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Contract Senior Associate - Litigation
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Contract Senior Associate - Retail Mortgage Services
We are recruiting a Contract Senior Associate to join our Retail Mortgage Services Team within Financial Regulation and Disputes. The role is based in Manchester and offers a hybrid working arrangement.
The position is offered on a 3 month contract basis and will be paid via an Umbrella Company at a competitive daily rate.
Our Team
Our Financial Regulation and Disputes team is one of the UK's largest teams in the field of financial services litigation, comprising over 150 people across our offices in Bristol, Manchester, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Belfast, and Glasgow. The team deals with some of the most high-profile banking disputes and has taken a number of cases to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in recent years.
Your Role
As a key addition to the team, day to day you will be provided with the opportunity to:
- Run a varied contentious caseload for our key financial services clients
- Work with the team's Legal Directors and Partners in the progression of some of the most complex disputes in the firm's portfolio
- Supervise junior members of the team
- Provide strategic and commercial legal advice across a range of disputes and claims, working closely alongside senior members of the team
- Participate in business development activities with clients and potential clients, nurturing existing relationships and building on new ones
- Collaborate with colleagues across our office locations nationwide
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Your Skills & Experience
We are looking for:
- A qualified disputes and litigation solicitor with 1-5 PQE at a large national or international firm. Experience in financial services disputes is preferred but not essential
- A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills
- Self-motivation with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines autonomously
- Commercial awareness with an enthusiasm for business development
- Ability to understand client business needs
- An ambitious and enthusiastic team player, able to support senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture
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About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing, and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
With local, national, and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India, and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work, and support for colleagues has been consistently recognized by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer, and British Legal Awards.
Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognized as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative, and ambitious for their success.
In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice, and to contribute to the success of TLT.
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