Commercial Litigation Solicitor - Senior Associate
11 days ago
Southampton
Your new companyA UK Top 100 law firm recognised in The Times' Top Law Firms, with particular praise for its Commercial teams, amongst a host of other accolades, reaffirming them as a great place to work which offers scale, stability and a strong platform for career progression. This Full-Service firm has multiple locations, offering a fantastic opportunity for multi-team collaboration, and shared client growth.Your new roleThis is a key appointment within a growing practice, offering you the chance to play a central role in developing the firm's litigation presence across the South Coast. You'll work closely with an established team while helping to shape and expand the dispute resolution offering. You'll manage a varied and intellectually engaging caseload, delivering high quality litigation advice to a broad client base that includes SMEs, sole traders, individuals and well known regional businesses. Your work will span the full lifecycle of commercial disputes.Day to day, you'll be: • Taking detailed instructions and advising on merits, strategy and commercial outcomes, • Investigating and analysing complex factual and legal issues, • Drafting proceedings, witness evidence and written submissions, • Preparing for and attending hearings, including undertaking advocacy where appropriate, • Managing communication with clients, witnesses, opponents, counsel and the court, • Coordinating expert evidence and ensuring procedural compliance, • Advising on mediation and broader ADR pathways, • Supporting colleagues across the wider team and contributing to firm-wide collaboration Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk