Stone King LLP
Stone King LLP
201 – 500 Employees
CharityConsultingLegal
Stone King LLP is a UK law firm serving private clients, businesses, charities, and education organisations. Its practice includes charity law, education law, private client matters, and business law, with an emphasis on understanding each client’s circumstances and delivering tailored, commercially focused legal advice. The firm presents its work as collaborative and personable, building strong working relationships to help clients address complex legal needs.

Associate Solicitor – Education, Stone King LLP (Hybrid)

Qualified solicitor advising independent schools and education organisations on mergers, acquisitions and strategic matters. Join Stone King LLP’s established Education practice while helping develop junior lawyers.

Description

  • Direct complex projects, transactions and strategic initiatives from planning through completion
  • Deliver strong client care, commercially sound advice and disciplined matter management
  • Track chargeable and non-chargeable work, review performance, oversee budgets, and improve profitability and efficiency
  • Develop trusted, lasting relationships with clients
  • Pursue new business and uncover opportunities for broader support and growth
  • Provide corporate transaction, M&A and strategic-project advice to education-sector clients
  • Contribute to matters involving education and charity organisations
  • Guide junior colleagues through supervision, mentoring, development and effective delegation
  • Work across teams and the wider firm to provide coordinated, sector-focused advice
  • Drive business development through networking, thought leadership, marketing, seminars, workshops, pitches and tenders
  • Explore new markets, service offerings, opportunities and creative solutions for clients
  • Communicate clearly and constructively with clients, colleagues and stakeholders
  • Uphold high standards of technical quality and client service
  • Meet all applicable legal, regulatory and professional obligations
  • Maintain current knowledge of legal, regulatory and market changes through ongoing professional development

Requirements

  • Admission as a qualified solicitor
  • Relevant experience handling corporate or education-sector M&A transactions
  • Genuine interest in education law and independent schools
  • Background supervising and supporting the development of colleagues
  • Demonstrated involvement in proactive business development and marketing
  • Evidence of creating new revenue opportunities
  • Ability to represent the firm and promote complementary specialisms internally and externally
  • Experience contributing to seminars and networking events, delivering workshops, and supporting pitches or tenders
  • Well-organised, technically capable and able to lead
  • Clear and effective communication skills
  • Track record of independently managing projects and collaborating across teams
  • Strong organisation and financial discipline, including accurate time recording, effective billing and cost awareness
  • Confident stakeholder manager who can offer constructive challenge
  • Practical, solutions-led mindset with a focus on better processes and outcomes
  • Strong ownership of responsibilities and task management
  • Excellent written and spoken communication
  • Flexible approach to workload management and supporting colleagues
  • Collaborative, team-first working style

Benefits

  • Competitive remuneration
  • Profit Share Scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance worth four times salary
  • Pension scheme
  • 28 days of annual leave plus statutory UK holidays
  • One additional day each year for CSR activities

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