Commercial Litigation Partner

William James Recruitment

Leeds

On-site

GBP 180,000 - 320,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration and profit participation

Flexible working arrangements

High-quality client base

Job summary

A leading UK recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Commercial Litigation Partner to join a prominent law firm in Leeds. This role offers significant influence in a growing litigation team, with responsibilities including developing client relationships and managing high-value disputes. Candidates should have strong shareholder and director dispute experience and be comfortable with cross-border matters. The firm provides competitive remuneration, flexible working arrangements, and the opportunity to shape a key regional practice.

Qualifications

Experience handling high-value, complex disputes.
Comfortable managing international clients.
Entrepreneurial mindset and motivated to contribute.

Responsibilities

Develop local contacts and service existing clients.
Shape and build the Leeds practice.
Influence the largest litigation team within the firm.
Collaborate with teams to deliver high-quality dispute resolution for clients.

Skills

Established Commercial Litigation Partner

Strong experience in shareholder and director disputes

Managing cross-border matters

Proven ability to originate work

Collaborative and client-focused

Job description

William James Recruitment is exclusively instructed by a Top UK law firm seeking a Commercial Litigation Partner to join its expanding practice, with Leeds identified as a key strategic location.

The firm has very ambitious growth plans in England & Wales and is looking for Partners, team moves, and acquisitions to develop a stronger presence across their regional offices. The litigation team is the largest within the firm, giving new recruits significant influence in shaping the practice. The Leeds role offers the opportunity to develop local contacts, service existing clients, and originate new work, contributing directly to the firm’s strategic aim of increasing turnover and expanding its footprint across England.

The Disputes team handles a broad spectrum of issues involving shareholders, directors, and companies. This includes breach of fiduciary duties, unfair prejudice actions, shareholder derivative claims, contractual disputes, and M&A-related litigation. The team’s clients include companies, directors, insolvency practitioners, and international clients, often involving cross-border elements.

The team is highly collaborative, combining transactional and contentious expertise, and offers an environment where new partners can play a key role in building and shaping the Leeds practice.

The Candidate

Established Commercial Litigation Partner with experience handling high-value, complex disputes
Strong experience in shareholder, director, and company disputes, including fiduciary, unfair prejudice, derivative, contractual, and M&A claims
Comfortable managing cross-border matters and international clients
Proven ability to originate work and develop client relationships, particularly in England & Wales
Entrepreneurial mindset and motivated to contribute to building a new regional practice
Collaborative, commercially aware, and client-focused

Why This Opportunity

Join a Top 50 UK law firm with a record of consistent growth and strategic autonomy
Play a pivotal role in building a Leeds-based litigation practice, fully supported by a highly profitable and well-regarded firm
Influence the largest litigation team within the firm and contribute to strategic decision-making
Work in a partner-led, entrepreneurial environment with minimal red tape

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