move all of our operation seamlessly to home working last March, without disrupting our service delivery. We continue to operate to the same excellent levels of service that existed pre-lockdown, providing legal services to a wide range of organisations throughout the UK and beyond. Beyond lockdown, we will continue to operate our agile working policy, also taking advantage of our excellent, modern office facilities, where these help us to deliver excellent service to each other and to our clients.
Our people and values
Our business is full of bright, enthusiastic, articulate, colourful, confident people. People who live and breathe our core values:
- Trust – we trust each other to do the right thing
- Teamwork – we are one team and work selflessly for each other
- Responsibility – we are self-starters and take responsibility for how we work together and communicate
- Care – we care about our people, clients and community
It means, no matter who is involved, our clients receive the same excellent service from people who do what they say, on time and on budget, every time. That’s the Muckle way!
Our culture
We want everyone to understand how our business is run and we encourage all of our people to get involved. We are also proud of the communities in which we live and work and give our people lots of ways to support them.
For example, you could use your two days’ paid volunteering leave to support a local cause you care about or nominate them for a grant from our Muckle Fund at the Community Foundation.
From workplace running, cycling and walking clubs to fun events organised by our BEAM (Being Engaged At Muckle) team and participation in our Green Team to help make the business as environmentally friendly as possible, we’ve created a unique and award winning place to work:
- Investors In People Gold award accreditation
- Investors In People Health and Wellbeing accreditation
- North East Better Health at Work Gold award
- Journal North East Best Place to Work (Medium Sized Company) award
So how does all that sound? If you’re looking to work in a friendly, open environment and want to develop your career in a forward thinking, commercial North East law firm, then this is an excellent opportunity.
To apply, please email your CV together with an introductory letter outlining your salary expectations to [email protected].
Best of luck!