Commercial Solicitor – £35k-£50k

Job Title – Commercial Solicitor (2-3 yrs pqe)

Department/Sector – Legal

Job Location – West Sussex

Salary – £35k-£50k

Our client is recruiting a Commercial Solicitor to join the commercial team to provide practical commercial advice to companies, partnerships, public sector bodies and not-for-profit organisations.

They have got particular expertise in: technology-related issues including IT provision and on-line trading issues; intellectual property rights issues especially trademarks and copyright; data protection; trading arrangements such as partnership agreements, agency and distribution agreements.

They also deal with joint ventures involving public and private organisations; procurement agreements, particularly involving the education sector and other public sector bodies; outsourcing agreements for services ranging from IT to catering, and preparing tender documentation.

In the role you will dealing with a wide range of commercial work to involve drafting, reviewing and negotiating trading agreements, together with supply, purchase and manufacturing agreements including joint ventures and outsourcing.

Another part of the role will be to provide advice on IT agreements, licences and SLA’s both for developers and purchasers

Responsibilities

• Deal with drafting, reviewing and negotiating trading agreements, together with supply, purchase and manufacturing agreements including joint ventures and outsourcing
• Providing advice on IT agreements, licences and SLA’s both for developers and purchasers
• Advising in connection with e-trading issues, online service solutions and data protection
• Acting for a wide range of clients
• Managing a large and varied caseload with a strong commercial approach
• Playing a supporting role in building the business; developing marketing initiatives and drawing on existing contacts

Key Attributes

• 2-3 years post qualification experience of commercial work
• Excellent drafting skills
• Solid knowledge and experience of IT/IP contracts and data protection
• Strong client focus with the ability to build and sustain excellent relationships
• Good commercial awareness
• The appetite to develop their business development skills
• The ability to work well under pressure and manage a varied workload with the support of comprehensive accounting tools
• Solid IT skills with a good working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience of working a case management system would also be desirable