Job Description

Location : Hull, United Kingdom Role overview

rradar is looking for a Senior Associate solicitor to join us and work as part of the Commercial Disputes team in either our Hull, Leeds or Birmingham office.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a close-knit team, where you will gain exposure to a broad range of interesting Commercial Dispute cases. This role has potential for development and progression for an individual with strong technical ability, a solid grounding in Commercial Disputes and a willingness to assume responsibility.

The successful candidate will take a proactive role, working both autonomously and as part of a team and will have good experience over a variety of Commercial Dispute disciplines. They contribute to the growth and development of the department and supervise and mentor other members of staff when required.

Duties include:

• Working independently with day-to-day conduct of own files which may be complex and high value.
• Representing, advising and supporting clients over a broad range of Commercial Dispute disciplines including contractual liability, property matters (trespass / nuisance), breach of directors duties, some low level intellectual property work.
• Working within an insurance funded litigation environment and considering matters of insurance policy coverage and providing claims handling support to insurers.

• Working across the business supporting the delivery of complete, accurate and timely legal services on all Commercial Dispute matters.
• Providing a caring, quality service to the company\xe2\x80\x99s clients in accordance with the plans and targets of rradar.
• Conducting own cases and assisting other fee-earners in providing advice and representation to the company\xe2\x80\x99s clients.
• Promoting the services of the Commercial Disputes team internally and externally. Taking a proactive approach and developing a fee-paying client base.
• Carrying out duties in a professional manner, complying with relevant professional standards and any requirement set by relevant regulating bodies including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Law Society of England and Wales.
• Developing and maintaining the competencies necessary to provide a proper standard of service to clients and maintaining a record of professional development.
• Participating in projects to develop, improve and optimise services, both as part of our continuously evolving product range and also in response to changes in the law affecting clients.
• Supporting the Legal Manager representing, supervising, and managing junior team members work as appropriate.

Required skills:

The ideal candidate will have general Commercial Dispute litigation expertise which will ideally include, but is not limited to, breach of contract claims; shareholder and partnership, breaches of company administration requirements and directors\xe2\x80\x99 duties; breach of confidence; intellectual property; information technology; professional negligence and fraud.

They will also:

• Be a qualified Solicitor or Equivalent, with a minimum of 4 years PQE.
• Have experience working in a busy, reputable Commercial Disputes team within a well recognised practice.
• Have experience dealing with a large, varied, and complex case load.
• Have prior supervisory experience, developing and coaching.
• Have experience identifying and developing new business opportunities and relationships.
• Have working knowledge of IT systems such as Word, Outlook, case management systems (ideally proclaim) and digital dictation systems.
• Be able to exhibit strong ability to work on own initiative using their autonomy, whilst also being a strong team player.

It would also be desirable for them to have solid insurance litigation experience and understanding of Commercial Dispute litigation policy related issues.

Agile working

rradar recognises the importance of in-person culture and the value of collaboration and cross-team learning within and across the business. It helps drive our innovation, service and product development for our clients.

With this in mind, we have now introduced fully agile working, where our people will be able to decide which days they attend the office \xe2\x80\x9cwith purpose\xe2\x80\x9d, taking into consideration the needs of the business, clients, partners and the team.

Follow the link to find out a little more about who we are: Hours 35
Department Legal - Litigation and Disputes
Job Type Full time
Contract Type Permanent
Salary Competitive

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