Commercial Litigation - Associate/Senior Associate

Clarke Willmott; Southampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarke Willmott in Southampton is seeking an Associate/Senior Associate for our Commercial Litigation team. You will manage your own caseload across a broad range of disputes including contract, negligence, and shareholder issues while supporting Partners on complex matters.

We value initiative, strong client service, and clear communication, with a proactive approach to business development within a collaborative, supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years post-qualified experience in Commercial Litigation.
• Proactive and flexible—work well both independently and in a team.
• Solid Commercial Litigation experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication with clients.
• Ability to use initiative and be a forward-planner, anticipating client needs.
• Ambitious with strong academic achievement and client skills.
• Driven to develop a career as a litigator within a supportive team.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload across a range of commercial litigation matters.
• Support Partners on more complex and large-scale claims.
• Engage in business development activities and internal initiatives.
• Comply with information security and firm policies.

Skills

Commercial litigation

Client service

Teamwork

Proactivity

Communication skills

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Associate/Senior Associate to join our Commercial Litigation team in Southampton. Our Southampton Commercial Litigation team is led by Partners Owen Williams and Cathy Harris.

Consistently ranked highly in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, our team have considerable experience in resolving disputes across a wide range of industries and sectors.

What we do and your role in the team

As a member of this motivated but highly collegiate team you will enjoy a wide variety of dispute resolution work. The team handle claims including contract disputes, professional negligence, business interruption, insurance coverage disputes, high value contested debt recovery, franchise disputes, defamation, and partnership and shareholder disputes for a wide variety of commercial and corporate clients. You will have your own caseload across the range of our specialism and the opportunity to support Partners on more complex and large-scale claims. Beyond your caseload, we’ll expect you to get involved in a range of business development activities and play a full part as a member of a supportive team. It is an integral part of this role that you comply with information security and all firm policies and procedures.

What we are looking for:

• You will ideally have 4-8 years post-qualified experience working within in a Commercial Litigation team.
• You should be proactive and flexible in working both individually and as part of a team and be able to prioritise a number of different projects effectively.
• you will have solid commercial litigation experience.
• Communication will be one of your strong points, both written and oral, and you will be enthusiastic about delivering excellent quality service to your clients.
• We expect you to be able to use your initiative, and be a forward-planner, anticipating your clients’ needs in advance wherever possible.
• We are looking for someone with very good academic achievement wishing to develop their career as a litigator and who also displays initiative, pragmatism, common sense and excellent client skills, who is looking to build a career and develop a reputation within this very strong, friendly and supportive team.
• To be successful in the role you will be driven and ambitious with the ability to develop your existing experience in our highly regarded team.