Senior Litigation Counsel

Metro Bank; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous holiday allowance

Attractive pension scheme

Healthcare

Life assurance

Colleague discounts

Job summary

Metro Bank is seeking a senior in-house Solicitor to lead the bank's litigation strategy and manage complex commercial disputes, investigations, and remediation matters.

You will oversee external counsel, budgets, and risk assessments while guiding junior team members and communicating complex legal issues to the Board and senior management. A qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales with substantial PQE is required.

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of complex commercial and financial services disputes.
• Understanding regulatory investigations and the Financial Ombudsman Service complaints process.
• Experience preparing statements of case, applications, witness evidence, and settlement through to judgment.
• PQE in England & Wales is required.
• Substantial post-qualification contentious experience in-house or private practice.

Responsibilities

• Set litigation strategy and manage significant disputes and investigations.
• Oversee external counsel, litigation budgets, exposure assessments and reporting.
• Lead, support and develop junior members of the Legal team.

Skills

High Court litigation

Regulatory investigations

Dispute management

In-house experience

Financial services expertise

Education

Qualified Solicitor or Barrister in England & Wales

Job description

What you will do:

• Protect Metro Bank by setting litigation strategy and leading the effective management of significant disputes, investigations, complaints, remediation matters and othercontentious legal risk
• Exercise sound judgement and remain calm, resilient and decisive when managing complex, ambiguous or sensitive matters
• Build trusted relationships and communicate complex legal and commercial issues clearly and persuasively to the Board, senior management and other key decision-makers
• Manage external counsel, litigation budgets, exposure assessments and reporting, providing constructive, evidence-based challenge at peer level and above
• Lead, support and develop more junior members of the Legal team

And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns.

What you will need:

• Detailed knowledge of complex commercial and financial services disputes, including High Court litigation, alternative dispute resolution, privilege, disclosure, evidence and enforcement
• An understanding of regulatory investigations, customer complaints and remediation matters, including the Financial Ombudsman Service complaints process
• Confident overseeing the preparation of statements of case, applications, witness evidence and other key litigation documents, and managing proceedings through to settlement, judgment and enforcement
• Detailed knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment relevant to a listed retail bank
• A qualified Solicitor or Barrister in England & Wales
• Substantial post-qualification contentious experience gained in-house and/or in private practice, independently managing complex, high-value or strategically important disputes
• Financial services experience, whether in-house or in private practice

Our promise to you…

• We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!
• We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!).