Vacancy for a Commercial Litigation Solicitor
Job Title: Head of Dispute Resolution
Salary: £50,000 -£70,000
Location: Stockport
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Key points:
* High quality workload
* Excellent succession opportunities
* Brilliant workplace culture
* Well suited for a 7-10+ PQE solicitor
Founded in 1990, we are a niche practice concentrating exclusively on commercial and business law. About a third of the work is dispute resolution. Our aim is to provide all the legal services needed by small and medium-sized businesses. Clients vary in size from individuals and family companies to UK subsidiaries of multinational and offshore companies.
Our offices are in a modern air-conditioned building with on-site parking, located in a business park overlooking woodlands. Several industrial estates are nearby.
While much of the work is local, the practice attracts clients from all over the UK and abroad. The practice has the experience and ability to deal with high-value, complex commercial litigation. Any candidate is expected to have the intellectual ability to tackle a wide range of work and the interest and willingness to explore and develop new skills.
This position will see you manage a diverse array of litigation matters on behalf of business clients from instruction to conclusion. Current matters include:
* Sale and purchase of goods and services
* Landlord and tenant claims for rent, dilapidations, and possession
* Claims for breach of warranty
* Breach of copyright, design rights, and patents
* Shareholders disputes
* Building and construction disputes
* Professional negligence
* Breach of contracts for the supply of services
* Boundary and party wall disputes
* Regulatory and planning disputes
* Contentious probate
* Negligence
* Injunctions
It is expected that you will manage the dispute resolution team with the support of a senior experienced paralegal and a director.
The role has arisen owing to the firm’s considerable success and its longer-term planning. Succession is very much an option for an ambitious solicitor.
Salary and benefits will be competitive and in line with experience.
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