Banking Litigation Associate
- Employer
- gmk
- Location
- England, London
- Closing date
- 1 Apr 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice
- Experience Level
- Junior Level, Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Insolvency & restructuring, Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
- PQE
- Newly Qualified, 1-3 Years
Job Details
This elite litigation team is currently looking to recruit a junior associate for the London office to focus on banking, finance and insolvency disputes.
The finance disputes team continues to act on some of the most significant high value banking disputes with cases considered by the leading publications to be the largest and most significant cases pending in the UK.
Examples of the type of work that the team has recently handled includes corporate trustee, corporate service provider and agency disputes, allegations of professional negligence arising out of capital markets transactions, Islamic finance/structured finance defaults, commodity and trade finance disputes, civil fraud claims, insolvency investigations and insolvency litigation.
The team also generally advises clients and colleagues in transactional teams on a wide range of problems of interpretation of complex banking documentation.
The role will suit someone with a very strong academic background, experience of a range of banking, finance and insolvency-related disputes, strong communication skills and a confident self-starter who is happy to run elements of cases with minimal supervision.
Company
Background
gmk was founded in 1998 by Jon Garrett and Lynne McCarroll, both of whom qualified as solicitors before moving into legal recruitment in the early 1990’s.
The Business
At gmk we can assist you throughout your career from NQ to partner level. As legal recruitment specialists, we act for all major law firms (both UK and US) and can keep you up to date on all roles currently on the market. Market knowledge gained since 1998 means we can advise you on the difference between firms, the work on offer, size and structure of the team, and the working culture and practices the firm adopts.
We take time to get to know our clients, to understand their needs and requirements, and have built up an extensive range of contacts amongst partners, other lawyers, and human resources personnel, enabling us to source as many positions as possible, to give you as much choice as possible.
For our candidates we provide an individual service tailored to each unique situation. Whatever level of pqe you are, we can offer you a personal service, focused on your skills and career aspirations. Your CV will NEVER be sent out without your express consent, and we promise to keep you fully updated throughout the process. We aim to provide a service of the utmost professionalism and integrity, ensuring that we listen to and respond to your needs. You are not a number. We want you to stand out from the crowd.
- Website
- http://www.gmk-legal.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 020 7269 9110
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