Senior/Managing Associate - Public Inquiries
TLT
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Acting as a supporting Solicitor to statutory and non-statutory inquiries
- Undertaking internal investigations and independent reviews
- Providing legal advice to the Inquiry Team and contribute to senior relationship management with recognised legal representatives, core participants, witnesses and document providers
- Handling or leading complex, multi-disciplinary, professional, multi-strand legal or investigative environments
- Handling or leading complex, large-scale projects, including involvement in delivery of large-scale disclosure/e-disclosure/document production/information management exercises
- Planning, defining and implementing strategies to support delivery against client need
- Leading and project managing document-heavy review processes to identify key relevant materials
- Establishing defined programmes of work and monitoring delivery
- Giving clear and detailed instructions to witnesses to ensure delivery of high-quality evidence
- Supporting witnesses in advance of giving oral evidence
- Supervising the work delegated to other team members, adopting a supportive and collegiate approach to the development of others
- Working flexibly across workstreams and delegating tasks to other team members, driving efficiency and maximising available resource
- A qualified lawyer with 5+ years PQE in a similar litigation legal setting
- Experience managing own case load, leading a team of associates to achieve successful litigation outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to deliver values-driven outcomes across the balanced scorecard.
- A high level of commercial awareness
- Strong litigation skills and project management skills with experience of managing large scale disclosure exercises and/or working on large scale projects across the commercial litigation inquests or the public inquiries landscape
- A creative approach to problem solving with an ability to manage critical issues quickly and effectively
- A proven and demonstrable ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Keen, motivated team player with the ability to self-start and engage with a varied cross section of fee earners across the business
- Ability to contribute to our collaborative culture, with an ambition to assist in the development of junior team members