Teams at CMS

Lead and supervise a paralegal team delivering high-volume real estate transactions for a utilities client. Manage instruction allocation, matter progression, quality control, title investigations, Land Registry tasks, reporting, client liaison, team development, and operational/financial oversight to ensure timely, accurate, client-ready outputs.

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.

Leads complex and high-risk employee relations cases from investigation through resolution, ensuring fairness, consistency, confidentiality, and compliance with employment law. Acts as a senior escalation point, coaches ER specialists, advises stakeholders, supports redundancy and restructuring programs, contributes to policy and people initiatives, and uses ER data and case management systems to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.