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About:
The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent, international professional services business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with over 650 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm’s legal services.
Mishcon de Reya LLP is based in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore and Hong Kong (through its association with Karas So LLP ). The firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. Its work is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate ; Dispute Resolution ; Employment ; Innovation ; Private ; and Real Estate .
The Mishcon de Reya Group includes consultancy businesses MDR Cyber , MDR Discover , MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai), MDR One , MDRi and MDRx . The Group also includes MDR Lab , which invests in the most promising early stage legaltech companies as well as the Mishcon Academy, its in-house place of learning and platform for thought leadership.
Earlier this year, the Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal. It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions management business.
Role:
Associate/Managing Associate
PQE: 5+
Qualification:
- English law qualification is a requirement, along with a proven track record of advising on English law matters in a contentious practice.
- Ability to effectively manage cases on a day-to-day basis, and lead and supervise more junior team members.
- Dedicated international arbitration practice from a recognised law firm as an associate is preferable.
- Experience of conducting oral advocacy before an international tribunal is preferable.
- Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners / key stakeholders.
- Desire to build a practice and utilise contacts for business development.
- Postgraduate qualification in international arbitration, international law or international dispute resolution is preferable.
Responsibilities:
- To manage all client work allocated by the Partners and other solicitors within the Group and sometimes across the wider Department.
- Excellent case management skills and can run client matters (or parts of larger matters) with minimal assistance from Partners.
- Client focussed with an ability to command the trust and confidence of our clients who expect a first class service.
- Ability to lead and supervise more junior members of the team under supervision from the Partners.
- An interest in mentoring and supporting junior team members with their professional development both formally (through internal training sessions) and informally.
- Comfortable with undertaking business development both internally and externally.
- A proven track record in meeting standard hours for time recording and consistently contributes within their group.
- Demonstrates the ability to secure repeat work from internal and/or external clients by technical ability.
- To maintain clear communication links with colleagues in the Firm.
- To ensure good working relationships with colleagues, clients and external organisations.
How to apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here
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