Careers at Farleys

Are you looking for your next career move in a friendly, yet focused law firm?

We have a number of opportunities across our regional team for Corporate and/or Commercial Solicitors to join our growing team here at Farleys.

We are not your stereotypical law firm and we pride ourselves on our approach – legal expertise with a down to earth approach.  Our team are the essence of that.   Find out more about why our people choose to work for us: Working at Farleys

The successful candidates will have a proven track record in corporate / commercial law (>3 years PQE) and will be able to demonstrate strong technical expertise, excellent client care and interpersonal skills.

You will have experience of private company and asset sales and acquisitions, joint venture / shareholder agreements, commercial contracts and private company reorganisations, and the ability to manage a complex caseload from inception to completion.

Working closely with colleagues across our regional commercial team, you will act for a wide range of business clients across the North West, and nationally, and will also be encouraged to take an active involvement in business development activities, building client relationships and helping to grow our already well-established firm.

With positions available in Manchester, Preston and Blackburn, there are fantastic long-term prospects to develop your career at Farleys, and this role is a great opportunity to play a key part in the continued success of our team.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter via the ‘Apply Now’ button below, telling us more about you, your experience and what you can bring to the role.

Are you looking for your next career move in a friendly, yet focused law firm?

We have an exciting opportunity for an Insolvency / Litigation solicitor to join our growing team in Preston.

We are not your stereotypical law firm and we pride ourselves on our legal expertise with a down to earth approach. Our team are the essence of that. Find out more about why our people choose
to work for us: Working at Farleys

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in insolvency and litigation (>4 years PQE) with the following essential experience:

• Corporate and personal insolvency with more experience of contentious insolvency rather than non-contentious insolvency preferred
• Debt recovery
• Director / shareholder disputes
• Commercial litigation disputes

Other advantageous experience would include:

• Director disqualification cases
• Finance litigation
• Property litigation
• Landlord and tenant matters
• Contentious probate

You will also be able to demonstrate strong technical expertise, excellent client care and interpersonal skills. Working closely with colleagues across our regional team, you will act for a wide range of clients across the North West, and nationally, and will also be encouraged to take an active involvement in business development activities, building client relationships and helping to grow our already well-established firm.

There are fantastic long-term prospects to develop your career at Farleys, and this role is a great opportunity to play a key part in the continued success of our team.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter via the ‘Apply Now’ button below, telling us more about you, your experience and what you can bring to the role.

Location: This role can be based out of any of our Lancashire based offices

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Are you looking for your next career move in a friendly, yet focused law firm?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Private Client Solicitor or Legal Executive to join our growing regional team here at Farleys.

We are not your stereotypical law firm and we pride ourselves on our legal expertise with a down to earth approach. Our team are the essence of that. Find out more about why our people choose to work for us: Working at Farleys

The successful candidate will be a Solicitor or Legal Executive with experience of dealing with wills, probate, trusts, estate/tax planning, Court of Protection, and Lasting Power of Attorney matters.

Working closely with colleagues across our regional team, you will act for a wide range of private clients across the North West and will be able to demonstrate strong technical expertise, excellent client care and interpersonal skills

There are fantastic long-term prospects to develop your career at Farleys, and this role is a great opportunity to play a key part in the continued success of our team.

This role can be based out of any of our Lancashire offices.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter for attention of Philip Taylor via the ‘Apply Now’ button below, telling us more about you, your experience and what you can bring to the role.

Role:  Solicitor – Abuse Law
Location: Manchester city centre
Salary: Commensurate with experience

We have an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified solicitor to join our abuse claims team, based out of our Manchester city centre offices.

Previous experience of abuse claims is not essential though some background in litigation would be helpful. The successful candidate will have an interest in social services cases / abuse claims/ inquests and be keen to learn.

You will initially work alongside a Partner to learn and progress before taking on your own varied caseload of abuse claims.

