Commercial Disputes Lawyer
- Employer
- BCL London
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £75000 - £100000 per annum
- Closing date
- 14 Feb 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
- PQE
- 1-3 Years, 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
Leading City based, International Law firm looking to grow there London Disputes practice
The Firm
The firm has clients all over the world, with offices in 11 locations across the globe from Cheltenham to Qatar.
·There are over 650 lawyers, including 170 partners globally.
·They operate from 11 offices in London, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
·A full service firm, offering 12 broad legal disciplines and focusing on 10 industry sectors.
·An annual turnover of over £150 million.
The Team:
The Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) London team is made up of five
Partners, six Senior Associates, six Associates, one Paralegal and three Trainee
Solicitors.
This firms wide breadth of sector expertise includes:
·energy and natural resources
·financial services
·healthcare
·IT and communications
·luxury retail
·media
·pharmaceutical
·sport
The services expertise includes:
·bribery and corruption matters
·contractual disputes
·crisis management (including corporate criminal/regulatory liability)
·financial services claims
·fraud and asset tracing matters
·inquest / public inquiry
·intellectual property and IT disputes
·minority shareholder actions
·professional negligence
·shareholder activism
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
The ideal candidate must:
·Demonstrate good judgement and a good legal and commercial understanding of client's particular needs
·Understands scope of task, manages time effectively and performs well under time and work pressures
·Take a 'hands on' approach to managing own files and a broad case load
·Work closely with and support more senior fee earners and Partners in more complex disputes involving companies and individuals in a variety of industries and sectors.
·Engage in client marketing and business development activities including attending internal and external events
·Draft more complex documents with minimum instruction and supervision
·Provide client advice in a succinct, practical and persuasive manner
·Apply a commercial approach to research and evaluate relevance and accuracy in delivery of advice
·Attend and assist in organising and hosting of client marketing events
If you're interested in this role, please apply now or forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us.
If this job isn't quite right, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
For a full list of jobs you can also visit the BCL job search page.
BCL Legal is an equal opportunities employer.
Company
The in-house legal recruitment team at BCL Legal is one of the largest in the Country.
We have dedicated consultants focussing specifically on the following locations:
• Yorkshire and The North East
• The North West
• The Midlands
• The South West
• The Home Counties
• London
Since 2003 we have assisted more than 400 individuals make the move in-house on either a permanent or interim basis.
Our relationships and knowledge have been built by focusing on the in-house market (by location) for many years; therefore you can be assured of honest and credible advice that will help you manage your career effectively.
Some of the organisations we have assisted include:
• AstraZeneca
• Avon Cosmetics
• BAE Systems (UK and Saudi Arabia)
• Balfour Beatty
• Bank of America
• Bosch Siemens
• BUPA
• Carlsberg UK
• Co-operative Financial Services
• Covanta Energy
• Deutsche Bank
• DHL
• Forensic Science Service
• Gazprom
• Hargreaves
• HBOS/ Lloyds
• Home Group
• ITV plc
• James Fisher plc
• Makro
• Mamas and Papas
• MolsonCoors
• Moneysupermarket.com
• National Grid plc
• Nike
• OFWAT
• Opal Telecom
• Pets at Home
• Phones 4 U
• Saint-Gobain
• Shaw Energy
• Smith and Nephew
• Software AG
• Thermo Fisher Clinical Services
• Tioxide Europe
• TNT
• UCI Cinemas
• UMBRO
• United Utilities
To discuss your career in more detail and to find out about all the positions that we are working on please contact Mark Levine, Ruth Taylor, Victoria Moore, Tom Fleet or Craig Wilson.
Offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, London Manchester and Reading
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