Join Hawkins Hatton as a Junior Corporate Partner

Join our Corporate Team

Hawkins Hatton is a specialist corporate law practice with a 20-year track record advising businesses, owners, management teams, investors and lenders. We are looking for a Corporate Junior Partner: an experienced corporate lawyer ready to take greater responsibility for clients and matters. You will lead transactions, support colleagues and help build our corporate work. 

The role is flexible, with hybrid/ WFH/ Midlands/ Cardiff/ Bristol opportunities available.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Take day-to-day ownership of corporate transactions for business owners, investors and their advisers, leading matters from instruction to completion and drawing on senior support where appropriate. Advise clients clearly and practically on commercial and legal risk. 

  • Supervise matters and support the development of more junior colleagues. 

  • Build and maintain relationships with clients, referrers and professional advisers, acting as a trusted day-to-day contact. 

  • Contribute to the continued development of the corporate practice through client delivery, business development, team support and collaboration across Hawkins Hatton. 

EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES 

  • 8+ PQE or relevant experience

  • A qualified solicitor in England and Wales with strong experience of managing corporate transactions for private business clients. 

  • Sound commercial judgement and the ability to manage transactions and competing deadlines. 

  • Experience of supporting or supervising more junior lawyers. 

  • Ready to take a broader role in client development, team support and the growth of the practice. 

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

The Junior Partner will contribute to business development by strengthening existing relationships and helping to develop new clients and referrers. Client following welcome but not necessary.  

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES 

Commercial, practical and clear in how you communicate. Credible with business owners and professional advisers. Collaborative and ambitious, with the confidence to take greater ownership while continuing to learn from senior colleagues. 

CAREER OPPORTUNITY 

This is a step-up opportunity for an experienced corporate lawyer who is ready to take greater ownership of transactions, client relationships and the development of colleagues, while working with established senior lawyers. It offers the chance to build a profile within Hawkins Hatton and play a meaningful role in the continued growth of the corporate practice. 

We welcome applications from candidates whose experience provides an equivalent level of capability, even where their career path differs from the profile described. 

If you’re interested, email your CV to: rhiannon@hawkinshatton.co.uk

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