Contract Senior Associate - Retail Mortgage Services

TLT LLP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

TLT LLP in Manchester is seeking a Contract Senior Associate to join the Retail Mortgage Services team on a 3-month basis. The role is hybrid and based in Manchester, with an umbrella daily rate arrangement.

The successful candidate will handle a varied contentious caseload for financial services clients, work with Legal Directors and Partners on complex disputes, and supervise junior team members while delivering strategic legal advice and contributing to client relationships across the network.

Qualifications

• Qualified disputes and litigation solicitor with 1-5 PQE at a large firm.
• Experience in financial services disputes preferred but not essential.
• Strong analytical, communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage workloads and deadlines autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Run a varied contentious caseload for our key financial services clients.
• Work with Legal Directors and Partners on progression of complex disputes.
• Supervise junior members of the team.
• Provide strategic and commercial legal advice across disputes and claims.
• Participate in business development activities with clients and potential clients.
• Collaborate with colleagues across office locations nationwide.

Skills

Disputes & litigation experience

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Self-motivation

Commercial awareness

Client relationship understanding

Team player

Job description

Contract Senior Associate - Retail Mortgage Services

We are recruiting a Contract Senior Associate to join our Retail Mortgage Services Team within Financial Regulation and Disputes. The role is based in Manchester and offers a hybrid working arrangement.

The position is offered on a 3 month contract basis and will be paid via an Umbrella Company at a competitive daily rate.

Our Financial Regulation and Disputes 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, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Belfast and Glasgow. The team deals with some of the most high-profile banking disputes and has taken a number of cases to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in recent years.

Your Role

• Run a varied contentious caseload for our key financial services clients
• Work with the team's Legal Directors and Partners in the progression of some of the most complex disputes in the firm's portfolio
• Supervise junior members of the team
• Provide strategic and commercial legal advice across a range of disputes and claims, working closely alongside senior members of the team
• Participate in business development activities with clients and potential clients, nurturing existing relationships and building on new ones
• Collaborate with colleagues across our office locations nationwide

Your Skills & Experience

We are looking for:

• A qualified disputes and litigation solicitor with 1-5 PQE at a large national or international firm. Experience in financial services disputes is preferred but not essential
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills
• Self‑motivation with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines autonomously
• 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.

Summary

TLT-2319

Flexible resource

Flexible resource

Manchester

Closing Date

Sunday 11 October 2026

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