Overall, we are looking for people who demonstrate excellent client care and interpersonal skills and who will work as part of our wider team to deliver exceptional client experience.

We are not your stereotypical law firm and we pride ourselves on our legal expertise with a down to earth approach. Our team are the essence of that.

Find out more about why our people choose to work for us here: Working at Farleys.

There are fantastic long-term prospects to develop your career at Farleys, and the role is a great opportunity to play a key part in the continued success of our team.

What we can offer you in return:

• Competitive salary
• 28 Days Holiday (including bank holidays), with an extra day holiday per year of service (up to an additional 5 extra days)
• Your birthday off!
• Ongoing training and development, and opportunities for progression
• Annual firmwide social events x 2, including internal staff awards
• Workplace pension
• Recruitment and legal department referrals (subject to T&C’s)

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter via the ‘Apply Now’ button below, telling us more about you, your experience and what you can bring to the role.

For any enquiries about this, or any other vacancies we have please contact our team on: careers@farleys.com.

Role: Paralegal – Abuse & Inquests
Location: Manchester city centre
Salary: Commensurate with experience

Farleys are currently looking to recruit a paralegal or legal assistant to join our abuse and inquests team, working as an assistant to the partner and head of department.

The role would suit someone who is looking to start out their career in law as an aspiring trainee solicitor or paralegal, getting real, on the job experience in our busy team.  This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in high-value claims and high profile matters, such as the football abuse and grooming scandals.

The successful candidate will carry out a wide range of tasks, including but not limited to:

• Liaison with clients, external counsel and medical experts
• Research tasks
• Completing CICA and Legal Aid applications
• Taking new instructions
• Conduct of fee earning work
• General administrative tasks and diary management.

The ideal candidate will be a confident and ambitious team player, and keen to progress in this area of law.

There are fantastic long-term prospects to develop your career at Farleys and we are confident we can offer you a supportive environment to flourish in. This role is a great opportunity to play a key part in the continued success of our team.

If you feel you meet the above criteria and would like to apply for the role please submit a CV and covering letter via the ‘Apply Now’ button below, telling us more about you, your experience and what you can bring to the role.

What we can offer you in return:

• Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
• 28 Days Holiday (including bank holidays), with an extra day holiday per year of service (up to an additional 5 extra days)
• Your birthday off!
• Ongoing training and development, and opportunities for progression
• Annual firmwide social events x 2, including internal staff awards
• Workplace pension
• Recruitment and legal department referrals (subject to T&C’s)

Find out more about why our people choose to work for us here: Working at Farleys.

For any further enquiries about this role, or any other vacancies that we currently have, please contact our team on: careers@farleys.com.

Legal Secretary
Location: Blackburn (Shadsworth Business Park)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

We are looking to recruit a legal secretary to assist our firm’s busy property department, based in our commercial offices in Blackburn on Shadsworth Business Park

The successful candidate will provide full support to commercial property fee earners as required including preparing correspondence and documents, general file management administration, Companies House forms and applications, Land Registry searches, submitting applications online, preparing SDLT forms and other property related tasks.

We’re therefore looking for someone motivated and used to working in a busy, fast paced environment, proactive and personable and someone who will work as part of a wider team to deliver exceptional client service.

The role is a full-time position (Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm).

We offer a friendly, yet focused environment here at Farleys.  We are not your stereotypical law firm and we pride ourselves on our legal expertise with a down to earth approach…and our team are the essence of that.   Find out more about why our people choose to work for us  Working for Farleys.

What we can offer you in return:

• Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
• 28 Days Holiday (including bank holidays), with an extra day holiday per year of service (up to an additional 5 extra days)
• Your birthday off!
• Ongoing training and development, and opportunities for progression
• Annual firmwide social events x 2, including internal staff awards
• Workplace pension
• Recruitment and legal department referrals (subject to T&C’s)

Sound like the sort of role you are looking for?   We want to hear from you!  If you meet the above criteria and would like to apply for the role please submit your CV and covering email.