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  • Step into a role with a pipeline of live work
  • Shape and grow your own team within a values-led, entrepreneurial firm
  • Direct pathway to partnership with real strategic input

 

Are you ready to move beyond being a cog in the wheel and start building something of your own?

This is a rare opportunity for a corporate solicitor to take strategic ownership of a growing corporate function within a respected, multi-disciplinary firm in Greater Manchester.

With a stream of existing work, cross-department referrals, and genuine buy-in from the partnership, you’ll have the platform to shape the corporate offering in your image, with partnership firmly on the table.

This is more than just a job, it’s your opportunity to lead a department, define your legacy, and grow within a firm that’s scaling with purpose.

Who we’re looking for

  • 6+ PQE (or 3+ if exceptionally strong) in transactional corporate law
  • Experienced in handling M&A, shareholder agreements, restructures, and business sales
  • Comfortable running deals and mentoring junior lawyers
  • Commercially sharp, strategic, and an excellent communicator
  • Ambitious and entrepreneurial, with a collaborative, low-ego mindset

Salary & Benefits

  • Highly competitive salary
  • Hybrid working (post-probation) and flexible hours
  • Corporate gym membership
  • Access to leadership development
  • Pathway to partnership – internal progression model preferred
  • Regular 1:1s and high leadership visibility
  • Supportive, collaborative, and forward-thinking team culture

Contact Duane Cormell

Call Duane on 03300 245 606 or email duane.cormell@realmrecruit.com to find out more or apply. All conversations are confidential.

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Key details

Salary

£60,000 - £75,000

Location

  • Greater Manchester
  • North West

Role type

  • Hybrid working

Contract type

  • Permanent

Practice area

Corporate

Job ref

V-48050

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Duane Cormell

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He set up Realm in 2015 with the aim of helping law firms improve their productivity and profitability through a refreshing, values-driven approach to legal recruitment. 

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