We have ambitious plans to grow the business and welcome approaches from experienced lawyers (from the UK and abroad) in all practice areas who are keen to work within an enterprising environment where their contribution will be recognised and rewarded.
We have exciting plans to grow the business and welcome approaches from experienced lawyers from the UK and abroad.
We are happy to speak to legal professionals across all practice areas who are keep to work in an ambitious environment where their contribution will be recognised and rewarded.
You are proactive in identifying and acting upon work opportunities.
Beyond legal expertise, you are commercially savvy and curious about your client’s business objectives.
You value client relationships above all else and are willing to be there for them in their most challenging moments.
You think outside the box and have the capability to identify creative solutions to client problems, where appropriate.
You work autonomously and own your workload; and you’re eager to collaborate with other team members across other practice areas.
An established and trusted legal platform operating on an international scale.
A global portfolio of strong client relationships.
A foundation of technological and organisation resources that you can rely on.
Marketing support to help amplify your capabilities to you target clients.
Negotiated working conditions (e.g. flexible, hybrid, remote) to help you find your balance.
A friendly and supportive working environment where your successes will be celebrated.
Get in touch with our team for a discreet and confidential discussion.
Are you looking to return to legal practice after a career break or extended maternity leave?
Would you like to maintain a balance that allows you to keep one foot in your home life and one foot in driving forward your legal career?
Needle offers a range of alternative career options to help you continue to thrive professionally without feeling that you have to compromise.
Get in touch with our team for a discreet and confidential discussion.
Whether you’re looking to apply to train with our team, or you’ve recently finished your training and you’re looking for an environment where you can really establish yourself we’d be delighted to hear from you.
An enthusiastic and open attitude to working across a range of different practice areas.
A growth mindset, strong work ethic, and resilient attitude.
Confidence in your ability to engage directly with clients and their businesses.
Commitment to the idea of becoming a well rounded legal advisor - providing rounded commercial support beyond the legal and academic.
Needle is a uniquely positioned firm offering early career lawyers the ability to engage with an established and engaged client base across a range of high-value and substantial matters.
At the same time, the firm maintains a welcoming and supportive environment for early career lawyers with direct support and supervision from experienced senior team members.
We pride ourselves on offering early career candidates:
The ability to contribute to (and be recognised for the contributions to) impactful, high-value and meaningful work.
The opportunity to engage with clients directly under supervision.
A range of different seats - engaging with substantial and high-value matters across the board.
The platform to develop your own unique identity as a professional and a lawyer.
Contact our team to express an interest in a role with the firm.
Our business services professionals support our legal team by ensuring the business platform they have available to them runs smoothly and seamlessly.
We are a small, agile and optimised firm by design. Despite this we always welcome interest and applications from exceptional candidates with a proven track record of supporting excellence in the legal profession.
We welcome applications from skilled candidates, even when roles are not expressly advertised.
We’ll happily keep information on file and refer to it as and when opportunities become available.
We invite all applicants to take the time to research and develop an understanding of Needle, and explore our culture, values and recent results.
Please note that: 1) we are only accepting applications for office-based roles in Leeds (we are happy to consider non-office based roles elsewhere i.e. international lawyers or otherwise); 2) we receive many applications and may not be able to respond to each applicant individually.
We do not have any open positions at the moment, however, do get in touch if you feel you have something interesting to bring to the team.
At this time, practice areas of particular interest to the firm’s plans for growth include: Family Law, Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property, Employment & HR - as well as established International lawyers.
We would also be interested to hear from barristers who feel that they can bring unique capability and contributions to the firm.
It is our policy to not accept submissions on behalf of candidates that are not made directly.
Needle is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
All applications will be assessed according to an individual’s personal capability and suitability to carry out a particular job or role regardless of that applicant’s: race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or marital status.
