Job Description

Are you ready to make your mark as part of our International Arbitration practice in our London office?
We are currently seeking one individual to join our team. As an associate in our team, you will handle a range of complex, international arbitration matters in a dynamic environment. You will work closely with partners and collaborate with colleagues across various practice areas and global offices.
Our International Arbitration practice is recognized as the foremost in the field. We manage leading arbitrations for global corporations, financial institutions, and sovereign states. We have expertise in numerous industries and specialized sectors, including financial services, energy, power, mining & metals, technology, telecommunications, transportation, construction and infrastructure, and manufacturing. We conduct cases under all the major institutional arbitration rules.
As an associate in our team, you will handle arbitration tasks such as mastering case facts, leading evidence-gathering exercises, drafting submissions, working with experts, and managing more junior team members. We emphasise professional development, providing significant responsibility early in your career and an opportunity to contribute to business development. We are looking for mid-level associates with excellent academic credentials, commercial acumen, and enthusiasm for international arbitration. You should be a confident team player with strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex facts and legal concepts clearly and persuasively. Highly organised and deadline-driven, you should thrive in delivering outstanding work within client timeframes.
Key Responsibilities

• Conduct and manage a range of International Arbitration matters and workstreams.
• Drafting and negotiating settlement agreements to resolve disputes efficiently.
• Drafting submissions, witness statements and procedural correspondence.
• Attend client meetings, prepare legal memoranda, and provide written advice to clients.
• Conduct and oversee legal research.
• Develop and share legal and sector knowledge both internally and externally.
• Managing technical, legal and quantum experts.
• Supporting at hearings, including preparing opening / closing arguments and cross examinations.
• Liaising with client teams on risk management and case strategies.
• Conducting legal research and analysis to support case strategies.
• Coordinating multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams
• Support BD initiatives

Qualifications and Skills

• 2-4 years' experience within international arbitration, gained wholly or in part at a large commercial law firm.
• Proficient and qualified in English law (qualification in any additional jurisdictions is beneficial but not required).
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity.
• Commercially aware with ability to see the big picture.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Able to prioritise and multi-task particularly when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Able to interact positively at all levels and be a good team player.
• Driven by professional growth with strong professional presence.

What We Offer
At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on cutting-edge cases that. We live by our values--to be pioneering, united and human--and we believe that you'll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer. We will also help you to develop your advocacy skills with a view to you being able in due course to undertake advocacy responsibilities in international arbitration hearings.
We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a lawyer and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.
We offer high-quality, internationally oriented work on the most challenging matters and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organisation. In due course, inter-office secondments may also be possible if that is of interest to the successful candidate.
About White & Case
We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our strong pool of lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one jurisdiction or across many.
Location & Reporting

• This role is based in our London office. This role reports to the London International Arbitration Partners.
• Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Firm Benefits
We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase (available during annual enrolment)

Equal Opportunities
White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm's policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please us. We will be happy to work with you.
Note to recruitment agencies
Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.
Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the London Recruitment team.
When engaging with agencies, we are supported by our preferred suppliers.
1The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

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