Jobs at Porter Dodson LLP

Analyze client, market, sector, and competitor data to identify trends and business development opportunities. Build Power BI dashboards and reports, conduct market research, monitor tender opportunities, and provide actionable intelligence for strategic decision-making. The role also explores AI and technology improvements for business development activity and communicates findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Lead recruitment and early careers programs across the firm, managing sourcing, stakeholder relationships, applicant tracking, recruitment partners, trainee lifecycle activities, legal recruitment events, university relationships, and apprenticeship processes. The role supports talent attraction strategy, recruitment reporting, onboarding, and the full legal trainee journey through qualification and admission.

Provides administrative and fee-earning support to a Commercial Litigation team. Responsibilities include handling client enquiries, opening files, preparing engagement documents, checking identification for money-laundering compliance, maintaining case records and deadlines, drafting straightforward legal documents, supporting billing and file closures, and assisting fee earners. The role may involve court work and advocacy, with training provided. Strong organisation, communication, IT, administrative, and multitasking skills are required.

Provides credit control and finance administration support by chasing overdue invoices, issuing invoices, resolving client and internal queries, maintaining accurate collection records, and preparing management reports. The role requires strong numeracy, organization, attention to detail, interpersonal skills, and confidence using Microsoft Office. Accounting experience is helpful but not essential because full training is provided.

This role involves providing corporate and commercial legal services, managing team responsibilities, developing client relationships, and assisting in business growth.

Assist with trust creation, administration, compliance, and taxation advice while managing trust assets and beneficiary communication. Position supports the firm's client base expansion.

Experienced solicitor to undertake fee-earning corporate and commercial work, including transactions and commercial contracts (supply, distribution, franchise, T&Cs). Support business development, supervise and delegate to team members, help grow the client base, and contribute to department management and mentoring.

Lead and develop the firm's IT strategy and in-house team, oversee suppliers and infrastructure, ensure secure, resilient legal technology (Peppermint Explorer, DMS), drive AI adoption, data quality, and project governance to support growth and M&A.

Provide administrative and fee-earning paralegal support to the Private Client Court of Protection team: open files, verify client ID/AML compliance, update case management (Peppermint), draft routine legal documents, manage diaries and deadlines, attend meetings, take notes, support billing/WIP and file closures, and handle client/third-party communications.

Manage contentious trust and probate cases, advise clients on disputes, and handle negotiations and litigation while supporting business development.