The Role
Provide commercial legal advice to a diverse range of clients, focusing on IT and commercial contracts, technology, AI, SaaS, cloud services, IP licensing, outsourcing, and related commercial matters. The role involves managing client relationships, supervising junior lawyers, supporting business development, collaborating across departments, and delivering client-centric, socially purposeful legal services.
Summary Generated by Built In
This is a 9 month FTC with an ideal start date of March 2028. We are also open to both full time and part time arrangements.
Key Responsibilities
The Role
This is an exceptional opportunity to join our Commercial team and work for a range of impactful and purposeful organisations. Our lawyers work across commercial contracts and regulatory advice specialising in technology, AI, IT and outsourcing, SaaS and cloud services, IP, licensing, franchising and e-commerce, manufacturing, advertising and marketing, distribution, sponsorship and joint ventures.
The Commercial team supports a fantastic variety of clients including life sciences organisations, EdTech, MedTech, retail brands, trade and royal charter bodies, publishers, universities, awarding organisations, SMEs, B-Corps, social enterprises and charities.
We encourage all our lawyers to pursue their personal interests through their practice, develop management skills through supervising junior fee earners, contribute to business development and work cross-departmentally through our wide range of exceptionally strong sector groups.
Our permeable team structure ensures a supportive environment coupled with the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across the department.
The Commercial team supports a fantastic variety of clients including life sciences organisations, EdTech, MedTech, retail brands, trade and royal charter bodies, publishers, universities, awarding organisations, SMEs, B-Corps, social enterprises and charities.
We encourage all our lawyers to pursue their personal interests through their practice, develop management skills through supervising junior fee earners, contribute to business development and work cross-departmentally through our wide range of exceptionally strong sector groups.
Our permeable team structure ensures a supportive environment coupled with the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across the department.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
About you
· Qualified UK solicitor at 5-7 PQE with significant experience in IT and commercial contracts, as well as IP licensing
· The ability to build, maintain and nurture relationships
· A client-centric approach
· Teamwork – there is a place for individual effort but we highly value a collaborative approach
· A results-focused mentality – we hope you’ll challenge the status quo if you feel it’ll benefit our work
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Curious mindset and flexible approach to meeting our clients evolving needs
· A genuine interest in the work we do; we encourage questions about the business and invite you to test assumptions and propose ideas
Finally, we want people whose values reflect our own and who feel inspired working in a firm with a strong social purpose.
Benefits
Impact-Driven Purpose
We align profit with social purpose to create lasting positive impact for our people, communities, and planet.
Committed to the Climate
Through our Climate Programme, we reduce environmental impact and drive a just transition to net zero.
Championing Inclusion
We foster a diverse, inclusive culture where creativity and innovation thrive.
Flexible and Hybrid Working
Our hybrid model supports balance, with part-time options and at least two office days weekly.
Progressive Benefits
We offer green pensions, IVF support, private healthcare, and more for your well-being and growth.
We align profit with social purpose to create lasting positive impact for our people, communities, and planet.
Committed to the Climate
Through our Climate Programme, we reduce environmental impact and drive a just transition to net zero.
Championing Inclusion
We foster a diverse, inclusive culture where creativity and innovation thrive.
Flexible and Hybrid Working
Our hybrid model supports balance, with part-time options and at least two office days weekly.
Progressive Benefits
We offer green pensions, IVF support, private healthcare, and more for your well-being and growth.
About
At Bates Wells, we’re not the average law firm. We believe that actions speak louder than words. We strive to do the right thing as a business and to help our clients make a positive impact on their people and society.Recruitment at Bates Wells – The use of AIAt Bates Wells, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our recruitment processes. We understand the importance of ensuring that our methods align with best practices and respect the privacy and rights of all candidates.We would like to clarify that we do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, sift, score, reject, or approve any recruitment decisions, at any stage of our recruitment process. Our recruitment decisions are made by hiring managers and the HR team, ensuring a personal and thoughtful approach to each candidate.We do utilise AI technology in a limited capacity to enhance our recruitment process. Specifically, we use Metaview to record and transcribe interviews. This tool helps us maintain accurate records of interviews, to support objective scoring of answers based on evidence and ensures that we can review and reflect on the conversations held during the recruitment process. Importantly, Metaview is not used to evaluate candidates or make any decisions regarding their suitability for a role.We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of privacy and fairness in our recruitment processes and will continue to review and update our practices to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and guidelines.
Skills Required
- Qualified UK solicitor
- 5–7 years post-qualification experience
- Significant experience in IT and commercial contracts
- Significant experience in IP licensing
- Ability to build, maintain, and nurture relationships
- Client-centric approach
- Collaborative teamwork
- Results-focused mentality
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Curious mindset and flexible approach
- Genuine interest in the firm’s work and social purpose
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The Company
What We Do
Bates Wells is a purpose-driven law firm, the first UK firm to achieve B Corp certification, committed to using the law to drive positive change and combining profit with social purpose.
