Hannah Fairhurst

Commercial professional with proven track record in managing multi-million pound B2B sales and relationships, regulatory compliance, and contract drafting and negotiation.

Legal Secretary at BLB Solicitors (2025-12 – Present)

Further exposure to private practice file management, and regulatory and legal compliance.

• Making client attendance notes
• Conducting legal research
• Filling statutory books
• Invoicing clients
• Amending agreements on counsels direction (incl. shareholder, share purchase agreements, partnership)
• Logging case details through a case management system
• Conducting due diligence (conflicts of interest and personal/company ID checks as per anti-money laundering procedures)

Partnerships Account Manager (Commercial Contracts & Regulatory Focus) at University of Roehampton (2022-12 – 2025-08)

• Account management for 75% of institution's partnerships revenue
• Drafting and negotiating partnership agreements (incl. franchise, validation, articulation, sub-contracting, license to occupy, joint ventures, apprenticeships, and recruitment agreements)
• Drafting secondary policy documents ensuring regulatory compliance (to OfS, GDPR, CMA, Safeguarding, and UKVI regulations)
• Conducting contractual risk assessments and regulatory due diligence
• Preparing business cases for executive committees
• Invoicing high-net-worth UK & international partners (in Spain, Cyprus, Germany, UAE, Sri Lanka, Singapore, China, US)
• Facilitating exit plans
• Managing dispute sensitive negotiations
• Attending client networking events

Partnerships Officer at University of Roehampton (2020-03 – 2022-12)

• B2B relationship management
• Providing marketing solutions
• Ensuring regulatory compliance (to OfS, GDPR and Safeguarding procedures)
• Producing market intelligence reports to gauge industry performance and scope new areas for development
• Quality assurance
• Managing partner student admissions

Partnerships Programme Administrator at University of Roehampton (2016-08 – 2020-03)

• Drafting academic misconduct letters and interpreting disciplinary policies to academics and students
• Inputting student marks
• Co-chairing boards for student marks
• Supporting audits with regulators (e.g. UK QAA)

Sales Associate at Waitrose (2017 – 2017)

• Self-stacking
• Assisting shoppers
• Promoting royal production line

Accounts Assistant at Fine & Rare (2016 – 2016)

• Raising invoices for high-net-worth commercial partners (in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Europe)
• Raising purchase orders and invoices

Recruitment Consultant at Blue Arrow (2015 – 2015)

• Conducting ID checks and placing candidates in roles

Sales Associate & Accounts Assistant at Home Serve Alliance (2013 – 2013)

• Arranging gas boiler installations with contractors for customers
• Raising invoices and purchase orders for commercial partners

Enrolment Officer at Lambeth College (2012 – 2012)

• Processing course fees
• Admitting students to courses

Waiter & Bartender at Levy Restaurants (2010 – 2010)

Venues included Kia Oval Cricket Ground, Chelsea F.C. and Harlequins F.C.

• Managing hospitality staff for box guests
• Serving under high-pressured circumstances
• Diffusing tension between customers

Sales Associate at TK Maxx (2015-09 – 2016-01)

• Working efficiently in a fast-paced, high-pressured environment
• Helping shoppers to have an enjoyable, effective and smooth festive shopping experience

Agency staff at Various (Blue Arrow, Unitemps, At Your Service, Compass Ltd) (2010-08 – 2016-07)

Prince 2 Project Management (Foundation) – Project Management Institute (2025 – 2025)

Postgraduate Diploma in Law/BPTC in Law – City University of London (2017 – 2021)

Graduate Diploma in Law in Law – Oxford Brookes University (2015 – 2016)

Diploma in Excel – Shaw Academy (2015 – 2015)

BSc Hons in Psychology with Math – University of Chester (2012 – 2015)

AS and A-levels – Saint Francis Xavier Sixth Form College (2010 – 2012)

GCSEs – Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School (2005 – 2010)