Legal Exec/ Solicitor
- Recruiter
- Hays Midlands
- Location
- England, West Midlands, Birmingham
- Salary
- £40000.00 - £46000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 08 Feb 2019
- Closes
- 08 Mar 2019
- Ref
- 3529222
- Contact
- Catherine Hubbard
- Job Title
- Legal Executive
- Practice Area
- Commercial Litigation
- PQE Level
- 2-4
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A leading Law Firm in Birmingham is looking for a Legal Executive / Solicitor
Your new company
A leading Law Firm based in Birmingham is looking to recruit a Legal Executive / Solicitor to join their Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. The Firm has a long-standing experience of working with some of the most successful and influential businesses in the UK and internationally, these include blue-chip companies, high street brands and individuals. The Legal Executive / Solicitor will be joining an established team who are highly experienced in resolving every aspect of their clients' corporate requirements with pragmatic and commercial advice
Your new role
As the Legal Executive / Solicitor you will specialise in asset finance matters across well-known household names, developing bespoke industry-specific legal skills. Assisting partners and solicitors within the team with both contentious and non-contentious cases.
Key Duties for this role are:-
- handling a caseload of both contentious and non-contentious, complex and less-complex matters
- running cases efficiently and cost effectively and within strict service level agreements as required by the client
- assisting with monthly billing, all client specific billing and other related financial administration
- carrying out legal research in relation to liability disputes, case law and technical areas of insurance law
- assisting and supervising more junior fee earners within the team
What you'll need to succeed
The successful Legal Executive / Solicitor will have 2 years' experience or newly qualified with experience gained during training. Have strong communication skills as will be dealing directly with clients and liaising with internal teams. Be keen to learn to drive your own career progression within this proactive and progressive Firm.
What you'll get in return
You will be joining a Firm that pride themselves in offering top quality work to their clients, you will have cutting edge training, supportive colleagues and the opportunity to work with high profile clients.
What you need to do now
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