NQ Solicitor
Here at Burges Salmon, we bring new ideas and perspectives to everything we do, without ever compromising the quality of our work. Join us and you'll have every opportunity to fulfil your potential as you help shape our future – and we'll support you all the way.
We are recruiting NQ Solicitors (qualifying this September) for our top tier litigation/dispute resolution offering to supplement our internal qualifying cohort. We have work available across a range of disciplines with household name clients.
The Firm
Our working environment is professional yet progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in-hand. Our collaborative approach to how we do business is totally refreshing. It's what attracts some of the best legal minds in the industry and it's why our people love working here.
We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have been voted by our people as a 'Best Law Firm to Work At' in RollonFriday's national surveys for the last 4 years.
The Team
Our 100+ strong team of dispute resolution lawyers work on a diverse range of complex challenges facing their clients. We focus on outcomes, not just process.
You'll work with clients in the private and public sector across a range of different practice areas. Working as part of a team you'll handle market leading, complex litigation. We have a strong reputation for core litigation services and have developed significant disputes practices in a range of industry sectors and legal specialisms including: Real Estate, Transport, Energy, Financial Services, Public Inquiries, Health & Safety, Professional Negligence, Fraud & White Collar Crime, Banking, Pensions, Agriculture and IP & Technology.
What You'll Need
* Relevant experience or demonstrable interest in working on high quality and complex legal disputes
* Be a strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skills
* Able to manage a complex and varied workload effectively
* Be self-motivated and willing to learn
* Must be qualifying as a SRA or Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer in 2025
Benefits
At Burges Salmon, you will have a fair, transparent path to progression, with the opportunity to learn from Partners and senior lawyers at the forefront of their specialisms, while you forge your career.
We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns. Our hybrid working policy allows our employees the flexibility to work from home up to 60% of their working pattern, while benefiting from direct, in-person supervision and our enviable culture.
It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.
Please note that we will not be accepting agency applications for this vacancy. Please apply directly for consideration.
Get in touch!
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Chris Jenkinson - 0117 307 2246 - for an informal and confidential conversation. #J-18808-Ljbffr