Senior Litigation Solicitor

Our client is a well-recognised company, they are recruiting a large legal team to be based in their Sheffield office. As part of that recruitment they are looking to recruit a senior commercial litigator.

Client Details

Our client is a well-recognised company, they are recruiting a large legal team to be based in their Sheffield office. As part of that recruitment they are looking to recruit a senior commercial litigator.

Description

As a key member of the Litigation Team in Group Legal and Compliance (GLC) this role will partner closely with key stakeholders to provide legal advice, guidance and solutions in a commercially focused and understandable way, and to ensure that all strategic, legal, and operational goals are met in accordance with the needs of the business and objectives of GLC

To provide robust, clear and commercially focused legal advice in relation to litigation and commercial disputes ensuring alignment with business needs and GLC objectives and effectively identifying, assessing and managing risk. Such matters to include: general contract disputes, IP disputes, IT disputes, ASA complaints, commercial torts, property disputes, complex customer complaints that raise reputation issues and regulatory issues.

To handle litigation in-house (where appropriate).

To focus on building an effective in-house function for receivables management and debt recovery (including issuing and prosecuting recovery proceedings).

To assist the Head of Litigation in relation to discrete revenue protection projects.

To oversee the management of the small claims portfolio.

To liaise with other GLC teams to provide specialist advice as necessary.

To develop, maintain and ensure effective relationships with key stakeholders in the business.

Proactively identifying, developing and leading on the delivery of training programmes and guidance documents to upskill stakeholders on a range legal and risk management issues utilising both internal and external resources.

To oversee and support junior team members in the Sheffield office on a day to day basis or as otherwise required.

Supporting the Head of Litigation in all reporting and MI requirements to key stakeholders, General Counsel and as required. Taking a proactive role in identifying valuable ways to utilise MI to drive business change and reduce risk.

To outsource legal work as appropriate, robustly managing quality and cost.

To assist the Head of Litigation in budget management, monitoring spend to ensure value and cost effectiveness.

To proactively focus on product development including devising appropriate training programs for the business, bite size guides of developing areas of law, establishing structured and timetabled reviews of precedents and assisting with development of internal know-how through appropriate resources.

Profile

Candidates should have 5+ years post qualification experience in advising on commercial litigation.

Job Offer

The salary will be commensurate with market rates and on the candidates skill set and experience.