Company: JMC Legal Recruitment
Location: London
Job Description:
Overview
Senior Commercial lawyer with a strong Owner-Managed Business network joins a leading national law firm in London to grow a dedicated OMB offering. You will develop a substantial practice with entrepreneurial clients, supported by a national platform and no fixed following threshold for partnership. Expect cross-firm collaboration to broaden client relationships across Corporate, Real Estate, Employment, and others while shaping the OMB ecosystem. This role offers a clear path to partnership through proven business generation and strategic leadership.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage an Owner-Managed Business client base
- Advise entrepreneurs, family-owned and privately held companies on commercial matters
- Cross-sell and introduce clients to colleagues across firm practice areas
- Play a leadership role in growing the London OMB offering
- Build long-term client relationships and generate referrals
- Participate in business development activities and market presence
- Support wider OMB ecosystem development and collaboration across departments
Key requirements
- 8+ PQE with strong Commercial experience
- Established OMB network and client base
- Proven track record of generating work and client referrals
- Broad Commercial experience across areas like contracts, tech/IP, data protection, competition, franchising
- Commercially minded, entrepreneurial, proactive, and relationship-driven
- Ambitious about building a substantial practice and progressing to partnership
- Collaborative and sector-agnostic with willingness to introduce clients to the firm
- relationship-building
- business development
- networking
- commercial contracts
- technology and IT agreements
- outsourcing
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Posted: October 10th, 2026