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Commercial Litigation Senior Associate - Top law firm with work life balance!, bristol
Client:
Clifton Search
Location:
bristol, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Views:
4
Posted:
13.04.2025
Expiry Date:
28.05.2025
Job Description:
Are you an experienced commercial litigation associate/senior associate looking for an opportunity within an unusual Top 200 law firm with a great culture and work-life balance?
Based in central Bristol and convenient for both the city centre and Temple Meads, this firm has a genuinely flexible, friendly and refreshing “non-law firm” type of culture and offers hybrid flexibility of 2 days per week in the office. There is a strong culture of work-life balance which is led from the top - so expect to be told to go home if you’re still working after 5:30.
The offices are open plan with leaders sitting with their teams and the culture is genuinely open with regular leadership updates/Q&A sessions, an environment that encourages questions/challenges, has a firm commitment to D&I through dedicated employee networks and is passionately supportive of your continued professional development.
Their complex litigation team of approximately 50 handles a wide variety of insurance claims ranging from £25K to £5M for a broad spectrum of clients and has guaranteed workflow - so you never have business development targets and have easily achievable billable guidelines of 6 hours/day. The team has enjoyed consistent and continued growth over the last 5 years and offers earlier caseload and staff supervision responsibility than many law firms - so there is great development potential for your onward progression. They operate a clear career pathway plan that allows you to grow either as a technical specialist or as more of a people manager.
This new opportunity has been created following the consistent growth of their litigation team. As part of a dedicated, but friendly and sociable Commercial Litigation team of approximately 10, you will take full end-to-end responsibility for your own caseload of higher value intermediate and multi-track claims - working closely with other Senior Associates and Principal Associates. You will be supported by more junior fee-earners in delivering the best outcomes for clients on a wide range of complex cases, resolving disputes in a commercial manner via the courts, mediation or ADR.
Unlike many law firms, you are not required to fit into a certain PQE banding; it’s what you bring to the table in terms of your skills, experience, and ambition that are more important.
Key experience that is likely to be of interest will include:
* Proven (and varied) commercial litigation experience – particularly in commercial contract disputes
* A demonstrable ability to manage your own caseload from pre-action to trial/court (though approximately 70% of cases are resolved through mediation/ADR)
* Experience of supervising and coaching more junior members of the team
Salary will be according to experience up to £70,000 – plus there is a great non-financial benefits package including flexible working, discounts on goods and services, generous parental leave, charity days, and a strong social calendar.
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