Commercial Contracts Lawyer

• Seniority: 5+ years post-qualification experience
• Department: Company & Commercial
• Office: Hertford/Hybrid

Are you looking to advance your legal career whilst enjoying a healthy work-life balance? Do you want to join a firm that is as invested in your career progression as you are? Are you searching for a fulfilling role where what you get out is considered just as important as what you put in - and where the only ceiling is your ambition?

Then Attwaters Solicitors is the firm for you. Come and find out what made us one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in both 2024 and 2025, and why 96% of our staff are proud to work for us.

With five offices spanning Hertfordshire, Essex and London, Attwaters Solicitors is a respected regional law firm with origins dating back well over a century. Our vision is to be the 'go to' private wealth legal practice in our region, through our commitment to excellent client care, integrity, teamwork, innovation, quality and respect.

In order to achieve our vision, we need people who are committed to excellence. We are experts at what we do and we're looking for people with the ambition, dedication and work ethic required to become leaders in their field.

We also know that our people have a right to expect excellence from us. That's why we are dedicated to creating a positive and supportive work environment where your wellbeing and job satisfaction really matter.

We offer structured, documented career paths with opportunities for supported and mentored professional development and progression that ensure you thrive and reach your full potential. But that's not all: Attwaters Solicitors is also passionate about giving back to local communities and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

We are looking for an experienced Solicitor or CILEX/FILEX with 5+ years' post-qualification experience to join our growing Company and Commercial team. This opportunity will be well suited to a commercial lawyer seeking a new challenge and who is motivated to progress their career. They will have the opportunity to drive the growth of the team by building their own caseload, whilst shaping the future direction and focus of the commercial division.

They will be a leader with a keen desire to develop and grow the commercial law offering of our firm. The role will be very much client facing and they will nurture existing client relationships, as well as spearheading the development of new client relationships, whilst building strategic links with other professionals and referrers, leveraging all of their existing connections with key professionals and referrers.

They will work seamlessly with colleagues from across our teams and office locations to deliver projects for the firm's clients. Providing strategic and clear advice, they will have exceptional client care skills, helping us to deliver every time against our Service Pledge.They will be able to demonstrate:

• Broad commercial contract experience including (but not limited to) advising on and preparing:
  • master service agreements, framework agreements and other procurement related contracts (including experience of working as a member of the project team on such matters, helping clients to identify risks and mitigate these appropriately);
  • supply of goods and services;
  • e-commerce contracts and related documentation;
  • distribution agreements;
  • outsourcing agreements;
  • agency agreements;
  • franchise agreements;
  • reseller agreements;
  • sponsorship agreements;
  • advertising and marketing agreements;
• A strong working knowledge of UK GDPR and Data Protection rules, regulations and compliance;
• Excellent technical knowledge and experience;
• Experience in growing a network of professional contacts and referrers and taking a lead role in business development;
• Building strong and lasting relationships with clients and the delivery of exceptional client care; and
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a multi-disciplined team to delivery client projects seamlessly.

(this list is not exhaustive and is intended to give an indication of the types of responsibilities that you will have in this this role).

• You're dedicated to providing excellent client service in line with our Service Pledge .
• You're somebody who takes pride in their work and of whom we can be proud.
• You're interested in promoting the firm's good name both internally and externally.
• You're a team player who will always go the extra mile.
• You have a positive attitude and always look to lift spirits, not lower them.
• You show good judgement and maturity.
• You're risk-aware - you know what you don't know.
• You're a hard worker with a 'can-do' attitude.

• A structured career path that provides all the information you need to develop and progress.
• A supportive and nurturing working environment with monthly one-to-ones, department meetings and a six-monthly appraisal scheme.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Firm-wide and fee-earner bonus schemes.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, rising by one day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
• Automatic enrolment to our contributory corporate pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Automatic enrolment to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps staff members experiencing personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and wellbeing.
• Enrolment to our Healthcare Cash Plan after the probationary period. Cover includes dependant children and may be extended to partners or spouses at the employee's expense.
• Access to Mintago, a comprehensive employee financial wellbeing platform.
• Each office has its own designated Social and Wellbeing champion, who is there to help promote good mental and physical health with a range of initiatives including social walks, book clubs, charitable activities and out-of-hours get-togethers and events.
• Annual staff events including summer and Christmas events, quarterly office lunches and our annual online Staff Quiz!
• And so much more! Click the button below for our full list of employee benefits.

Click 'Apply' to complete and submit your application - we can't wait to hear from you!

All correspondence for Harlow or London to be sent to the Hertford office address listed above.