Recruitment and Strategic Opportunities

At Business Lawyers we are different from the traditional legal practice in how we work, how we provide services to clients and how we approach the legal services market in the SME sector.

In terms of recruitment this shows as we offer real rewards for lawyers who are different and who are prepared for hard work in an alternative legal environment.

For all work you generate above £100,000 we are offering you the opportunity to keep 75% of what you bill whilst for leads we provide to you the split is 50%. This provides lawyers with a real sense of a share in the business-something senior associates may feel is lacking at their present practices.

As innovative, entrepreneurial and “forward thinking” our lawyers express a “can do” attitude and are used to “thinking outside the box” to bring added value to our clients.

Our solicitors are specialist business lawyers who work throughout the UK from home/virtual offices and are supported by first-class assistants in PA, secretarial, marketing, PR, advertising, IT, telecommunications and finance. Lawyers might like to note that the spirit of the entrepreneurial garage/home/SME office has been celebrated at the recent "Silicon Valley comes to Thames Valley" event hosted at the esteemed Said Business School of Oxford University where the likes of Walt Disney,Mattel,Hewlett Packard,Google and Apple were all recognised as "garage hatched". For more please see here: www.oxtrust.org.uk/news/226660-though of course barristers have been doing the same on and off for years...

Lawyers

Our solicitors are geographically spread nationally and are client focused, commercially astute, plain speaking and experienced in the fields of:

Company law
Commercial law
Employment law and
IP/IT law.

Applicants should be able to provide experience of the above to SME clients as the practice at present does not offer training contracts, internships or positions for newly qualified solicitors.

Solicitors should have a following ideally in technology and family/owner businesses and be comfortable with home office/tele-working and the use of internet technologies such as wi-fi, webinars, online conferencing, podcasting, video streaming and VOIP though training and assistance can be provided.

Applicants will be asked to demonstrate evidence of: strong client development and networking skills; an understanding of the SME sector; IT competence and a confident and self-motivated personality. You should be someone who is happy to enjoy considerable autonomy whilst pursuing stretching but achievable goals and targets set by common consent yet likewise you will be able to contribute to the team by way of shared marketing contributions.

Who should contact us?

Business law solicitors/teams who want something different from the normal “nine-to five” with a long commute at either end and want and are able to:

• Work part-time,say due to need of child care/other commitments;
• Work from a home office;
• Work flexibly with compressed or annualised target hours;
• “Sunlight” by working on a freelance basis as self-employed consultants;
• Work on the move by way of laptops, BlackBerry PDA or mobile phone as need be;
• Work more enjoyably by striking a better “work-life balance” by way of agreed sabbatical and career breaks.

Less time commuting to an office desk with phone can mean the release of 7-10 hours per week on average increasing productivity and “recreational/family time” by as average of 400 hours per year or up to 25% the average typical billing target of many large legal practices (1,400 hours).

Ask yourself how you would like to spend this time or what additional revenue you might be able to generate with this saving.

Why work with us as a solicitor or legal advisor?

For many lawyers the reasons will be personal but will typically include:

• Being your own boss;
• Freedom of how, where and when to work;
• Flexibility of working;
• Better work-life balance;
• The desire to abandon the daily grind of town/city centre office working for home office working so swapping traffic jams, packed trains and the Underground for something more civilised;
• Better remuneration on offer;
• Revenue sharing;
• Improved career opportunities;
• Closer client contact;
• Convenience;
• Accessibility;
• IT/admin/marketing and PR support;
• Our provision of an excellent legal library and precedent database to our legal consultants;
• The desire to work in an entrepreneurial environment where creative thinking is rewarded;
• A desire to work in a young firm in a modern and developing business market where a “can do” approach is refreshingly different;
• The opportunity to work with dynamic individuals in a fun, friendly and lively collegiate environment;
• CPD training provided;
• Low set up costs/investment and service discounts on offer.

Partners and affiliates

If you are not a lawyer but wish to work with Business Lawyers by way of referring leads, introductions, opportunities or business to us in return for commission then please do get in touch as we are always open to building winning relationships and alliances with other business partners.

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