The Role:
* Responsible for providing a wide range of commercial legal services to the group, its senior management team and board and to manage external legal advice (e.g. property and employment) and add value to the group's main commercial activities.
The Requirements:
* Lawyer to practice in England and Wales.
* 4 – 5 years PQE (or equivalent experience).
* Experience of commercial contracting, public private partnerships, acquisitions and business transfers, general advice in relation to intellectual property, data protection, and support company secretarial matters, ability to liaise with external firms providing support on property and employment advice and legal counsel, strong communication, negotiation and drafting skills, the ability to write clear advice in report form and to inspire confidence at all levels in the organisation, assertive, and with a professional and proactive attitude to work.
* Based in Bromley (very close to Bromley South railway station).
Please send a letter of application, clearly stating your reasons for applying for the post with a copy of your CV to Maureen Hooley, Prospects Services Limited, Prospects House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 1LT. Telephone 020 8315 1500.
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Closing date: 9am, Friday 11th May 2012.
Prospects is an employee owned private company and one of the UK's leading providers of education, employment and training services under contracts with the Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions, Ofsted, the Skills Funding Agency, local authorities, schools, academies and other commercial organisations.
The company has grown significantly to a £75m plus turnover in recent years with some 1,200 employees operating from over 80 locations throughout the UK. The company has ambitious plans for further growth and is keen to recruit a Company Solicitor working in close liaison with the Group Finance Director and the main Board, to not only provide quality legal commercial services and manage external advisers, but also to add value to its activities.
