Senior Associate Commercial Dispute Resolution

Job role: Senior Associate

Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)

At Hill Dickinson flexibility is an established part of our culture. Our commitment to supporting colleagues to balance their work and home lives has previously been awarded. We are happy to consider flexible working opportunities and welcome conversations about individual requirements throughout the recruitment process.

Team: Commercial Dispute Resolution

Location: London

Role overview

The successful candidate will be a member of the Commercial Dispute Resolution team principally reporting to Raj Pabla. The team acts for a broad range of clients in relation to complex litigation both in the UK and internationally helping them tackle disputes effectively. The successful candidate will assist with a varied caseload from inception to conclusion. Whilst primarily based in the London Office we would expect you to assist clients from across the offices of the firm.

The Commercial Dispute Resolution team in London covers a wide breadth of commercial litigation and arbitration work. The team is currently comprised of 3 Partners 3 Senior Associates 2 Associates 2 Trainees and 2 Paralegals.

Individually they all have a broad range of experience across both general Commercial dispute work and various individuals in the team also carry out more specialist work including in relation to construction engineering and IT disputes.

Key responsibilities:

• Client liaison in person in writing and over the telephone
• Communicate with clients litigants in person solicitors counsel courts and all other interested parties
• Drafting and proofing documents
• Instructing Counsel and experts
• Preparation of reports to clients
• Negotiation
• Business development including preparation of articles and insights
• Undertake appropriate additional tasks provided by the other members of the team

What are we looking for:

Important criteria:

• Experience of and an interest in general Commercial Litigation Disputes
• Able to work as a team player assisting across the team as well as being able to work independently
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build strong relationships internally and externally
• Hard working and professional
• Demonstrates an understanding of clients needs/expectations to meet client protocols/agreed service levels
• Excellent organisational and time management skills including ability to plan and prioritise work appropriately so that deadlines are met
• Excellent attention to detail
• Adheres to guidelines procedures and ethics
• Demonstrates the firms values

It would be beneficial to have some of the following:

• Experience in one or more of the following areas: contract disputes warranty claims shareholder disputes professional negligence fraud claims.
• Record of contributing to team business development and developing internal and external relationships to generate opportunities.

If you dont meet all of the criteria above butfeel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson we encourage you to submit an application and if successful we can help you develop along the way.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age gender gender identity ethnic origin disability sexual orientation marital or transgender status nationality religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier so you are able to perform at your best please let us know. You can contact the HR team at should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification with both the SRA and CILEx.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Required Experience:

Senior IC