Senior Associate - Guildford, United Kingdom - Penningtons Manches

Penningtons Manches
Penningtons Manches
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Guildford, United Kingdom

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Description

Closing date:
28/02/2023


PQE:
6 years +


Term:
Permanent


Working hours:
Full-time


Department:
Private Client


Location:

Guildford

Company background


Penningtons Manches Cooper is a leading UK and international law firm which provides high quality legal advice tailored to both businesses and individuals.

We address the specific objectives of each client through our flair and technical expertise and offer a personal service founded on a strong team ethic.

Today, we have UK offices in the City of London, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, Oxford and Reading while our growing overseas network stretches from Asia to South America through our presence in Singapore, Piraeus, Paris, and Madrid.

We have 140+ partners and over 850 people in total.
We have established a strong reputation in a variety of sectors, particularly technology, private wealth, shipping and real estate. Our lawyers are also recognised for their expertise in life sciences, education, retail, sports and entertainment and international trade.

Among our clients we count multi-national corporations, public companies, professional partnerships, banks and financial institutions as well as private individuals, owner managed businesses and start-ups.

We are conscious that our culture and close working relationships are vital assets and we are determined to maintain these as we increase in size.

Our broad international focus is supported by well-established links with law firms throughout the world.

Penningtons Manches Cooper is a member of Multilaw and the European Law Group, networks with representatives in over 100 countries, and many of our lawyers play leading roles in various international bodies.

We believe that our values (we care, stronger as one, curious and grounded, constructively challenging and proactively evolving) are core to our success.

The department


With a reputation built on years of industry expertise and a large team of specialist private client lawyers, the Penningtons Manches Cooper private client team provides innovative, clear and tailored solutions for UK and non-UK based clients.

Our services range from personal wealth management, UK and international tax planning and asset protection to advising individuals, family offices, family businesses and fiduciaries on their clients' diverse issues.

The team includes a core of traditional private client lawyers as well as specialist advisors in domestic estate planning, international tax and structuring, contentious trusts and estates, charity matters and court of protection and deputyship work.

Consistently acknowledged as one of the top private client teams in the UK and recognised by all major guides to the UK legal profession, our full service team retains its reputation by understanding our clients' objectives and working with them to deliver results.

Summary of role

Essential and desirable criteria

  • Admission to the Roll of Solicitors.
  • Experience in domestic and international private client tax and trust work.
  • Ideally a full member of STEP.

Main purposes

  • To undertake feeearning work and provide a profitable contribution to the work of the division. To contribute to the successful development of the firm in line with the team's business plan and firms' commonality of purpose.
  • To deliver a high quality technical and commercial legal service ensuring personal compliance with quality standards and professional ethics.
  • To be an ambassador for the firm at all times and always promote it in a positive light.

Main responsibilities and competencies

  • To achieve the competencies for a Senior Associate relevant to the level of experience (i.e. 5/6 years+ experience).

Matter management

  • To be able to contribute to the efficiency of matter management by being thorough, proactive and following processes and to take ownership of matters
  • To use his/her initiative to think through and research issues, identify problems and design solutions, seeking guidance or input as required, to take matters forward with the support of more junior members of the team and to seek supervision, where required.
  • To undertake personal business development and to support team initiatives. To develop new clients, maintain and support existing client relationships and to receive and reciprocate client referrals within the firm.
  • To produce detailed and accurate work, maintaining an overview of the matter.

Financial Management

  • To demonstrate financial awareness and commerciality through assisting with fee estimates for new clients and matters, assisting in the billing process, understand the impact of his/her and others' billable time on the matter, participating in the billing process as required (e.g. timely billing, chasing for payment) and financial management of matters for which they have conduct.

Communication skills
To demonstrate clear and concise verbal and written communication skills, focusing on the key points in a structured
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