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Commercial Litigation Associate – Manchester

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

Are you looking for a role where you will be intellectually challenged and your contribution valued, and an environment where you can enjoy industry-leading work quality without compromising on client contact and business development? If so, an opportunity in our Commercial Litigation team may be for you.

What do we mean by Commercial Litigation? We carry out a wide range of business dispute related work including over contracts, economic torts, shareholder/company rights etc. We also deal with a number of specialist dispute areas, such as product liability, defamation, intellectual property rights, sports disciplinary and licensing. Our team works collaboratively across these disciplines and, whilst everyone has their area of particular expertise, we encourage cross-working so colleagues have genuine variety in their work and can use their rounded expertise to provide creative, bespoke solutions for our clients.

So, why should you be excited about a career with us? The members of our team are empowered to develop their own client contacts and relationships from the start of their careers; you will see how your contribution directly impacts on your clients and understand how the service you provide helps them. We are also very proud of our client base, who provide us with top-quality instructions. We have the backing of a truly international firm with over 2,500 colleagues across 9 countries and with a myriad of international associations further bolstering our capabilities.

We aim to encourage diversity by offering the opportunity to bring your whole self to work, underpinned by our employer brand of A Life That Works. Our team are very busy and work hard, but we offer genuine flexibility to allow you to meet your personal and work commitments – and that flexibility won’t disappear post-Covid! – it has been hardwired into our DNA for years. All across our team, from our emerging talent to our senior leadership, you won’t find a closed door, real or virtual.  

Role Responsibility

The team acts for a large variety of clients ranging from multi-nationals and large public sector organisations to SMEs and high net worth individuals.

As part of the Manchester Commercial Litigation team you will:

  • Have the opportunity to interact on a regular basis with clients. You will share your knowledge of key issues and provide meaningful advice to clients;
  • Have responsibility for conducting litigation, including pre-action matters;
  • Have the opportunity to run and support High Court matters, therefore a knowledge of procedure and rules is a ‘must’ and experience of drafting Court documents will be a significant advantage;
  • Have responsibility for running disclosure exercises and drafting witness statements;
  • Run or support the team with other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, such as mediation, therefore an understanding of alternative dispute resolution will be an advantage;
  • Have the opportunity to liaise directly with experts and Counsel, therefore you will require the ability to understand and direct experts and Counsel;

We are looking for new colleagues who have a genuine interest in how the law can help clients to achieve their goals!  We look forward to discussing our opportunities with you.

The Ideal Candidate

We are open minded about the qualification level of the candidates we see: we are most interested in what you think you can bring to the role and to the team, and whether we are the right fit for you. However, we are looking for someone with a solid level of experience in commercial litigation, which we would generally equate with a 3-4 years’ PQE.

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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