Jobs at FREETHS LLP

Senior corporate lawyer responsible for advising on M&A, private equity, fundraisings, disposals, joint ventures, reorganisations, governance, and other corporate matters. The role requires significant autonomy, strong technical expertise, supervision and training of junior lawyers, client relationship development, business development, project management, and sound financial and compliance practices.

Leads the firm’s Learning and Development function, owning strategy, budget, governance, prioritization, supplier relationships, measurement, and team development. Builds internal learning capability, sponsors a distributed Learning Leaders network, reports impact against KPIs, and delivers senior leadership development, facilitation, advisory work, and client training. Partners with executives, practice groups, and business services to align learning investments with the firm’s long-term strategy.

Advises clients on commercial technology, data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance, digital marketing, outsourcing, software licensing, SaaS, cloud, procurement, and technology transactions. The role involves UK GDPR compliance, data sharing and transfers, breach response, PECR compliance, and strategic corporate and technology matters. Candidates should have approximately 2–4 years’ PQE in a strong commercial, technology, data protection, or privacy practice, though relevant candidates outside this range may be considered.

Advise businesses, investors, and corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructurings, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, and broader corporate matters. The role involves handling complex transactions, developing client relationships, networking, collaborating across offices, and contributing to the continued growth of the Birmingham corporate practice.

Corporate Managing Associate responsible for advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, fundraising, private equity, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, restructurings, and corporate governance. The role involves managing a caseload with minimal supervision, delivering high-quality client service, overseeing financial management and billing, developing client relationships, maintaining technical expertise, and supporting business development. Candidates must have at least six years’ post-qualified experience and strong commercial, interpersonal, and case-management skills.

Advise employers ranging from PLCs to SMEs on employment law matters, including disciplinary and grievance issues, unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, whistleblowing, redundancy, restructures, and strategic management advice. Represent clients at Employment Tribunal and ideally Employment Appeal Tribunal hearings. Support business development, collaborate with the employment team, and deliver high-quality client service in a fast-paced private practice environment.

Join Freeths’ Birmingham Employment, Pensions and Immigration team as a Senior Associate. The role involves advising companies and senior executives on disciplinary and grievance matters, unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, whistleblowing, redundancy, restructures, and strategic employment issues. The successful candidate will contribute to business development and help shape the team’s future strategy. Applicants should have at least three years’ post-qualification experience.

Advise insolvency practitioners, companies, boards, lenders, investors, and purchasers on restructuring and non-contentious corporate insolvency matters. Work includes insolvency advisory, distressed business and asset sales, and finance and security matters. The role involves handling complex, fast-paced mandates, collaborating with a national restructuring practice, and maintaining strong client communication and teamwork.

Manage trust accounting, tax compliance, estate taxation, HMRC submissions, and trust administration for private client portfolios. Responsibilities include preparing trust accounts and SA900, CGT and IHT returns, maintaining governance records, reconciling investments, liaising with trustees, beneficiaries, advisers, and HMRC, supporting compliance and onboarding, training junior colleagues, and contributing to process improvement and digital transformation.

Advise corporate clients, senior executives, and professionals on employment law and HR matters, including tribunal proceedings, discrimination, redundancy, restructures, TUPE, transactions, due diligence, and employment agreements. The role requires strong communication, commercial awareness, client focus, enthusiasm for employment law, and effective teamwork within a fast-paced London employment practice.

Experienced strategic development lawyer advising landowners, estates, colleges, farmers, and private clients on promotion, option, hybrid, and collaboration agreements; strategic land sales; land assembly; overage; infrastructure obligations; equalisation; and long-term development strategies. The role also involves business development and helping shape the team’s practice strategy.

Experienced trusts, estates and tax lawyer responsible for supervising estate administration, including taxable and non-taxable estates, business and agricultural assets, family disputes, and related trusts. The role involves estate planning reports, advising high-net-worth clients and business owners, case and financial management, supervision of junior lawyers, and business development. Candidates should have approximately 8–15 years’ post-qualified experience and STEP membership or a willingness to qualify.

Lead and grow Freeths’ Sheffield corporate law team as a Director or Partner. Advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, fundraising, private equity, shareholder agreements, restructurings, joint ventures, and related corporate matters. The role involves senior management, business development, client relationship growth, talent development, and collaboration across the firm’s UK offices. Candidates should have at least 7 years’ post-qualification experience, an existing client following or a clear growth plan, and a strong record of developing talent.

Provides private client legal services to high and ultra-high net worth clients across trusts, estates and tax matters. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality client care, managing finances and casework, recording time, billing, managing work in progress, supporting business development, maintaining technical expertise, meeting SRA competence standards, and pursuing professional development.

Advises drinks, hospitality and leisure operators on commercial real estate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, developments, pre-lets, portfolio re-gears, lease and estate management, licences, variations, easements and ancillary agreements. The role also involves understanding TUPE, TOGC, capital allowances and licensing considerations, collaborating with specialists, developing client relationships and supporting a national operator client base.

Qualified planning solicitor advising on planning, highways, and associated law. Responsibilities include Section 106 and statutory agreements, property and corporate transaction due diligence, and contentious planning matters including inquiries, hearings, court challenges, and judicial reviews. The role supports major development and regeneration schemes across the firm's national planning and environment group.

Freeths is seeking a managing associate or director-level trusts, estates and tax lawyer for its Oxford Private Client Services team. The role involves advising high and ultra-high net worth clients on trusts, estates, tax, succession planning, cross-border matters, agricultural assets and complex estates. Responsibilities include supervising colleagues, handling high-quality instructions, collaborating with corporate and private client teams, and supporting business development activities.

Provide commercial legal advice and support across complex transactions and contracts for national and international clients. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality client service, managing matters financially, recording time accurately, billing, managing work in progress, meeting firm targets, maintaining technical expertise, supporting business development, and complying with SRA competence standards.

Join Freeths’ East Midlands corporate team advising clients on M&A, private equity, restructurings, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, and related corporate matters. The role involves delivering high-quality client service, managing finances and caseloads, supporting business development, maintaining technical expertise, and developing client relationships. Applicants should have at least four years’ post-qualified experience, strong commercial awareness, sound case management skills, good IT capabilities, and excellent interpersonal skills.

Freeths is seeking a Director- or Partner-level employment lawyer to join its growing Manchester team. The successful candidate will advise corporate clients and senior executives on employment matters, contribute to business development, leverage an existing client following or referral network, and help shape the team’s future strategy. The role offers flexible working, professional support, legal technology, and opportunities to collaborate within a highly ranked employment practice.