Jobs at CMS

Supports the Finance function by maintaining client and matter data in Elite 3E, vetting new requests, managing billing information, maintaining panel rate agreements, processing rate changes, meeting SLA deadlines, and cleansing inaccurate or duplicated records. The role involves liaising with fee earners, partners, finance teams, and clients while applying strong attention to detail, analytical ability, Excel skills, and effective prioritization.

Supports Emerging Talent recruitment, assessment days, onboarding, employee lifecycle administration, Workday data updates, qualification processes, secondments, references, and HR documentation. The role manages candidate and employee queries, records, communications, screening, travel expenses, and scheduling while coordinating with HR Operations and internal and external stakeholders.

Provides legal advice on infrastructure projects across procurement, construction, financing, operations, contract expiry, distressed projects, and contractual disputes. Works with public and private sector clients, infrastructure funds, asset managers, and contractors to negotiate contracts, manage portfolio changes, and prepare settlement documentation. The role requires a qualified solicitor with at least three years’ post-qualification experience.

Lead legal operations initiatives supporting a practice group, including legal project and matter management, process improvement, change adoption, data and financial analysis, technology and AI-enabled workflow design, training, and client solutions. The role requires strong stakeholder management, commercial awareness, project management, process-mapping, analytical, and legal technology skills.

Coordinates Responsible Business and ESG programmes, including employee engagement, volunteering, client collaborations, events, communications, research, and community partnerships. Maintains records and engagement data, supports reporting, budgets, invoices, donations, and fundraising platforms, and helps evaluate programme impact. The role also manages stakeholder relationships and independently delivers projects with guidance from the wider Responsible Business team.

Provides executive and administrative support to a Corporate Partner, including complex diary and international travel management, email and document production, billing, debt recovery coordination, client onboarding, time recording, business development materials, events, and client communications. The role requires proactive prioritisation, confidentiality, accuracy, strong financial administration, cross-office collaboration, and flexibility across time zones.

Supports lawyers with document reviews, data subject access requests, litigation disclosure, intellectual property and employment disputes, undefended litigation, due diligence, document management, contract review, redaction, and preparation of legal documents and client materials. The role involves court process tasks, enforcement and recovery work, asset tracing, payment negotiations, and use of legal technology under fee earner supervision.

Handle complex insurance and reinsurance matters, including professional indemnity disputes, FI/D&O, policy coverage, and cyber breach response. Advise insurers and reinsurers on high-value claims, draft legal documents, provide practical commercial guidance, manage client relationships, and develop market contacts. The role offers opportunities to specialize in emerging areas such as W&I, FinTech, and Tech E&O.

Supports the delivery and continuous improvement of managed legal services. Responsibilities include project management, process mapping, governance, stakeholder coordination, financial reporting, service documentation, technology-enabled delivery, troubleshooting, and analyzing value and return on investment. The role works with lawyers, clients, and business services teams to launch and improve legal service offerings while managing competing priorities and maintaining delivery quality.

Employment Associate advising commercial clients on contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including day-to-day advice, transactions, business transfers, tribunal litigation, restructurings, TUPE, industrial relations, investigations, and strategic compliance projects. The role involves supporting UK and international clients within a collaborative employment law team, with opportunities for professional development and cross-jurisdictional work.

Provides legal advice on real estate transactions, asset management, leases, investment projects, and construction processes. Drafts and negotiates related agreements, supports Polish and international clients, manages projects, develops client relationships, coordinates teams, mentors junior lawyers, and contributes to business development, publications, and industry events.

Advises clients on corporate law and M&A matters, prepares transaction and corporate documents, conducts due diligence, drafts legal opinions and memoranda, collaborates across jurisdictions, supports complex transactions, and develops client relationships.

Senior Associate lawyer managing local and international Corporate/M&A matters, advising clients, preparing transaction documentation, leading due diligence, coordinating teams, supervising junior lawyers, and supporting business development. The role requires independent project leadership, strong company law and transactional expertise, negotiation skills, fluent English, and qualification as a Polish Attorney-at-Law or Advocate.

Manages the Singapore office’s daily operations across facilities, administration, finance, compliance, and HR support. Responsibilities include supplier and facilities coordination, reception and meeting rooms, regulatory filings, legal and visa administration, billing and accounting support, audits, payroll coordination, onboarding and offboarding, employee records, and HR queries. The role also supports lawyers administratively, maintains confidential records, and ensures compliance with Singapore employment requirements.

Join the Manchester Corporate Tax Team advising on complex, cross-border and high-value transactions involving real estate, M&A, private equity, joint ventures and investments. Responsibilities include supporting senior lawyers, developing client relationships, contributing to business development and marketing activities, and supervising trainees. The role requires strong legal drafting, practical advisory skills, commercial focus and up to four years of post-qualification experience in a UK-based team.

Experienced pensions solicitor advising trustees and employers on defined benefit and defined contribution schemes. The role involves broad advisory work, pensions litigation, insurance products, master trusts, longevity products, client relationship management, and business development. Candidates should have at least seven years’ post-qualification experience, strong pensions experience from a recognized team, excellent communication and organizational skills, strong academics, and exceptional attention to detail.

Manage day-to-day secretarial staff and workflow for a practice group, deliver PA/operational support to Practice Group leaders, oversee mentoring, recruitment/induction, performance management, Workday leave/absence processes, quality checks, and lead continuous improvement and adoption of new processes and AI-driven tools.

Support an energy/utilities client by managing a caseload to document land rights via servitudes and easements. Draft and negotiate deeds, perform basic title reviews, manage completions and post-completion registrations, update trackers, and handle client reporting.

Provide tax advisory support on cross-border, regulatory and transactional matters. Research and draft tax memoranda, structuring notes and client advice; support M&A, financing, energy and tech projects; assist partners with legal research, client communications and business development while developing expertise in Ukrainian and cross-border taxation.

Support international and domestic arbitration and litigation matters by conducting legal research, drafting procedural documents, and assisting in client meetings, hearings and case strategy. Work on multi-jurisdictional disputes across sectors including energy, finance and pharmaceuticals while collaborating with international teams and gaining hands-on experience in compliance, sanctions and white-collar crime matters.