Moving to the regions: Birmingham

Juli 24, 2024

why WATCH our SESSIon:

  • Get practical advice about living and working in Birmingham
  • Understand the local job market
  • Learn about benefits and drawbacks to practising law in Birmingham compared to London

Whether you are considering a career move or just embarking on your legal journey, our session on how to succeed as a legal professional in Birmingham offers practical tips and guidance on the unique challenges and opportunities that come with working at a regional law firm.

Our guest speakers Jenny Farrington, Senior Associate, Gowling WLG, and Joel Nixon, Corporate Partner, Higgs LLP, discuss their own journeys and share advice in a Q&A format with the session hosts James Brewster, Director, Taylor Root, and Chloe Matthews, Associate Director, Taylor Root.

MEET YOUr SPEakers

Jenny Farrington

Senior Associate
Gowling WLG
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Jenny is a Birmingham based Senior Associate in the Commercial, Development and Investment team at Gowling WLG. Jenny has over seven years‘ experience in the real estate sector and has spent time working in both private practice and in-house.

Jenny joined Gowling WLG in 2022. Prior to this she was in-house Legal Counsel at Related Argent in London. 

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Joel Nixon

Corporate Partner
Higgs LLP
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Joel is a Corporate Partner at Higgs LLP. He has a wealth of experience advising clients in the private, third and public sector across a variety of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, disposals, reorganisations and joint ventures, as well as commercial contracting and projects.

Joel advises across all sectors, with a particular specialism in manufacturing and health & social care.

James brewster

Director | Head of Midlands | Law Firms
Taylor Root
jamesbrewster@taylorroot.com
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Chloe Matthews

Associate Director| Law Firms
Taylor Root
chloematthews@taylorroot.com
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in-house legal Jobs

  • Financial services (in-house)

Legal Counsel Regulatory

Leading trading platform seeking regulatory legal counsel. You will be integral to the business and assist on all regulatory matters and provide commercially focussed regulatory advice in relation to the products and services offered. This will include supporting the clearing house and across teams in the business, such as Regulation & Compliance, Market Access, Market […]
  • Salary Competitive benefits package
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 8 Stunden
  • Transport

Legal Manager Labour Law (m/w/d)

Unser Mandant ist ein global führendes Logistikunternehmen mit Hauptsitz in den Vereinigten Staaten, das schnelle und zuverlässige Versandlösungen für Unternehmen und Privatkunden weltweit anbietet. Ihre Aufgaben: Verstärken Sie das internationale Legal Team als Legal Manager Labour Law (m/w/d) am Standort Köln. In dieser Schlüsselrolle leiten Sie ein Team von Juristen und sind verantwortlich für die […]
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 2 Tagen
  • Asset management

Derivatives Legal Counsel, VP, 2+

This leader in wealth management is looking to appoint an experienced derivatives lawyer to its EMEA Trading and Derivatives Legal Team. In this role you will advise on a broad range of products including cash equities, OTC, repos, prime brokerage, securities, futures, FX, exchanged traded derivatives foreign exchange and digital/crypto assets. You will have trained […]
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 2 Tagen
  • Technology (In-house)

Legal Counsel

Our client, a leading FMCG client is seeking a mid-level Legal Counsel with 5-7 years of post-qualification experience within digital, IP and data privacy, to be based in their Riyadh office. The ideal candidate must be licensed to practice law in Saudi Arabia and should have a strong background in digital law, with a focus […]
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 3 Tagen
  • Pharmaceuticals/life sciences

Executive Assistant to the Board

We are working with a large FTSE 100 organisation on a unique EA to the Board and GC/CoSec permanent position to be based in their London office. This role requires an experienced EA with a strong corporate and company secretarial background, supporting the EVP and their team and to carry out specific support with departmental […]
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 4 Tagen
  • Manufacturing

Senior Legal Counsel EMEA (m/w/d)

Unser Kunde ist ein global tätiges Industrieunternehmen mit HQ in Österreich. Ihre Aufgaben: Verstärken Sie das internationale Legal Team als Senior Legal Counsel EMEA (m/w/d) am Standort Wiesbaden. In dieser spannenden Position sind Sie Hauptansprechpartner:in für das stets wachsende Business in Deutschland. Darüber hinaus sind Sie auch in internationale Projekte in der EMEA-Region eingebunden. Sie […]
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 5 Tagen
  • Financial services (in-house)

Interim Company Secretary

We are working with an international Financial Services firm who are looking for an interim Company Secretary to join their Governance function on a six-month fixed-term contract. In which, there is a strong possibility for this position to become permanent. You’ll report to the Chief Risk Officer, providing comprehensive secretarial support to the Board and […]
  • Salary £120000 – £140000 per annum
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 6 Tagen
  • Services

Legal Counsel (m/w/d)

Unser Kunde ist ein global tätiger Dienstleister in den Bereichen Personalbeschaffung, Recruitment, Outsourcing sowie HR- und Personalberatung. Ihre Aufgaben: Verstärken Sie das internationale Legal Team als Legal Consel (m/w/d) am Standort Düsseldorf. In dieser Position beraten Sie zu verschiedenen Rechtsthemen wie Commercial und Datenschutz und übernehmen die fachliche und disziplinarische Leitung eines Mitarbeiters. Darüber hinaus […]
  • Salary 30 days holiday
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 6 Tagen

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