Senior Associate – Litigation & Advocacy

Location: London
Salary:Bonus Leadership Opportunity

A leading legal services organisation is seeking a Senior Associate to take on a broad business-critical leadership role overseeing the delivery and performance of its legal services platform.

This opportunity goes beyond a traditional Senior Associate position combining legal expertise operational management and strategic input. It is ideally suited to a senior litigator or legal professional looking to step into a wider leadership role with real influence over service delivery and performance.

You will play a key role in managing and enhancing the performance of all legal services working closely with senior leadership to drive quality efficiency and client outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and supervising multi-disciplinary legal teams including litigation advocacy and support functions
• Overseeing the end-to-end delivery of legal services ensuring consistent quality and client satisfaction
• Maintaining and enhancing compliance frameworks including supervision under the Legal Services Act
• Driving operational efficiency process improvement and service optimisation
• Managing performance resourcing and utilisation across teams
• Overseeing high-value and complex matters including audit and review processes
• Contributing to strategic and operational decision-making
• Supporting client relationships through training engagement and service development initiatives

You will be:

• A qualified solicitor with 6 years PQE
• Experienced in civil litigation (volume insurance or defendant work advantageous)
• Proven in team leadership supervision or operational management within a legal environment
• Commercially aware process-driven and comfortable managing delivery at scale
• Highly organised with the ability to balance quality risk and efficiency
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced high-volume legal services environment

Experience within advocacy services legal operations or scaled legal delivery models would be highly advantageous.

• Step into a broader leadership role beyond traditional fee-earning
• Gain exposure to operational and strategic decision-making
• Join a scalable and modern legal services platform
• Work closely with senior leadership on business-critical initiatives
• Competitive salary with performance-related bonus

David Hawthorne-Finch
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