Senior Associate Solicitor – Education – Bath

Overview

In this role you will lead the Education team on complex corporate matters and strategic projects for education clients, shaping transactions and growth for independent schools and educational charities. You’ll work closely with cross‑functional teams to deliver commercially focused outcomes while mentoring junior lawyers. The position offers hybrid working from Bath and a path to develop a profile within a Tier 1 ranked practice. You’ll engage in business development to expand services and markets in the education sector.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Profit Share Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Pension scheme

Responsibilities

• Leading complex projects, transactions and strategic initiatives
• Delivering exceptional client service and commercially focused outcomes
• Managing budgets, monitoring performance and driving profitability
• Advising education sector clients on corporate transactions, mergers, acquisitions and strategic projects
• Supporting a broad range of education and charity sector work
• Supervising, mentoring and developing junior colleagues
• Working collaboratively across teams to deliver integrated sector focused advice
• Leading business development activities including networking, thought leadership, seminars, workshops, pitches and tenders
• Identifying new markets, service lines and opportunities for growth
• Communicating promptly and professionally with clients and colleagues
• Maintaining high technical standards and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
• Staying abreast of legal, regulatory and market developments

Key requirements

• Relevant experience in corporate or education M&A transactions
• Strong interest in education law and independent schools
• Experience supervising and developing junior team members
• Proven business development experience and ability to generate new revenue streams
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage projects independently
• Excellent communication skills and confidence handling challenging conversations
• Strong financial hygiene (accurate time recording, billing discipline, cost awareness)

• stakeholder engagement
• solutions focused mindset
• excellent organisation and ownership of tasks
• corporate M&A transactions
• education and charity law (desirable)
• regulatory compliance

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