Legal Jobs in Manchester & North West

Manchester is the UK's second legal city — a dynamic market that has attracted national and international law firms at pace over the past decade. The city's combination of world-class universities, a low cost base relative to London, and a thriving business community makes it one of the most exciting legal markets in the UK right now.

Austen Lloyd places solicitors at all levels across Greater Manchester and the wider North West region, including Liverpool, Chester, Preston, and Lancaster. We work with full-service nationals, leading regionals, and an increasingly active in-house community across MediaCityUK, the Northern Powerhouse development zone, and Manchester's established financial services sector.

The Manchester legal market features a number of the UK's strongest regional and national firms, including DWF, Weightmans, Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds Sutherland, and Hill Dickinson. Meanwhile, Liverpool has its own active market anchored by insurance, marine, and personal injury law, alongside a growing corporate and commercial sector.

Strong practice areas in the North West include Corporate & Commercial, Employment, Real Estate, Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence, and Financial Services Regulation. The fintech and media industries centred on MediaCityUK are generating increasing demand for commercial and IP solicitors in-house.