Costs Draftsperson / Negotiator

Costs Draftsperson / Costs Negotiator / High-value complex costs / Clinical Negligence - to £45,000

Costs Negotiator / Costs Draftsperson - Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds

Costs Negotiator / Draftsperson - Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds (UK) - This is an award-winning costs team which works in-house with a top 100 national law firm. The team spread across the North West and Yorkshire and handles some of the most complex healthcare-related costs. There are also opportunities to gain access to other areas of work such as costs matters arising out of high-value shipping and maritime disputes.

Overview

• Job title: Costs Negotiator / Draftsperson
• Location: Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds
• Salary: £35,000 - £45,000
• Reports to: Partner
• Work pattern: Hybrid
• Previous Experience: Good technical understanding of costs work whether having worked in a private costs firm or in-house with a law firm.

Who they are looking for

The hiring managers are looking to recruit experienced costs fee earners with a real passion for complex costs work. Whilst you do not necessarily require experience of this kind of work, you should have proven experience handling your own costs caseload. Previous experience should include:

• handling your own caseload including experience of preparing detailed costs estimates and security for costs applications
• able to provide dedicated costs support for litigation lawyers across several UK and international offices.
• responsible for the management of a complex, high-value caseload. For example, the successful candidates will be drafting and considering costs estimates in arbitration and high court disputes, schedules of costs, bills of costs/budgets, negotiating costs to settlement and preparing costs submissions in arbitration proceedings
• expected to conduct an element of advocacy work.
• able to attend at CCMCs

Work with lawyers and costs professionals across a national (and global) network

The national costs team of this leading firm is looking to expand across a number of office locations. The team works on a hybrid work pattern offering flexibility to colleagues in the various teams based throughout the national network.

The collaborative way in which the national costs team operates also offers the opportunity for members of the team to gain access to the full range of costs work on offer.

Gain access to complex costs work in other sectors, such as shipping and maritime

Costs drafters and negotiators advise on the full gamut of complex, high-value medical negligence work. This includes high-value costs work arising out of complex birth injuries as well as high-profile inquest work.

In addition, there is also a good spread of commercial litigation work including niche areas such as shipping litigation and other areas of commercial litigation. The team is regularly required to advise on costs budgeting and costs negotiation of high value commercial litigation and arbitrations. As such, this is a fantastic way to broaden your expertise and build your career.

If you are interested in finding out more, please do not hesitate to get in touch.