Job Title Litigation Associate (3-6 PQE) Ref No. 4651 Job Location Birmingham Work Type Full Time Description Are you looking to work in a collaborative and supportive team environment where your contribution is recognised and valued? Are you keen to develop your career within a global law firm that offers clear progression opportunities? Then this could be the role for you. We are looking for a Commercial Litigation Associate to join our highly successful Litigation team in our Birmingham office. This is an exciting time to join the team, with the opportunity to work from an international platform in a vibrant and growing city. Our Firm Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations. With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London. The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals. Our Team Our UK Litigation practice is dedicated to providing clients with strategic advice and advocacy on their most complex litigation and dispute resolution needs across the globe. There is a focus towards corporate and commercial work, with specific niche areas such as sanctions/export controls, procurement, education and pensions litigation. Our Opportunity Our highly successful Litigation group in Birmingham is looking for a commercial litigator to work on a broad spread of matters across our global platform. The partners in the group advise on a wide range of litigious issues. Our goal is to ensure that our litigation and advocacy strategy is aligned with our clients' business and commercial interests, on both a global and regional level. We are focused on providing our clients with the highest quality of service and representation and becoming a long-term trusted adviser. We want to see you succeed in this role so you will have plenty of support and the opportunity to represent our firm when meeting clients and enhance your business development skills. You You will be a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and have a solid background in Commercial Litigation (ideally 3-6 PQE). You will be able to demonstrate that you are enthusiastic, driven and keen to develop your business development skills. You will be committed to building a long-term career in this area of the country and in this area of law. You will be happy to turn your hand to whatever comes your way, as well as be solution-focused, with clients at the centre of all you do. Strong academics are a given, but the ability to turn your academic knowledge into client-focused commercial advice will be key to succeeding in this role. Ideally, you will be coming from a well-recognised international, national or regional practice. What you need to know If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our Careers website at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers in the first instance. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, please complete an online application. We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. LI-AH1 LI-Hybrid