Commercial Litigation Solicitor

JMC Legal Recruitment; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment is recruiting a Commercial Litigation Solicitor for Burgess Hill, West Sussex, to help establish a new flagship office. The role offers genuine autonomy to grow the practice, with senior firm support and dedicated resources, including modern offices.

You will manage your own litigation matters from day one, build relationships with growing businesses, and influence the development of the disputes team as the office expands.

Qualifications

• 2+ PQE in Commercial Litigation (flexible for the right candidate)
• Strong technical grounding across commercial dispute resolution and litigation
• Comfortable working independently while knowing support is there
• Ambitious to build your own client base and help establish the litigation team

Responsibilities

• Manage your own litigation caseload independently from day one
• Develop client relationships with growing businesses in a thriving market area
• Actively shape the office culture and how the disputes team operates
• Work with genuine autonomy while accessing senior support across the firm
• Influence the commercial litigation practice's growth strategy as the Burgess Hill office establishes itself
• Tap into full firm resources: modern offices, strong administrative and paralegal support, real investment in your development

Skills

2+ PQE in Commercial Litigation

Independent working

Business development

Job description

Commercial Litigation Solicitor | 2+ PQE | Burgess Hill, West Sussex

Build Commercial Disputes Practice in a Growing Market (Alongside Shaping a New Office)

A well-established regional firm has just secured a flagship office in Burgess Hill, a strategic expansion into a growing market area with a full-service team across multiple practice disciplines.

They're recruiting experienced Commercial Litigation Solicitors to help establish and lead their disputes offering from day one. This is a genuine opportunity to build a practice, work with real autonomy, and shape how a new office develops.

If you're ready to step beyond managing a caseload and actually influence an office's growth and direction, this is rare.

The Opportunity

You'll be one of the founding lawyers establishing the commercial litigation team in a new flagship office:

• Manage your own litigation caseload independently from day one
• Develop client relationships with growing businesses in a thriving market area
• Actively shape the office culture and how the disputes team operates
• Work with genuine autonomy while accessing senior support across the firm
• Influence the commercial litigation practice's growth strategy as the Burgess Hill office establishes itself
• Tap into full firm resources: modern offices, strong administrative and paralegal support, real investment in your development

This isn't about proving yourself in an under-resourced satellite office. The firm is investing properly, purpose-built offices, experienced colleagues available across locations, and genuine backing for the expansion.

The Firm

A regional, full-service practice genuinely committed to investing in its people and infrastructure.

What they understand, and what often gets overlooked: strong administrative and paralegal support, modern working environments, and real investment in staff. That directly affects the quality of your work and your development as a lawyer.

The Work

You'll build a varied commercial litigation caseload:

• Commercial contract disputes and breach of contract claims
• Business-to-business disputes and partnership disagreements
• Professional negligence claims and service disputes
• Debt recovery and insolvency-related litigation
• Shareholder and director disputes
• Construction-related commercial disputes
• Advise growing businesses on dispute avoidance and resolution strategy

You manage your own matters independently while knowing experienced litigators are available for support on particularly complex or high-value disputes.

About You

• 2+ PQE in Commercial Litigation (flexible for the right candidate, no upper limit)
• Strong technical grounding across commercial dispute resolution and litigation
• Comfortable working independently while knowing support is there
• Commercially astute and strategic approach to dispute management
• Ambitious to build your own client base and help establish the litigation team
• Seeking genuine growth opportunity, not just a change of office location

What's On Offer

• Salary negotiable reflecting your experience and background
• Performance-based rewards and bonus scheme
• Hybrid and flexible working including part-time options (typically 60% office attendance)
• Modern, purpose-built offices in a flagship Burgess Hill location
• Strong paralegal and administrative support (not just marketing, genuinely embedded in how they work)
• Career development within a growing, full-service firm
• Real autonomy to build your practice within a supportive structure
• Shape something new: help establish the commercial disputes offering in a significant office expansion

Why This Works

Burgess Hill is growing, exactly where expanding businesses need commercial litigation support. The firm has committed to a flagship location in a prominent building. This expansion is genuinely strategic, not speculative.

You're not joining a struggling practice or a token satellite office. You're being recruited to help establish something significant with proper institutional backing. That means access to resources, experience, and support, plus genuine autonomy to shape how things work.

The commitment to strong administrative support and modern offices isn't corporate speak. It's how they actually operate. That directly translates to your ability to deliver quality work and develop a thriving practice.

If you're a commercial litigator ready to move beyond managing files and actually help shape an office's future, with autonomy, proper support, and genuine opportunity, this is it.