Job Description

Job Title: Solicitor- Banking & Finance 1+PQE Location: Leeds Salary: 55,000+
About the firm and Role:
Our client is a modern, straight-talking, and ambitious law firm dedicated to delivering high-quality commercial legal services to a diverse client base - from individual entrepreneurs and family businesses to some of the UK's most successful companies and brands.
We are excited to be recruiting a Banking Solicitor (4+ PQE) to join their growing team in Leeds. You'll work directly alongside experienced Partners and play a key role in a broad range of high-quality finance matters. This is an excellent opportunity for someone seeking a more hands-on role within a smaller, ambitious team, with a clear pathway for progression and real client exposure.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a varied caseload of banking and finance matters, ensuring all work meets the firm's quality and procedural standards.
• Advise clients and provide regular updates on progress, costs, and key milestones.
• Draft and negotiate a wide range of finance documentation to meet client deadlines.
• Achieve and maintain personal billing and time recording targets.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring high levels of service and client care.
• Assist in supervising and supporting junior team members.
• Take an active role in business development and marketing initiatives for the team and the wider firm.
• Ensure compliance with SRA, Law Society regulations, and ongoing professional development requirements.

About You:

• Ideally 4+ years' PQE in a Banking & Finance team at a medium, national, or international firm.
• Experience working on a broad range of finance transactions such as corporate and leveraged finance, asset-based lending, and real estate/development finance.
• A commercial, client-focused approach with excellent drafting and communication skills.
• Interest or experience in corporate or restructuring matters would be advantageous.
• A team player who is also confident managing work autonomously.
• Ambitious, proactive, and motivated to contribute to both team success and business growth.

What's on Offer:

• High-quality work with leading institutional lenders, private equity funds, and corporate borrowers.
• A collaborative and down-to-earth working environment.
• Genuine opportunity for career advancement within a supportive team structure.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities to work closely with our Corporate and Restructuring teams.

How to Apply:
If this vacancy is of interest, please click the apply button. Alternatively, to discuss the role in more detail, contact Ross Roberts on 0114 241 8030 for a confidential conversation or email .
Looking for other career opportunities? Visit our jobs page at www.craconsultants.com/jobs
Company
We are at the forefront of legal recruitment and our team of expert legal recruiters understand the needs of our candidates and clients.
Progression, Case Loads, Expertise
We know that our candidates want progression, manageable case loads, and salaries and benefits which reflect their expertise. We know that their purpose is to help people, work with them to have fair representation, and have ambitious career goals in legal. They want us to work with them to find the best legal jobs.
Integrity, Growth, Brand
Our clients want to run their business within integrity - and that's one of our core values. We work with legal firms to attract and retain the best candidates to help them grow. Brand is something at the heart of the legal sector, so we are focused on advising on employee brand to help with attraction and retention.
All Levels of Legal Recruitment
Whether legal, compliance, company secretarial, policy, qualified or non-qualified, temporary or permanent, our expert legal recruitment consultants have a single market focus. Our clients and candidates testify to how we've helped them find the best legal jobs, and help them grow their legal businesses.
Legal jobs we recruit for

• Solicitors
• Legal Executives
• Paralegals
• Law Graduates
• Legal Secretaries
• Legal Office support
• Locum Lawyers
• Legal Cashiers

For more information and to register with us please click on the link below:
https://www.craconsultants.com/users/register/new/registration
CALL: 0114 2418030
Company info Website Telephone 0114 2418030 Location 51 Clarkegorve Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 2NH
United Kingdom
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