Solicitor (Corporate/Education)

Join a award winning Education team as we grow our corporate offering to meet increased client demand. You will advise a broad portfolio of education clients within the independent schools sector on sales and acquisitions, charitable mergers, collaborations, and associated corporate matters. You will work alongside experienced colleagues who liaise closely with Boards of Governors, Heads, Bursars, Commercial School Groups and School Proprietors, and will help deliver clear, pragmatic advice to assist in guiding them through transactions. Our team is known for its practical approach and deep sector awareness, built through advising over 300 educational establishments nationwide.

• assist and support a varied corporate caseload across the independent school sector, drafting and negotiating transaction and ancillary documents, conducting due diligence exercises, and supporting strategic projects and reorganisation.
• collaborate with partners and colleagues across the wider sector team to deliver seamless client service, contribute to matter management and delivery, and develop trusted relationships with our clients and their leadership teams.

The work is intellectually engaging, mission driven and commercially focused, offering early responsibility with appropriate supervision in an exciting area of law.

• You are a Solicitor with 0-2 years' PQE, bringing a foundation in corporate work gained during your training contract or in post qualification practice and the confidence to contribute to live transactions from day one.
• Experience with education and/or charity law clients is advantageous but not essential; more important is your appetite to learn, collaborate and deliver with precision.
• You will demonstrate excellent technical ability and drafting skills, strong commercial acumen, meticulous attention to detail, and the organisational discipline to progress multiple matters efficiently while building positive, professional relationships with clients and colleagues.
• We value a proactive, ambitious and team oriented approach. You will thrive in a collaborative environment, show sound judgment under time pressure, and communicate clearly in writing and in person.

If you are motivated by niche corporate work that has real world impact for educational institutions and their communities, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please send your CV and a short covering note explaining your interest in corporate work within the education sector.

• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• International secondments for 0-5 PQE
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

With 12 offices in England and Wales we have a well established presence. We value a diverse and ambitious workforce and are an equal opportunities employer. We are an armed forces friendly organisation.

A note for recruitment agencies - The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership.