Valuations & Damages Specialist

LGBT Jobs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working (remote and office)

Mentoring and development programmes

Competitive salary + bonuses

Health schemes and wellbeing support

Job summary

Bird & Bird in London seeks a Valuations & Damages Specialist to join the IP team. You will support the Head of Valuation & Damages and collaborate with the legal team to shape and execute strategies for valuation and damages in disputes.

The role focuses on IP disputes with opportunities in Sports, Dispute Resolution and Competition, offering flexible working arrangements including remote and office-based work and a comprehensive development programme.

Qualifications

• Must hold a relevant professional qualification (accountant, CFA, or economist).
• Strong analytical, communication and strategic thinking required.
• Experience drafting expert reports and valuing assets for disputes.

Responsibilities

• Support Head of Valuation & Damages in London and develop strategy for valuation in disputes.
• Work with legal teams to execute valuation and damages elements for IP, sports, competition disputes.
• Draft expert reports and explain complex financial concepts clearly.
• Build and contribute to a growing in-house valuation team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Disputes experience

Excel

Word

Education

Accountant

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Economist

Job description

Valuations & Damages Specialist role in London

IP disputes with opportunities in Sports, Dispute Resolution and Competition

Relevant qualification required: accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or economist

Competitive, market-led salary and bonus structure

Flexible working options including remote and office

Inclusion of Diversity & Inclusion, ESG, and Pro Bono work in bonus calculation

We are looking to recruit a Valuations & Damages Specialist, to join our IP team in London. This is an exciting new opportunity supporting the Head of Valuation & Damages in London working alongside the legal team to develop and execute the strategy for valuation and/or damages element of disputes.

Key Responsibilities

You will be a part of a new & growing team within Bird & Bird, so you'll have the opportunity to be an integral part in building out something new.

This is a great opportunity to move 'in house' to see the wider aspects of a dispute and to build meaningful relationships with legal teams, barristers and our clients.

The focus will be on IP disputes, but with opportunities to work with the Sports, Dispute Resolution and Competition teams.

What you'll bring

• Must hold a relevant qualification, either an accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or economist
• Exceptional analytical skills required, strong communication skills, and a strategic thinker
• Experience of working in disputes setting calculating damages and/or valuing businesses and other assets for litigation and/or arbitration
• Experience of drafting (all or parts of) expert reports
• Ability to explain complex financial concepts or analysis to people unfamiliar with the topics
• Very strong Word and Excel skills

What's in it for you

• Our agile approach to office and remote working enables you to find the right balance to deliver at your best. Supporting you, our business and our clients in a flexible way.
• Progress your career and personal development with our award-winning development programmes, from our global mentoring scheme to our bespoke coaching opportunities.
• Equip yourself with a board range of technical and business skills as well as a deep understanding of business issues through our skills-based curriculum.
• Competitive, market-led salary and bonus structure
• Family friendly policies as well as health schemes and wellbeing support
• A flexible benefits package which allows you to tailor your benefits to your current needs and lifestyle.

In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, Bird & Bird operates two discretionary bonus schemes.

We offer a performance related bonus that reflects the contributions you make to the firm. We know an inclusive culture, alongside a diverse workforce, makes us more innovative and agile, so whilst some of the criteria for being awarded a bonus is based on chargeable hours, we also include an allowance for hours spent contributing to Diversity & Inclusion, ESG, and Pro Bono work.

We see 'winning work' as significantly different to the day-to-day business development activities you carry out as part of your role as an Associate, so in addition to the Performance Bonus, Bird & Bird are keen to reward Associates for winning work. Winning Work Bonuses are paid in addition to the Performance Bonus and are intended to be a thank you for your contribution to introducing a client or generating additional work from an existing client.

Bird & Bird opens up a world of possible for lawyers everywhere. Here you can advise major enterprises and high-growth businesses on matters that are often transformative in nature, and alongside people who are truly collegiate in the way they work with everyone at Bird & Bird. We are one international firm, where over 70% of our work involves teams from across our firm. And that is only going to increase. It is this common purpose and shared approach that makes for a more productive, and collaborative place to work.

As a disability and neurodiversity inclusive employer we want to ensure that you have a barrier‑free recruitment experience at Bird & Bird. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please provide details to your recruitment contact who will be in touch to discuss any details provided and understand more about your individual adjustment needs.