Finance Litigation Associate (4-8 PQE)

THE FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is the natural choice for FTSE100 and other major and household name clients. We offer our associates the opportunity to work at the very highest level for clients across the United Kingdom and internationally. Renowned for the quality of our service, attention to detail and the depth and breadth of our talent, we ensure that our lawyers are given every opportunity to develop their technical, professional, commercial and inter-personal skills through their day to day work and our bespoke Learning and Development programme.

We are innovators in the development of technology in the provision of legal services and have won multiple awards for our technology offering. Our AG Intelligent Delivery offering provides clients with a range of technology solutions, enabling us to win the best work from the best clients.

THE DIVISION

The Finance Litigation team in Leeds is a large, premium one, with a stellar reputation in the market and directories for all types of finance litigation. We are widely known for our strength in all areas, often on big, thematic, industry-wide litigation. Our reputation in the market means we have a client base which is virtually unparalleled.

Our team are experienced, leading practitioners in the market and we focus on ensuring that our team is immersed in the banking industry, litigation practice and developments in banking law and practice. Team development is key to us. Our knowledge of the financial services industry and our commercial approach means that we excel at putting together teams that understand and work closely with our clients to provide commercial solutions and practical advice for the business with a careful eye on cost management, whether that means early settlement or fighting hard to the highest level at trial or beyond.

We understand the banking industry better than most through our commitment to invest in growing deep relationships with our wide range of financial institutional clients, from high street banks to investment banks to challenger banks to building societies as well as specialist areas of financial services such as asset finance, asset based lending, marine and aircraft finance and foreign exchange specialists. And we work closely with our financial crime and regulatory team on many of our cases to ensure that we are plugged into the regulatory landscape that colours most financial disputes

THE ROLE

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our market leading finance litigation practice and wish to recruit an experienced Associate to join us in Leeds.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED (BESPOKE TO ROLE)

Our ideal candidate will need the following skills:

• Experience of cases across a broad range of litigation issues, including litigation in financial services and/or financial markets. This can be gained either as part of a training contract or post-qualification.
• At least 4-years post qualification experience.
• The ability to manage aspects of complex cases and clients, with proven negotiation skills.
• Knowledgeable of key areas of the law
• The ability to liaise effectively with other fee earners from within the group, but also to liaise and coordinate with fee earners from other relevant disciplines and jurisdictions as required.
• Ability to delegate to and supervising others where appropriate.
• Excellent academic achievement
• Experience gained within a comparable environment and at an appropriate level
• Clear understanding of the operation and structure of a law firm
• Willing to support business development activity, creating and maintaining strong client relationships.