Legal Advisor

The benefits of a Legal Advisor (or Professional Support Lawyer) role with us are:

• Joining a close-knit, friendly team where you become a co-owner of a successful and
  growing business
• Niche and exciting opportunity for something different - an alternative route for a
  rewarding career
• Continued emphasis on technical excellence in corporate law and focus on quality
• Supportive and positive working culture, underpinned by trust, flexibility and full
  recognition of real work/life balance
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Profit-share bonuses, with a tax-free element and potential to significantly enhance
  overall financial reward

We are a continually growing business and have vacancies within our Legal Advisory team from time to time. We are therefore keen to hear from you if you are interested in joining our team of professional support lawyers/Legal Advisors. The role centres around the support of Oakwood's company secretarial advisors in their provision of services to our clients.
Role
The role is varied but can be summarised as follows:

• Part time hours with flexibility;
• Min PQE 3-4 years - preferably corporate practice with a focus on technical knowledge
  and black letter law
• Existing PSL experience may be helpful but not essential;
• The role will be based on traditional PSL practice with some additional elements.
  The main focus will be the provision of technical support and advice with regard to matters
  connected with company secretarial, compliance and corporate governance issues, with a
  particular focus on the understanding and application of Companies Act processes and
  requirements;
• The delivery of internal technical training and development sessions;
• Occasional delivery of client training sessions on areas such as directors' duties;
• Maintaining and developing precedent and know how resources;
• Awareness and sharing of relevant legal and practice-linked developments and following
  up with know how/training, where needed;
• Development of client facing insights and publications when opportunities arise;
• As required, supporting the advisory team with client facing communications, for example,
  emails and phone calls; and
• Working alongside the management team to determine areas of focus and the
  methodology for technical development.

Personal experience
We would be looking for an individual who is seeking an alternative to the standard PSL route and who has the following competencies:

• Effective communication skills with the ability to adapt approach to suit the audience and
  objective in hand;
• Enjoyment of working both within a wider team but also in a smaller group and
  independently. Due to the part time nature of the role, the ability to work seamlessly
  with our existing Legal Advisors is key, as is the ability to work autonomously in the
  provision of assistance with technical corporate law queries;
• Technical excellence with an ability to recognise the need for a commercial and solutions
  based approach;
• Excellent attention to detail; and
• Commitment to the development of other team members and the provision of a first-rate
  client experience.

If any of the above interests you, please contact Muriel Thorne muriel.thorne@oakwood-corporate.com or Lauren Cavanagh lauren.cavanagh@oakwood-corporate.com. We would very much welcome the opportunity to tell you more about us, answer any questions you may have and hear about you.