Did you know we have an award-winning Corporate team?

In The Legal 500 2023 Edition, we were ranked as a Top Tier Firm for Corporate and Commercial services for the third year in a row. As a firm, we have previously won Law Firm of the Year (6+ Partners) at the 2017 Northern Law Awards and were finalists in 2018, 2019 and 2022.

In 2022 our team won Deal of the Year at the North East Insider Dealmaker Awards and were ranked in the top 5 by Experian in terms of deal activity by volume of deals completed. 

The role

You will be joining a busy and growing corporate and commercial team working on complex projects regionally, nationally and on a cross-border basis.

You will be advising on a range of complex and high-value commercial transactions many in the technology sector, covering intellectual property, software development, software licensing (including cloud), and data protection, as well as others of a more general nature including terms of online and offline business, distribution and agency and franchising.

The team provides advice to businesses of all sizes including start-ups, established SMEs, public limited companies and large public sector organisations.

The team regularly win and are shortlisted at leading regional award events and ranked in the top 5 in terms of deal activity (by volume of deals completed (Experian 2022)).  All lawyers within the team are trained and work collaboratively to provide services around all aspects of the engagement and this is reflected in the quality of work that they undertake.

Required experience, skills and attributes 

We are looking for a lawyer with upwards of 5+ PQE working at another commercial law firm and who has experience in providing commercial advice.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in the technology sector working on information technology, software and IP agreements.

The main attributes we look for, but will not be limited to, are given below: –

• pro-active in terms of managing your workload and continual development of your own legal skills;
• possessing excellent organisational skills;
• possessing excellent drafting skills;
• demonstrating exceptional attention to detail;
• demonstrating strong communication skills and an ability to work and build relationships with colleagues, clients and the wider professional community and
• an ability to supervise and train junior members of the team.

An existing professional network would be beneficial but is not necessary. Many opportunities will be provided for Business Development.

How to apply

Please upload your CV and short covering letter email your CV together with a short cover letter/email to Carolyn Beal at  cb@swinburnemaddison.co.uk and Eleanor Uren at eau@swinburnemaddison.co.uk.

Applications close at 5 pm on Thursday 30th November 2023

Vacancy information