Commercial Litigation Solicitor
Role – Commercial Litigation Solicitor
Salary – tbc on application
Benefits – The Blackstone benefit scheme including the employee bonus scheme
About Us and the role:
The award-winning team at Blackstone solicitors are looking for individuals driven by wanting to make a difference for our clients, our employees, and our community. We are looking to recruit a qualified Commercial Litigation Solicitor to work in our growing
Commercial Litigation team. With at least 3 years PQE , the ideal candidate will have good technical and procedural knowledge and an ability and desire to work on their own
caseloads whilst also assisting senior members of the team with larger cases.
You will be joining a busy legal team who are exposed to high-quality work, and running a caseload of complex and varied commercial litigation matters,
We are a reputable law firm based in the UK with a dedicated team of 50 staff members and growing, providing exceptional legal services to our clients. The Commercial Litigation Solicitor role is a key component of the Commercial Litigation Team to provide the expertise needed to deliver a great and consistent service to our clients along with contributing to the overall happiness of our clients and the Commercial Litigation Team.
You will report directly to the Partner/Head of Commercial Litigation and be motived to deliver a well-run, efficient and well organised Commercial Litigation Team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Adopting a tenacious approach to litigation by striving to obtain the best result for clients acting at speed and always promoting their best interests.
- Diligent with exceptional attention to detail
- Must have excellent communication skills.
- Identify legal risks and advise clients, during the lifetime of their case, on their pro sects and costs exposure.
- Enthusiastic about maintaining high standards of client care
- Must be a strong tactical lawyer with excellent commercial skills
- Work closely with other teams in the firm, including real estate, corporate, and fi nance departments, to deliver integrated solutions to clients.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships through exceptional service delivery and effective communication, ensuring long-term client retention
- Adhering to clients’ respective SLA terms within the provided time frame
- Handling multiple cases simultaneously, ensuring that each is completed within the set deadline date in a professional manner.
- Ability to manage and prioritise high volume caseload in a fast paced environment.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records of multiple ongoing cases.
The Blackstone employee benefits scheme:
Health and Wellbeing benefits
- Employee bonus scheme providing up to an additional 10% of your salary annually (T&Cs apply)
- A healthcare package which provides 24/7 access to a GP, £100 towards Dental treatment, £100 towards glasses and £250 towards physio per annum.
- Annual hearing tests.
- Death in service – An insurance policy that pays 4x your salary to next of kin or anyone else you choose.
- Company Pension Pet insurance – cats and dogs (no horses and subject to conditions)
- Counselling service.
- Massages in the office once a month (15 mins per person).
- Pure Gym membership.
- 5 days sick leave (maximum 2 occasions per year).
- Annual flu jab.
- Birthday off work.
Social benefits
- Netflix
- Spotify
- Amazon Prime
- Apple news +. This gives you online access to a whole range of newspapers and magazines.
- Free conveyancing.
