We are always looking for talented people to join us. If you are enthusiastic, pragmatic and want to join our friendly team to achieve your full potential, and help others achieve theirs, we would love to hear from you.

Our Real Estate Team is one of the largest in the Thames Valley and prides itself on providing City quality work outside London. Our exceptional lawyers handle a wide range of property transactions – including the acquisition and disposal of interests in real estate on individual sites and property portfolios, planning, environment and construction work, landlord and tenant matters and taxation and finance issues. We also have a team specialising in property litigation work for commercial and private clients.

The role

As a paralegal in the team you’ll get great experience by assisting qualified lawyers across the transactional (non-contentious) teams. The role is more than simply helping them with administrative tasks, although some occasional admin work will be required. The majority of your time will be spent in client work including: reviewing and reporting on legal documents, undertaking research, preparing reports, drafting correspondence, undertaking company searches, client due diligence, on-line data room management, drafting and filing SDLT returns and assisting exchanges and completions on property transfers. You could find yourself working on any type of property work happening within the team. As your experience develops, you’ll have direct client contact and increasing responsibility.

We think it’s a great starting point to build a quality legal career. Candidates must have a strong academic record including, as a minimum, a 2.1 law degree and be able to commit to a full-time role. You’ll be able to demonstrate a strong intellect, excellent communication skills and a ‘can do’ attitude.

Is this the role for you?

To apply, please submit a detailed CV explaining your availability to start.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Our highly regarded Wills, Trusts & Estates team are looking for a Paralegal to join their friendly team.

You will be joining our Band One recognised Chambers and Legal 500 team and you’ll provide support on a wide range of predominantly non-contentious matters in our busy, professional department.

As a Paralegal in the team you will be undertaking research, drafting correspondence and basic legal documents, liaising with HMRC and the Court, and assisting with estate administration. You will also be required to undertake administrative tasks including managing client files, operating the firm’s case management system, carrying out client due diligence and managing telephone calls and emails.

The role would suit someone with paralegal experience, or someone who is interested in the area and looking to develop their knowledge and understanding.

Your development and the quality of our training are really important to us. To ensure that you receive the best training, supervision and support, in this role you will be required to attend the office on a full time basis initially, dropping to four days a week with one day working from home after successful completion of your probationary period.

Candidates must have a strong academic record including, as a minimum, a 2.1 law degree. You’ll be able to demonstrate a strong intellect, excellent communication skills and a ‘can do’ attitude.

If this role and our firm has sparked your interest, please apply with a copy of your CV.

Full time, Permanent

We are looking to grow our team and have an opportunity for several Corporate solicitors to join our respected 6-partner Corporate team in a range of different levels.

While experience is important, the team place significant emphasis on securing the right person to work alongside their clients and your future #FamilyFSP colleagues. You will of course be technically able and see your future working in private practice corporate law. Solid involvement in areas of practice in keeping with your PQE will also be looked for, but we will equally be happy to develop our new colleague in more unfamiliar areas as desired for your career progression.

What is key, is a friendly, collaborative individual, with the personality and skills to get stuck into the role from the start, help supervise and develop the more junior members of the team and become a trusted ally of both your immediate teammates and the wider firm. Someone who is eager to take on new levels of responsibility and grasp development opportunities when they are offered to them, will be a great fit for this team.

If you have the drive and ability to learn as well as a passion for supporting our corporate clients, please join us for a coffee so we can get to know each other. This is a fabulous opportunity for someone looking to prosper in a hugely supportive team.

The team has a strong pipeline, with a variety of career developing deal activity expected to continue throughout 2023 and beyond.

They handle a broad mix of corporate work with specialist private equity and venture capital, banking and insolvency expertise.  Our clients come from many different sectors and vary in size from start-ups to multi-national businesses. While their typical deal value ranges from £5m to £25m they also assist with smaller and larger deals.

This role will enable you to build your career in a friendly and forward-thinking team which really encourages initiative and personal development. You’ll enjoy plenty of client contact, with support as required, and the opportunity for early responsibility and advancement based on individual merit. The team has a strong support network of personal assistants and dedicated junior level support to ensure work is resourced at the right level meaning there is huge opportunity for a solicitor to advance both their legal experience and achieve wider career goals.  This is an exceptional opportunity to become a part of a friendly yet ambitious team where you will be given the opportunity to actively develop your career whilst working on an exciting and busy caseload of high-quality work.

We are open to considering applications from qualified Solicitors with over 2 years PQE achieved in the England & Wales jurisdiction.

At FSP we are particularly well known for our welcoming and supportive culture. We have a strong social ethos here and joining our ‘FSP Family’ you can be confident you’ll be encouraged and supported throughout your career – our impressive collection of legal minds and creative approach attracts exciting clients and a diversification of work that means that junior and senior lawyers alike are never short of interesting opportunities.  We work as a team, encourage personal development and a healthy work-life balance and look to support our people with their changing lifestyles and expectations.

