We are looking for a mid to senior level general banking lawyer to join our team.  We have the largest corporate banking team in Yorkshire and are ranked Tier 1 by both Chambers and L500.  We transact a wide range of local, national and international debt transactions including property finance (development and investment), project finance, ABL, acquisition finance, wholesale lending and general corporate finance.

We are keen to recruit someone to fit into and develop with our four partner team.  We offer a unique opportunity to carry out high quality legal work with a completely locally based team in an independent firm based entirely in Leeds where you will have the opportunity to progress and access to senior members of the firm on a daily basis.  

You can find out more about the team and the work they do here.

We are looking for:

• An experienced banking lawyer with 3-8 years PQE.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of your experience though in line with similar tier one Yorkshire firms.
• Earn up to 35% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Paid sabbatical scheme where you can accrue up to 2 weeks’ paid sabbatical over a 2-year period, or 4 weeks’ paid sabbatical over 3 years.
• Billable hours target of 1350 – lower than all our rivals which is reflective of our commitment to giving you the opportunity to develop your legal skills and client network while also offering a good work/life balance
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we'll contribute a minimum of 5% of your salary. 
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working with 40-60% of your time spent in the office. Please speak to the recruitment team to discuss your flexible working preferences.
• Access to BUPA with no excess or compulsory payments.

Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to ask.

Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.