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About The Role
This full-time, permanent Dispute Resolution Solicitor position in Manchester offers a competitive salary within a respected, expanding specialist practice. The successful candidate will handle a diverse range of contentious and regulatory matters, advising organisations, businesses, and individuals across various sectors. Responsibilities include managing cases before specialist resolution bodies and regulatory forums, providing high-quality work with strong career development prospects. This role suits a newly qualified or more experienced solicitor seeking to build a disputes career within a focused environment. Applicants should possess strong analytical ability, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to delivering results for clients.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION SOLICITOR, NQ+, Manchester – A legal firm is offering a unique opportunity to develop a disputes career within a highly specialist practice. They are offering High-Quality Work | Specialist Matters | Excellent Career Development. To register your interest, please contact Melanie Daly at eNL on 0161 850 0745, quoting job ref: 5704
The Role
An excellent opportunity is available for an ambitious Dispute Resolution Solicitor to join a respected and expanding specialist practice. The successful candidate will benefit from exposure to a diverse range of contentious and regulatory matters, including:
- Advising organisations, businesses, and individuals across a variety of specialist sectors.
- Handling disputes before specialist dispute resolution bodies and regulatory forums.
- Working on arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including matters relating to the sporting sector.
- Managing High Court and commercial litigation, including media and social media disputes.
- Advising on disciplinary proceedings, regulatory investigations, and allegations of misconduct.
- Assisting with anti-doping matters, regulatory breaches, and wider integrity issues.
- Advising clubs, players, athletes, and agents on contentious matters.
- Collaborating with experienced lawyers on complex, technically challenging, and high-profile cases.
- Building strong client relationships and delivering clear, commercially focused advice.
- Supporting business development activities and contributing to the growth of the disputes practice.
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The Candidate
Applications are invited from qualified Solicitors at NQ to 4 years' PQE, although exceptional applicants outside this range will also be considered. Candidates should demonstrate:
- Qualification as a Solicitor with the right to practise in England and Wales.
- Strong academic credentials and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in Dispute Resolution or a related contentious legal practice.
- A genuine desire to build specialist expertise in a distinctive area of litigation.
- Excellent analytical, organisational, and problem-solving abilities.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- A collaborative working style, alongside the confidence to take ownership of individual matters.
- An entrepreneurial outlook and enthusiasm for contributing to business development.
Previous experience in sports or media law would be beneficial but is not essential. The firm is keen to hear from talented contentious lawyers who are motivated to develop their expertise within a specialist practice.
The Opportunity
This role offers an exciting opportunity to establish a distinctive profile within Dispute Resolution while gaining experience that extends beyond traditional commercial litigation. Benefits of the position include:
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- Exposure to interesting, complex, and high-profile disputes.
- Opportunities to work with clients across the sporting and media sectors.
- The chance to learn from experienced specialists and develop technical legal knowledge.
- Scope to strengthen advocacy skills and build lasting client relationships.
- Involvement in business development initiatives and the opportunity to contribute to the continued expansion of the practice.
This is an ideal opportunity for a driven Dispute Resolution Solicitor seeking to broaden their experience, develop specialist knowledge, and progress their career within a growing and highly regarded team.
How To Apply
To apply, contact Melanie Daly at eNL on 0161 850 0745 or email melanie.daly@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion quoting Job Ref:
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE and salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
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