Associate

Department: Litigation

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: BVI

Description

Our Litigation team help our clients solve their problems and protect their interests. Instructed by a wide range of financial institutions, fiduciary service providers, commercial entities and private individuals based worldwide our expert teams are involved in a broad spectrum of litigation work. This includes trust disputes, insolvencies, boardroom battles, fraud and asset recovery, regulatory enforcement and arbitration.

We believe in a ‘hands-on’ approach and our clients have access to our experienced litigation partners for the duration of any case. We take on our clients' issues and guide them towards the best solution, communicating regularly and providing reassurance at every stage.

Purpose of the job

To work as part of the team providing a full range of litigation services to the clients of Bedell Cristin, BVI. This will entail supporting the partner and taking principal responsibility as appropriate for cases involving a variety of contentious work, including contentious trust and company, cross border fraud and insolvency.

Key Responsibilities

Providing an efficient and high quality legal support service to the partners and senior lawyers across all aspects of their client work to include researching, writing opinions, reviewing documentation, drafting, preparing cases for court.
Assisting in the promotion and development of the litigation team as a whole in the BVI and across our jurisdictions by working with the Partners and assistants across the jurisdictions and engaging in business development and know how activities.
Taking personal responsibility for the management of matters (with appropriate supervision depending on your level).
Assisting in the promotion, development and implementation of the practice areas business plans.
Support new ventures, identify cross selling opportunities and seek ways to develop our services.
Supervising more junior legal staff.
Taking responsibility for any other activities/projects as required by the partners from time to time.
Adhering to all policies, procedures and regulations as required.

Qualifications

The right candidate will have 3-6 years PQE with a UK qualification.

Knowledge/skills/experience

Relevant litigation experience gained in a larger/major international law firm (this may be a regional office)
Excellent written and verbal English skills
Good drafting and research skills
Strong IT skills
Knowledge of research platforms, document management systems
Good understanding of business social media tools
An understanding of key financial indicators and disciplines relating to time recording and billing
Strong organisational skills and the ability to time manage and prioritise effectively
Willingness to become Higher Rights Advocacy Qualified (HRAQ) in due course

Competencies

We would like you to have:

Strong organisational skills and the ability to time manage and prioritise effectively
A client focused approach
The ability to acquire new legal knowledge quickly and enthusiastically
A self-starter, with energy, enthusiasm and drive
A responsible, disciplined and methodical approach with a keen eye for detail
The ability to use initiative to resolve issues and to work independently with an appropriate level of supervision.

In this role you will be expected to:

Behave in a manner in keeping with our core culture and values.
Adhere to all policies, procedures and regulations including those around anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.
Commit to fulfilling any personal CPD requirements and continually developing your skills and knowledge.

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