Associate - Disputes

TLT LLP; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Job summary

TLT LLP in Belfast is recruiting an Associate to join our Disputes team on a hybrid basis. You will handle a varied contentious caseload for financial and commercial clients and provide strategic legal advice alongside senior fee earners.

The role offers opportunities for business development and collaboration with colleagues across our UK offices, reflecting our large, national disputes team.

Qualifications

• Qualified (or newly qualified) Solicitor with 1–4 years PQE in litigation and/or property.
• Excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills.
• Self-motivation with ability to manage workloads and deadlines.
• Commercial awareness with enthusiasm for business development.
• Ability to understand client business needs.
• Ambitious and collaborative team player supporting senior fee earners.

Responsibilities

• Run a varied contentious caseload for financial and commercial services clients.
• Provide strategic and commercial legal advice across disputes and claims, working with senior team.
• Participate in business development activities, nurturing existing relationships and building new ones.
• Collaborate with colleagues across office locations nationwide.

Skills

Litigation

Property

Analytical skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Self-motivation

Commercial awareness

Client understanding

Team player

Job description

We are recruiting for an Associate to join our Disputes team in Belfast on a hybrid working basis.

Our team is one of the UK's largest teams in the field of financial services litigation, comprising over 150 people across our offices in Bristol, Manchester, London, Belfast and Glasgow. We are rated by Chambers as being in the top tier of firms outside of London advising in this area.

Your Role

As a key addition to the team, day to day you will be involved with:

• Running a varied contentious caseload for our key financial and commercial services clients
• Providing strategic and commercial legal advice across a range of disputes and claims, working closely alongside senior members of the team
• Participating in business development activities with clients and potential clients, nurturing existing relationships and building on new ones
• Collaborating with colleagues and teams across our office locations nationwide

Your Skills and Experience

• A qualified (or newly qualified) Solicitor 1-4 year's PQE, with experience in litigation and / or property
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills
• Self-motivation with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines
• Commercial awareness with an enthusiasm for business development
• Ability to understand client business needs
• An ambitious and enthusiastic team player, able to support senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture

Your Team

TLT has one of the largest dedicated Financial Services Disputes practices in the UK, with partner led teams in all jurisdictions. We act for a range of financial institutions including large UK banks, international banks, challenger banks and fintechs, giving commercial and practical advice to resolve disputes.

We advise across the whole spectrum of contentious issues associated with commercial, business and consumer finance, including dispute resolution, pre-litigation management and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

• 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service)
• private medical insurance

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on [e-mail]