Senior Litigation Associate
Job Summary
Mid to Senior Level Litigation Associate
Full-Time Position
WeirFoulds LLP is seeking a senior level associate lawyer to join our thriving Litigation Practice Group. The successful candidate will practice both Commercial Litigation as well as Estates and Trusts Litigation. The ideal candidate will have:
- 5 years of practice experience working on complex Commercial Litigation matters; experience or interest in Estates and Trusts litigation matters is an added asset
- Strong technical legal research drafting and organization skills
- Demonstrated strengths in entrepreneurialism including client service clientrelationshipsand client development
- Ability to work with lawyers at all levels and be a team player
- Ability tobalance competingdemands as well as be self-motivatedinnovativeand flexible
- Ability to manage document intensive files
- Confidence to manage files and clients independently
- Strong work ethic not afraid of hard work and commitment to excellence
- Excellent academic credentials
The successful candidate will work with a few of our commercial litigators on a variety of challenging sophisticated and complex business and estate litigation casesrepresentinga broad range of clients.
AtWeirFoulds we pride ourselves on providing the highest level of service to our clients. As such it is essential for applicants to be self-starters hard workers dedicated to entrepreneurialism including client service client development and the building and strengthening of client relationships. If you would like to be part of this dynamic team and enjoy working in a collegial environment this is an excellent opportunity for you.
Pleasesubmityour application online including a cover letterresumeand transcripts.
This is replacement role.
WeirFoulds welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to providing an inclusive work environment composed of people with diverse perspectives backgrounds identities and cultures.
Accommodationsin accordance withapplicable laws are available for applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process please contact our Human Resources Team at.
At WeirFoulds we recognize that we need to advance and to demonstrate equality diversity and inclusion in everything we do internally and externally. We have been working diligently on several key areas and we recognize that we must do better. Our goal is to put words into concrete action through a number of specific steps. These are described in ourofficial statement on our commitment to equality diversity and inclusion which we are pleased to share.
We thank all candidates for their interest; however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Required Experience:
Manager