Job Description

Job Title: Commercial Disputes Junior Associate / Solicitor (NQ to 2 years PQE)
Location: Leeds City Centre (with Hybrid Working)
Salary: 65,000 to 70,000
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Role Overview & Daily Responsibilities:

• Work closely with colleagues across the disputes team on a wide variety of contentious matters for major corporates, public sector bodies and high-profile individuals.
• Gain hands-on experience across litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, with exposure to complex and high-value cases spanning multiple sectors.
• Develop a strong understanding of clients' commercial drivers and apply this to deliver pragmatic and innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with lawyers in other practice groups to provide seamless, cross-disciplinary advice.
• Build lasting client relationships through high-quality service, responsiveness and a proactive approach.
• Contribute to the growth of the practice by engaging in business development and networking opportunities.
• Enhance your technical expertise and broader professional skills through structured training, mentoring and on-the-job learning.
• Be part of a supportive and ambitious team culture that values collaboration, inclusion and career progression.

Employee Benefits Package:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Holiday purchase / sale scheme
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Insurance packages - Including life assurance, private medical, dental, income protection, critical illness and more
• Heath & Well-being scheme - including occupational health, employee assistance programmes, heath screening, physical health support, discounted gym memberships and more

Company Overview:

• This leading international law firm is recognised for its strong reputation across complex, high-value commercial work and for advising a diverse portfolio of blue-chip clients. With a collaborative and ambitious culture, the firm combines deep sector expertise with a progressive approach to client service, offering lawyers the opportunity to work on market-leading matters within a supportive and dynamic environment. The business is known for investing in its people, fostering career development, and providing access to some of the most challenging and rewarding mandates in the market.

Introducing CRA Consulting:

• CRA Consulting are a specialist legal recruiter, operating across the UK. CRA works in partnership with reputable law firms with either local, regional, national or international presence. We recruit at all levels from board, director and partnership level through to support staff.
• For additional information on how we can assist you with your next career move, visit the CRA Consulting Website at

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How to Apply

• If this Commercial Disputes Associate vacancy, please click the apply button. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss with Rhys Spencer who is managing this vacancy, call 0114 241 8030 for a confidential discussion.
• Are you wanting to review additional career opportunities? Visit our jobs page at

Additional Information:

• CRA Legal follow strict best practice recruitment guidelines monitored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Please note our advertisements use salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
• This Commercial Disputes Associate vacancy is very popular with the local legal community, so please apply quickly to ensure your application is considered. As part of our candidate registration and care process we at CRA Legal aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 working days.

Company
We are at the forefront of legal recruitment and our team of expert legal recruiters understand the needs of our candidates and clients.
Progression, Case Loads, Expertise
We know that our candidates want progression, manageable case loads, and salaries and benefits which reflect their expertise. We know that their purpose is to help people, work with them to have fair representation, and have ambitious career goals in legal. They want us to work with them to find the best legal jobs.
Integrity, Growth, Brand
Our clients want to run their business within integrity - and that's one of our core values. We work with legal firms to attract and retain the best candidates to help them grow. Brand is something at the heart of the legal sector, so we are focused on advising on employee brand to help with attraction and retention.
All Levels of Legal Recruitment
Whether legal, compliance, company secretarial, policy, qualified or non-qualified, temporary or permanent, our expert legal recruitment consultants have a single market focus. Our clients and candidates testify to how we've helped them find the best legal jobs, and help them grow their legal businesses.
Legal jobs we recruit for

• Solicitors
• Legal Executives
• Paralegals
• Law Graduates
• Legal Secretaries
• Legal Office support
• Locum Lawyers
• Legal Cashiers

For more information and to register with us please click on the link below:
https://www.craconsultants.com/users/register/new/registration
CALL: 0114 2418030
Company info Website Telephone 0114 2418030 Location 51 Clarkegorve Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 2NH
United Kingdom
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