Eaton Smith is a strong, modern, forward-thinking, award-winning Yorkshire law firm that continues to grow and develop. Our large team of solicitors and other legal advisors have been using their extensive experience to get results for both individuals and businesses for many years, throughout the region, across the UK and internationally.
We provide a full range of services to both businesses and private individuals and each year we help over 6,000 individuals and businesses who value our practical support and advice.
Eaton Smith’s highly regarded Business Services Team advises on starting out in business through to high profile corporate and international transactions, helping businesses with trading agreements, internet trading, business structures, reorganisations, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, investments, intellectual property, employment law, property, debt collection and disputes.
Our private client teams of legal professionals have an extensive range of skills and experience to offer our clients, who also enjoy the added benefit of dealing with a firm that is large enough to provide specialists in the many areas of legal issues that we cover including family matters, employment problems, house purchases and sales, wills, trusts and probate, personal injury, medical negligence and dispute resolution.
We are proud to have been nominated for and won multiple awards over the years, including the award for Best Legal Service Supplier for the video games industry for a second time in three years at the national TIGA Games Industry Awards in 2022, having previously won the award in 2020. We were also shortlisted in both 2021 and 2023.
In 2022, our Corporate & Commercial team were honoured to win the award for the ‘Team of the Year – Business Law’ at the LawNet Awards and in 2023 our Commercial Property team were shortlisted for the same Business Law category. In 2023 our Corporate & Commercial team were shortlisted in the Corporate & Commercial category of the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards.
We are members of LawNet, a national group of quality assured law firms who must all hold and maintain the ISO 9001 quality standard, something that we are very proud to do.
Working at Eaton Smith means you will not only work with experienced and competent lawyers and legal advisors, but will also enjoy a range of excellent employee benefits, including:
Holidays:
Minimum of 24 days’ holiday plus bank holidays;
Birthday holiday and additional days at Christmas;
Extra days of holiday are accrued after 5 years at 1 day per year up to 5 extra days (taking you to 29 days at 10 years);
Buy/Sell holidays – Option to buy or sell annual leave each year;
Group Pension Scheme:
4% Employer/5% Employee with the option to make additional contributions. Life Assurance:
3 x Annual Salary in the unfortunate event of death in service. Perkbox Membership:
Employee Discounts on hundreds of high street stores. Eaton Smith Solicitors have some exciting opportunities available - if you think you have what it takes to join our team, we would love to hear from you! The vacancies available include: Vacancy
Job ID: CORP3 Closing Date: 28/02/2025 Position:
Corporate Solicitor 3 Years+ PQE (Or Equivalent Experience) Department: Corporate
Overview
Due to continued success, our award-winning, dynamic, Corporate & Commercial team with a vast array of regional, national and international business clients and specialisms is seeking an ambitious and experienced Corporate Solicitor with a minimum of 3 years PQE (or equivalent experience) to further strengthen the team and build upon achievements. You will be joining a very experienced and collaborative team. The work undertaken by our Corporate & Commercial team is exciting and diverse, it’s challenging and fulfilling. If you join our team there is no doubt that you will find yourself working with great people, both in and out of the firm, you will also find yourself working with games developers and other businesses around the world and on transactions which have, in recent years, ranged from small to over £100m. You will use your experience to advise clients based in the region and further afield both in the UK and abroad on all aspects of Corporate law. Clients include some of the most successful and exciting businesses in the region and beyond, across a range of sectors. The services the Corporate and Commercial team offer to clients are wide-ranging. Corporate work would include, but not be limited to, share and asset sales/purchases, mergers, demergers, corporate restructures, share buybacks, shareholder agreements, share incentive schemes, partnership agreements, investments, secured lending and company constitutional activities. The Corporate & Commercial team at Eaton Smith are well established and have an excellent reputation in the UK and overseas. In 2022, they were the proud winners of the ‘Team of the Year – Business Law Award’ from LawNet, a network of 80+ law firms across the UK. The team were recognised for all work but, in particular, the huge range of transactions that they work upon and their nationally recognised work in the video games industry, such work forming some of the activities that the successful candidate would be involved in. Just a few months later, the team was incredibly proud to have been announced as winners for the second time of the Best Legal Services Supplier category at the TIGA Awards 2022, a national award in the video games sector which the team were proud to also win in 2020 and for which they were shortlisted for in 2023. Eaton Smith LLP is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment and in which all decisions are based on merit. We aim to ensure that all staff are treated and treat others with dignity and respect. 14 High Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 2HA
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4% Employer/5% Employee with the option to make additional contributions. Life Assurance:
3 x Annual Salary in the unfortunate event of death in service. Perkbox Membership:
Employee Discounts on hundreds of high street stores. Eaton Smith Solicitors have some exciting opportunities available - if you think you have what it takes to join our team, we would love to hear from you! The vacancies available include: Vacancy
Job ID: CORP3 Closing Date: 28/02/2025 Position:
Corporate Solicitor 3 Years+ PQE (Or Equivalent Experience) Department: Corporate
Overview
Due to continued success, our award-winning, dynamic, Corporate & Commercial team with a vast array of regional, national and international business clients and specialisms is seeking an ambitious and experienced Corporate Solicitor with a minimum of 3 years PQE (or equivalent experience) to further strengthen the team and build upon achievements. You will be joining a very experienced and collaborative team. The work undertaken by our Corporate & Commercial team is exciting and diverse, it’s challenging and fulfilling. If you join our team there is no doubt that you will find yourself working with great people, both in and out of the firm, you will also find yourself working with games developers and other businesses around the world and on transactions which have, in recent years, ranged from small to over £100m. You will use your experience to advise clients based in the region and further afield both in the UK and abroad on all aspects of Corporate law. Clients include some of the most successful and exciting businesses in the region and beyond, across a range of sectors. The services the Corporate and Commercial team offer to clients are wide-ranging. Corporate work would include, but not be limited to, share and asset sales/purchases, mergers, demergers, corporate restructures, share buybacks, shareholder agreements, share incentive schemes, partnership agreements, investments, secured lending and company constitutional activities. The Corporate & Commercial team at Eaton Smith are well established and have an excellent reputation in the UK and overseas. In 2022, they were the proud winners of the ‘Team of the Year – Business Law Award’ from LawNet, a network of 80+ law firms across the UK. The team were recognised for all work but, in particular, the huge range of transactions that they work upon and their nationally recognised work in the video games industry, such work forming some of the activities that the successful candidate would be involved in. Just a few months later, the team was incredibly proud to have been announced as winners for the second time of the Best Legal Services Supplier category at the TIGA Awards 2022, a national award in the video games sector which the team were proud to also win in 2020 and for which they were shortlisted for in 2023. Eaton Smith LLP is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment and in which all decisions are based on merit. We aim to ensure that all staff are treated and treat others with dignity and respect. 14 High Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 2HA
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