Head of Corporate

Head of Corporate - Leadership Role

• Location: Cardiff / Hybrid / Remote
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Competitive / Generous

Join a firm that combines fresh forward-thinking with a client-focused approach, in a new, high-impact leadership role designed to accelerate growth within their Corporate Team and the wider firm. This position offers a rare opportunity for an ambitious corporate solicitor to shape, build, and lead our corporate team, driving the firm's long-term success.

• Lead and grow the corporate practice, focusing on client origination and revenue generation.
• Develop and execute a business development strategy aligned with the firm-wide goals.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, referrers, and intermediaries.
• Lead pitches, tenders, and panel appointments to strengthen our market position.
• Identify cross-selling opportunities and expand client relationships across the firm.
• Act as the lead adviser on high-value, complex corporate transactions.
• Provide strategic, commercially focused advice to founders and boards.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and profitable legal services.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing corporate team.
• Support recruitment, succession planning, and long-term team growth.
• Take responsibility for financial performance, pricing, and profitability.
• Contribute to firm-wide strategy while championing the firm's culture and values.

• Proven revenue generator with a strong client base, referrer network, or sustained business development track record.
• Experience operating at Legal Director, Partner, or equivalent senior level within a corporate practice.
• Demonstrated ability to drive new client acquisition, account growth, and market opportunities.
• Effective departmental leader, shaping strategy, mentoring lawyers, and setting standards.
• Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, budgeting, and profitability management.
• Experience in contributing to departmental leadership, including hiring, growth strategy, and market positioning.

• Competitive annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays, additional personal day, birthday off, and a paid day during the Christmas break.
• Option to buy up to 3 extra days of leave annually.
• Discounted gym memberships.
• Opportunities for learning and advancement.
• Milestone recognition and awards.
• Participation in various networking, corporate, and charity events.
• Access to a company vehicle for work-related travel.
• Private medical insurance.
• Death in Service benefit.