Our culture is very special and is core to the reason we are one of very few law firms that have been awarded Investors in People Gold (as well as being Lexcel Accredited). We are also passionate about supporting our local community and hold various charitable and social activities across our teams and wider firm throughout the year. Please do read through our FSP Benefits for more detail on what you can expect with this role.

Many of our lawyers currently mix remote working with time in our lovely, modern offices.  We are committed to allowing our people to work from home (if desired) up to 2 days per week on a permanent basis, as part of a range of measures aimed at improving flexibility in the working environment.

If you are interested in the role, please apply via our website with a detailed CV. You can do so easily by emailing your application to [email protected] or via our website.

The team

The team are currently looking to recruit an additional 4+ years PQE solicitor to join their growing team.  We envisage the role suiting someone between 4+ years PQE but candidates outside of this are welcome to apply.  The team is looking for an experienced solicitor who can build their experience working collaboratively on rural matters, whilst also running your own caseload.  This may include more straightforward commercial property transactions should you so wish.

The role

The role offers a significant level of variety and interest.  You will work across a range of work-types, which will include more traditional agricultural property work along with assisting clients with all manner of diversification projects.  Clients will span many areas to attract your interest and you will advise and assist on a wide range of matters connected with rural land including sales and acquisitions of agricultural land and buildings, drafting overage provisions, farm-related tenancy issues including succession rights and surrenders, wayleaves and easements, single farm/basic payment subsidy transfers, property development/investment work, renewable energy projects and more.  You may, from time to time, also get involved in supporting the wider commercial property team.  You will receive good supervision and training, with the opportunity in time to build a name for yourself in a rewarding and specialist discipline. The team will encourage you to get involved in business development opportunities as part of the team and firm generally.

About you

You will ideally be able to demonstrate an interest in the rural sector and an affinity with our clients and contacts.  You will benefit from support and career development from highly regarded and experienced partners with access to cases of a quality hard to find elsewhere in the Thames Valley.  We like to provide tailored and pragmatic solutions for our clients so being able to demonstrate a high level of client care is essential.

If you are interested in our vacancy please apply with a detailed CV.

Our Real Estate team is one of the largest in the Thames Valley and prides itself on providing City quality work outside London. Our exceptional lawyers look after some really great clients dealing with investment transactions, corporate occupier work, real estate finance and strategic land.

The team is looking to recruit an experienced solicitor to look after some of our bigger clients and more complex work. You’ll enjoy working directly with some dynamic and exciting clients and will quickly gain experience in higher value and more complicated work.  This is a great opportunity particularly for someone who is keen to broaden their experience and work within a large real estate team. You should have at least 4 years solid commercial property experience.

If you are interested in our vacancy please apply with a detailed CV and a covering letter/message explaining your interest in the role and availability to start.

NQ to 2 PQE Dispute Resolution solicitor

We are a medium-sized, independent law firm based in Reading.  We are particularly well known for our friendly and supportive culture, which has been a core part of our philosophy since we were founded over 30 years ago. We have a strong social ethos here and joining our ‘Family FSP’ you can be confident you’ll be looked after and supported throughout your career. We are Lexcel accredited and have IIP Gold accreditation.

The team

Our two-partner commercial dispute resolution team boasts some enviable blue-chip clients and a caseload which includes complex domestic and cross-border disputes. They are currently looking to recruit a newly qualified – 2 years PQE solicitor to support them. As part of the team, you’ll build your experience working collaboratively on some challenging disputes while also running your own caseload of more straightforward cases.

The role

The role offers a significant level of variety and interest.  You will work across a range of sectors and work-types, which may include commercial contract disputes, construction, professional indemnity, insolvency disputes, fraud, IP and international arbitration.  Clients will span many sectors, including automotive, financial services, leisure, fisheries, logistics and FMCG.

About you

You’ll need to be resourceful, responsive and resilient, with the ability to grasp new challenges and areas of law quickly and accurately.  You’ll benefit from support and career development from highly regarded and experienced partners and access to cases of a quality hard to find elsewhere in Reading.  We like to provide tailored and pragmatic solutions for our clients so being able to demonstrate a high level of client care is essential.

Anything else?

We have embraced flexible working and will be able to discuss this with you further at interview. With a hybrid policy in place, you will be required to attend the office three days a week as part of this role- to ensure that you receive the best training, supervision and support to further aid the development of your career with the team and FSP generally.

Truly our FSP culture is a supportive one. In addition, we offer 25 days holiday (increasing one day each year in your first five years up to a maximum of 30 days), flexibility on working times thanks to our core hours policy, a generous pension plan and more.

