Jobs at Bates Wells

Supports the Charity & Social Enterprise team’s business development and marketing strategy within a law firm. Responsibilities include producing RFP responses and pitch materials, delivering campaigns and events, supporting business plans, managing commercial partnerships, using data to improve performance, and creating website and social media content. The role advises senior stakeholders, builds client and market relationships, and contributes to revenue growth and innovative services.

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.

Manage risk and compliance operations for a law firm, including client onboarding, conflicts analysis, AML, sanctions and adverse media screening, ongoing monitoring, high-risk registers, regulatory compliance, policy development and training. The role supervises onboarding activities, resolves escalated issues, supports SRA regulatory returns, maintains compliance records, and advises colleagues on legal and regulatory matters.

Employment Associate advising charities, not-for-profits, and commercial clients on contentious and advisory employment matters, including discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE, restructures, investigations, industrial relations, and employment status. The role involves direct client management, advocacy, negotiation, supervision, relationship development, and business development. Candidates must be UK-qualified lawyers with at least four years’ post-qualification experience and strong employment law expertise.

Leads end-to-end emerging talent recruitment for solicitor apprenticeships, vacation schemes, and training contracts. Coordinates candidate screening, assessments, interviews, offers, onboarding, stakeholder communications, recruitment data, EDI reporting, and vacation scheme logistics. Manages university and external partner relationships, represents the firm at recruitment events, supports employer branding, and maintains effective recruitment processes during a nine-month maternity cover period.