We are always interested in talented individuals who share our commitment to public law and delivering high-quality, practical advice.
At Sharpe Pritchard, we are proud of our collaborative, supportive culture and our focus on helping our people build meaningful and rewarding careers. We offer opportunities to work on complex, high-profile matters while developing professionally within a forward-thinking and purpose led firm.
If you are looking to join a firm where high profile public law is at the heart of what we do, apply with your CV and covering letter to vacancies@sharpepritchard.co.uk.
In addition to working for a national firm that is at the forefront of public law, you will experience a friendly and collegiate team atmosphere where agile working across core teams is encouraged.
Flexible working is not a dirty word. We want the very best to join the firm and we want you to stay. We recognise that everyone has different needs and responsibilities at different times in our lives and flexibility can be necessary.
We are committed to ongoing professional development through established providers such as MBL who offer a range of technical and soft skills training.
We believe the best organisations are those that listen to their employees from across the business. There are regular staff briefings to keep staff up to date on key developments within the company, supported by monthly newsletters. More importantly, we want to hear from you. We actively respond to firm-wide engagement surveys. We have an active junior board who meet regularly to help shape how we do business and membership in encouraged from across our teams. We also have an active social and CSR committee who put on social and charity events across the year.
We are always looking to grow our successful public law team. We offer the highest calibre work within a friendly and talented team of specialist solicitors together with structured career progression, competitive salaries and benefits.
You will be a solicitor who provides clear, sensible, client-focussed advice and who has excellent communication skills, inspiring confidence in your clients. You will be able to demonstrate an active interest in marketing and business development.
As I’m sure many of my colleagues will say, there really is no such thing as a typical day, which is what keeps it so interesting!
Spend Five Minutes getting to know Partner, Emily Knowles.
Good communication and focus is key. Know your audience, stay locked in, and be conscious of how your message will land.
Spend Five Minutes getting to know Partner, Bernadette Hillman.
Follow your instincts when it comes to the sort of work you want to do and the type of organisation you want to work for. And make sure you are ready to adapt to and work with new technology.
Spend Five Minutes getting to know Partner, Alastair Lewis.
One of the things I enjoy most about my role is that there really isn’t a typical day. I might start the morning discussing the governance of a regeneration project, spend lunchtime looking at the legal structure for a new partnership, and end the day in a board meeting helping directors work through a strategic decision. No two days are ever quite the same, which keeps the job interesting.
Spend Five Minutes Getting to know Partner, Peter Collins.
I joined Sharpe Pritchard because I wanted to experience a wide range of legal disciplines, but did not want to be anonymous at a large firm. I wanted to train and work where you are a valued member of the team and can see your work make a real difference, but also where it is understood that members of staff have lives outside of the office. It’s an extremely friendly atmosphere and the working culture, as well as flexible working initiatives, are unbeatable.
Ryan Copeland, (Trainee Solicitor 2017-2019) now a Partner
I joined Sharpe Pritchard from a large international firm in the City, and I’ve now been here for about eight months. I’d enjoyed working at my previous firm and gained some great experience, but it had become increasingly clear to me that, now that I have a young family, I didn’t want to be travelling frequently and chasing international work. I’d also started to feel a little anonymous in such a big organisation, and wanted to be part of a firm where I could get to know everybody.
David Owens, Partner
I’ve been at Sharpe Pritchard for nearly 13 years, having started here as a trainee solicitor. The main draw for me was (and still is) its public sector focus and I must admit I was very curious to find out what “parliamentary agents” do, so I was very pleased when one of them took the trainees on a tour of the House of Commons to show us just that!
Juli Lau, Partner
If you are looking to join a firm where high profile public law is at the heart of what we do, apply with your CV and covering letter to vacancies@sharpepritchard.co.uk
