Fantastic opportunity to grow your career with a Legal 500 listed practice and have the chance to continue your career development as a Commercial Litigation Solicitor in Lancashire.The successful candidate will ideally have a minimum of 4 years' PQE and be comfotable dealing with a broad range of litigation matters, preferably within strong environment with complex work. You will be expected to deal with a mix of commercial litigation disputes from corporate litigation to partner disputes, shareholder disputes, professional negligence and property disputes on behalf of both blue chip companies and SME's.The firm enjoy a superb reputation in the local area and are well established as a key Lancashire player. The firm as whole is made up of 30 staff (including support staff) so although not the largest firm in the area in terms of head count they do enjoy a strong presence in the local market and have a regular flow of work coming in from returning clients and from recommendations, word of mouth and as a result of their general reputation.The firm adopts quite a relaxed approach to the way it operates and operates a quality over quantity approach. It prefers to focus on their clients satisfaction and results that their clients are happy with rather than trying to bill as much as possible on each matter and setting high targets. They adopt a very "grown up" type attitude across the practice and allow their lawyers plenty of autonomy which they feel creates a happier and more productive firm and allows them to continue to provide a very client centered service.If the above role sounds of interest please get in touch with Nick Skelly at QED legal or apply ASAP. Salary can be in excess of £50,000 for this position.Any applications will be treated in the strictest of confidence and no details will be forwarded without your express permission.CompanyAs a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your career.AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Partner moves - both full equity and fixed share equity
Team moves
Firm Mergers / Bolt-on's
Succession / retirement planning
In House Counsel
Patent / Trademark Attorneys
Other jurisdictions - placing lawyers into and from other countries
Professional Support Lawyers
Associate moves - focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
Assistant moves - lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA - regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
