Trainee Solicitor

Trainee Solicitor
Salary: £depending on experience + Excellent benefits
Location: Slough, Berkshire
Type: Full time, permanent
We are seeking a Trainee Solicitor to join our clients growing team. The successful candidate will work with a close-knit legal team that services all areas of the business and works across a broad range of legal matters, including commercial contracts, licensing, real estate, and corporate.
The ideal candidate should be highly motivated and enthusiastic with a strong desire to learn the workings of an in-house legal role. The candidate should have the ability to work under tight deadlines and manage and move between changing business priorities. The successful Trainee Solicitor will have the confidence to express informed opinions to senior stakeholders and the tenacity to see jobs through to full completion and chase down outstanding items.
‘Trainee Solicitor’ Key Responsibilities:
Reviewing and updating standard form equipment rental terms and conditions
Drafting and negotiating NDAs
Reviewing and drafting standard form agreements (exclusivity agreements, licenses, leases and other commercial contracts)
Reviewing supplier terms and conditions
Preparing and analysing redlines of documents
Preparing and arranging agreements for execution via Docusign
Organising and maintaining document management and legal filing systems
Carrying out due diligence on partner, customer and supplier companies
Liaising with and instructing external counsel
Managing formalities for preparing and distributing corporate documentation to external counsel
Liaising with the sales teams to provide initial instructions and advice on standard company term and conditions
‘Trainee Solicitor’ Key Skills:
University graduate who has successfully completed the GDL and LPC
Highly motivated and enthusiastic with a strong desire to learn the workings of in-house legal role
Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage and move between changing business priorities
Confidence to express informed opinions to senior stakeholders
Tenacity to see jobs through to full completion and chase down outstanding items
Highly organised and with good attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Willingness to carry out basic but important tasks with the same diligence as sophisticated / complex matters
German or Hungarian language skills would be advantageous