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Posted 12 August, 2026

New: Commercial & IP Solicitor (NQ), £53,000, leading national firm, Edinburgh

QED Legal
Glasgow, SCT, GB Full Time

Job Description

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  • You'd be joining a growing Commercial & IP team at a leading firm, qualifying directly into your preferred practice area rather than taking an NQ role in a different practice area and hoping to move across later.
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  • Here's what makes this rare: Commercial & IP is the most oversubscribed practice area in Scotland every year, and firms almost always fill it internally from their own trainee cohort. An external NQ vacancy in Commercial & IP in Scotland is close to unheard of.
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  • The work is weighted towards high-growth companies, private equity funds and their portfolio businesses, particularly in the creative industries - commercially driven clients who need contracts and IP advice at pace.
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  • Because both the team and the firm are expanding, you're joining a practice that's building rather than backfilling.
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  • This team's retention rate is exceptional: most of the team have been there for years.
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  • If you're a 2026-qualifying trainee who wants to qualify into Commercial & IP in Scotland, this is the one.
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Interested? Apply here or contact Dominic Roberts at QED Legal for a confidential discussion.