We mean it when we say opportunity for development – you’ll also be encouraged to get involved in business development opportunities as part of the team and firm generally.

If this all sounds like a something you are interested in, apply now!

Our Real Estate team provides legal advice and assistance to a wide range of businesses and other organisations with issues relating to land and property – buying, selling, leasing, financing, issues relating to access and rights of way and so on.

The team are looking for a Team Assistant to support the lawyers in the team by undertaking a range of administrative duties. If you are incredibly organised, this could be you! You aren’t required to have had any experience in the legal sector or have studied Law.

Here are some of the duties the role of Team Assistant includes:

• file opening procedures
• administration of financial matters – invoice generation and other system related activities
• document production – including producing/amending letters from templates, proof- reading and collating enclosures
• managing the compliance and other processes required to set up new client files
• filing, photocopying, scanning, sorting incoming and outgoing post/DX, and other document management tasks
• data room administration
• assisting with billing and other accounting processes and file archiving
• undertaking title checks and land/property searches
• assisting with completion and post-completion tasks
• taking telephone messages and liaising with clients and others on straightforward issues
• assisting with marketing and event administration (mailshots, invitations, feedback collation etc.)
• general administrative tasks

You may also be asked from time to time to get involved in other activities and projects within the team/firm.

Successful candidates will need to be able to demonstrate the following:

• exceptional organisational skills and efficiency;
• strong communication skills;
• a high level of accuracy/attention to detail;
• excellent written English skills (including a strong knowledge of grammar and punctuation);
• strong IT skills, particularly of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel with good typing skills;
• a professional attitude towards work.

If this role sounds like the right fit for you, we look forward to hearing from you!

Job Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), Permanent salary £20,000 (depending on experience)

We’re looking for a mid-level solicitor to join our accomplished employment department. We envisage the role suiting someone between 4-8 years PQE but candidates outside of this are welcome to apply. If you are seeking a fresh challenge where you can drive your career forward alongside some amazing colleagues, please read on as this could be the perfect opportunity for you…

About You 

While experience is important, the people behind this search place significant emphasis on securing the right person to work alongside their clients and existing team members. You will of course be technically able and see your future working in private practice employment law. Solid involvement in areas of practice befitting of your PQE will also be looked for, but we will equally be happy to develop our new colleague in more unfamiliar areas as needed.

What is key, is a friendly, collaborative individual, with the personality and skills to get stuck into the role from the start, help supervise and develop the more junior members of the team, and become a trusted ally of both your immediate teammates and the wider firm. Someone who is keen to take on new levels of responsibility and grasp development opportunities when they are offered to them, will be a great fit for this team.

If you have the drive and ability to learn as well as a passion for practising employment law please come and meet us so we can get to know each other. This is a rare opportunity for someone looking to prosper in a hugely supportive environment.

The Role

Sat within our wider Business Services Team, our employment department boasts one of the largest employment teams in the local area which means your colleagues will include one partner, two senior associates, one associate and two solicitors. Your day-to-day work will involve a mix of contentious and non-contentious matters, acting predominantly for businesses, but also for private individuals on the full spectrum of employment law matters.

When you are not advising clients, you will be playing an active part in the team’s business development activities, including presenting at seminars, hosting training workshops, networking events, and writing articles for our monthly E-Bulletin.

This is an exceptional opportunity to become a part of a friendly yet ambitious team where you will be given the opportunity to actively develop your career whilst working on an exciting and busy caseload of high-quality work.

Joining FSP

At FSP we are particularly well known for our welcoming and supportive culture. We have a strong social ethos here and joining our ‘FSP Family’ you can be confident you’ll be looked after throughout your career and you will certainly never be bored – our impressive collection of legal minds and creative approach attracts exciting clients and a diversification of work that means that junior and senior lawyers alike are never short of interesting and challenging things to keep them busy. We work as a team, encourage personal development and a healthy work-life balance and look to support our people with their changing lifestyles and expectations.

Our culture is very special and is core to the reason we are one of very few law firms that have been awarded Investors in People Gold (as well as being Lexcel Accredited). We are also passionate about supporting our local community and hold a number of charitable and social activities across our teams and wider firm throughout the year. Please do read through our FSP Benefits below for more detail on what you can expect with this role.

This role is being advertised as full time due to the volume of work available, however we are happy to consider applications from those wishing to work part time hours.

Here’s an idea of the type of person we’re looking for and what the role involves:

• You’ll have a strong background in a range of Commercial & Technology work
• Track record of advising on significant technology projects, including cloud computing, app development, business process outsourcing, data protection, cyber security and technology matters
• Significant involvement in business development
• Presenting and pitching for work with larger corporates
• Working with autonomy – collaborating with peers and others for discussion/review on larger matters
• Commercial acumen in your work
• Most likely you’ll be 5 years PQE+ or similar experience