Partner / Legal Director - Public Sector Litigation

Blake Morgan; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blake Morgan in Cardiff seeks a Partner, Legal Director or senior lawyer to lead our public sector litigation offering. You will drive procurement and governance dispute work, with a focus on Welsh public bodies and complex procurement matters.

You will build client relationships, contribute to business development, and help shape a distinctive public sector practice from Cardiff, collaborating across litigation, regulatory, public law and commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of procurement litigation in public sector contexts.
• Experience advising public bodies, suppliers or contractors on complex matters.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts and governance-related disputes.
• Proven track record developing client relationships and practice growth.
• Ability to lead matters strategically across teams.
• Some leadership experience managing others.
• Understanding of the Welsh public sector landscape is beneficial.
• Established client following is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of Blake Morgan's public sector litigation offering.
• Grow work connected to Welsh public bodies, procurement and governance disputes.
• Lead client relationships and contribute to business development.
• Help build a distinctive public sector litigation practice from Cardiff base.
• Collaborate across litigation, regulatory, public law and commercial teams.

Skills

Procurement litigation

Public sector disputes

Governance disputes

Client relationships

Leadership

Welsh public sector

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Partner / Legal Director - Public Sector Litigation

• Partner / Legal Director - Public Sector Litigation

About the role

Blake Morgan is one of the UK's leading full-service law firms, with a strong national presence and a well-established reputation for delivering high quality advice to private and public sector clients. We advise across a broad range of commercial, regulatory and public sector disputes, including complex commercial litigation, procurement disputes, contractual claims, governance-related disputes and litigation involving public bodies and organisations operating in regulated environments.

This opportunity is focused on strengthening our public sector litigation capability, with a particular emphasis on work connected to the Welsh public sector and clients with significant procurement, commercial contracting, governance and dispute resolution requirements.

Joining us means joining a collaborative and ambitious litigation practice with high quality work, able colleagues and the infrastructure to support further practice development in Cardiff, Wales and across the wider firm.

The Role

This is an opportunity for an established Partner, Legal Director or senior lawyer with a credible route to partnership to take a leading role in the development of our public sector litigation offering. We are particularly interested in individuals who can bring depth of experience in procurement litigation and disputes involving public bodies. The successful candidate will play a key role in growing work connected to Welsh public bodies, advising on contentious procurement, contractual disputes, governance-related disputes and strategically important litigation. You will be expected to lead client relationships, contribute to business development and help build a distinctive public sector litigation practice from a Cardiff base.

About You

You are likely to be a Partner, Legal Director or senior litigation lawyer with a strong reputation for public sector dispute resolution. You may already be based in Cardiff or elsewhere in Wales, or be keen to relocate to the region. The qualities we seek include:-

• Significant experience of procurement litigation, including challenges arising from public procurement processes, regulated tendering environments and contractual award disputes.
• Experience of advising public bodies, suppliers, contractors or regulated organisations on complex contentious matters.
• A strong understanding of commercial contracts, governance-related disputes, risk management and the strategic handling of litigation involving public sector clients.
• A credible track record of developing client relationships and generating or contributing to a sustainable litigation practice.
• The ability to lead matters strategically and work collaboratively across litigation, regulatory, public law and commercial teams.
• Some experience of management, supervision or leadership of others.
• An understanding of the Welsh public sector landscape and the key legal, political and commercial issues affecting clients in that market would be beneficial.
• An established client following or portable relationships would be advantageous, but is not essential where there is a clear fit and market credibility.

Blake Morgan strives to create and maintain a positive, non-discriminatory work environment. We will ensure that all applications for vacancies will be considered without discrimination against any person on the basis of race, colour, religion, disability, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age or marital status. We strive to ensure that our shortlisting and interviewing panels are diverse. Further details about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion can be found here.

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