Commercial Litigation Senior/Managing Associate
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Associate or Managing Associate to join our Commercial Litigation department, working alongside Jan Levinson and the wider team. Based from our Manchester office, this is an excellent opportunity to work with household name clients as part of an ambitious team.
What you will do
You will have a varied and complex commercial litigation caseload with the exciting opportunity to have exposure to sport, defamation, privacy, data and tech disputes. You will be advising clients of varying size and complexity and working with in-house legal teams, acting for clients in both claimant and defendant roles.
We will actively support and encourage you to engage in profile building and networking activities from the outset. Our client relationships are incredibly important to us, and you will be encouraged to develop strong and lasting professional relationships with new and existing clients and gain the insights and expertise needed to offer hands-on, practical advice to them on an ongoing basis.
What we’re looking for
With at least 5 years’ experience post-qualification, you will have gained a strong grounding in general Commercial Litigation work and are accustomed to running your own complex caseload.
* You will be highly motivated and keen to progress and develop your career.
* Enthusiastic to expand your profile and networks.
* Ambitious and adaptable, you will have begun to create a presence in your local networks and actively involved in business development, enhancing your own profile along with that of our firm.
* You’ll be accustomed to being challenged, working to tight deadlines and delivering the highest quality of service to highly valued clients whilst maintaining an approachable team-oriented style.
With your level of experience, you will be supporting the development of junior fee earners in your current role and be positive and approachable in doing so. We consider ourselves to be a high performing, welcoming and inclusive team, and your first-class communication skills will enable you to become a key member, gaining the trust of a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. In this role, you will have exceptional opportunities to develop strong and lasting client relationships, and you will be personally motivated and enthusiastic about this prospect, with a view to building or extending your profile in this complex and challenging area of law.
Our offer to you
In return for your efforts, you can expect considerable scope for personal, as well as professional, development. We encourage people to engage with our popular and well-supported coaching and mentoring programmes, which connect you to people right across the firm and at every level. We create space for mental and physical wellbeing with our weekly Lifestyle Hour, along with 28 days’ annual leave (plus a day in your birthday month), private medical insurance (eligibility applies) and a sabbatical you can take every 5 years. You can also buy holiday, managing your benefits flexibly using our sophisticated portal to configure your total reward offer according to what you value most.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process which includes a financial integrity check and a DBS check.
Why Foot Anstey?
As one of the UK’s fastest growing law firms, Foot Anstey believes in helping our clients and people achieve their ambitions, unlocking new and exciting opportunities. Our team of business and legal advisors are motivated by understanding clients’ goals and collaborating with them and other advisers to deliver solutions. Our values define the way we act with our clients and one another every day, and because of this we think our culture and environment sets us apart.
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is integral to delivering our strategy, and we were delighted to be awarded the National Equality Standard for a second time. We consider this to be right at the heart of our priorities and goes way beyond our policies – it’s something we consider across everything we do, from the make-up of our client teams, encouraging staff to reach their potential, through to our leadership. We aim to support our clients and our people to achieve their goals, regardless of background, gender, race, beliefs, sexuality or other non-work related factors. We champion aspiration and encourage it in everyone that works with us.
Foot Anstey. Seriously Ambitious.
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