About the Team:

Our Dispute Resolution team advises businesses on a wide range of commercial disputes, supporting on complex and high-value matters before the High Court, appellate courts, in arbitrations and across all forms of ADR. The team regularly works on cross-border disputes and acts for a diverse client base including large (often multinational) corporates, professional services firms, financial services businesses, media organisations, sports clubs, and high-net-worth individuals and families.

Associates in the team gain exposure to a broad range of commercial litigation, investigations and  corporate crime matters, supporting clients through complex disputes, regulatory investigations, criminal investigations, sanctions issues and enforcement issues. Working with appropriate support and supervision, they advise a diverse client base including corporates, directors, senior executives and private individuals, while developing experience across all stages of contentious and investigatory work.

Our experts advise on the full range of disputes:

• Commercial disputes – domestic and cross-border litigation covering contractual issues, civil fraud, economic torts, professional negligence and trust-related claims.
• Corporate disputes – post-transaction claims (including warranty, indemnity and earn-out disputes), boardroom issues, directors’ duties, and shareholder and joint venture matters.
• LLP and partnership disputes – advising LLPs, partnerships and individual partners on contentious issues.
• Insolvency disputes – acting for and against insolvency practitioners and related stakeholders on matters including antecedent transactions, wrongful trading, misfeasance, unlawful distributions and retention of title claims.
• Media & Entertainment disputes – advising across film, TV, interactive entertainment, publishing and music on contractual and content protection issues.
• Technology & Crypto disputes – acting on IT and technology disputes, including missed milestones, defective software or hardware, service level breaches and disputes arising from crypto-related transactions.
• Corporate crime - defending clients in a wide range of corporate crime instructions involving the Serious Fraud Office, the police, and HMRC to name a few.
• Internal investigations - conducting and supporting investigations arising from whistleblowing allegations, regulatory concerns and other sensitive workplace or business issues.
• Sanctions and regulatory disputes - advising corporate clients on sanctions issues as they may arise in their supply chains.
• Private prosecutions – bringing and defending private prosecutions where appropriate, including matters involving fraud, asset recovery and financial misconduct. 

About the Role:

We have developed detailed career benchmarks which set out what you will be expected to achieve at each level of your professional development:

• Providing technical legal expertise: you will continually seek to build on your current knowledge and proactively look to improve your advising skills.
• Delivering excellent service: you will analyse legal information to solve problems and formulate arguments or strategy relevant to your clients’ needs. You’ll also use your initiative to proactively manage work, and provide regular and appropriate updates to your stakeholders.
• Building relationships: you will proactively develop positive working relationships with colleagues, ensuring that you work collaboratively and that you treat all colleagues with respect and professionalism.
• Developing our business: you will have an awareness of the firm’s goals and clients, and have an appropriate level of involvement in building and maintaining relationships with key clients and prospects.

About You:

Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Two to three years’ post-qualification experience in a team that has specialised in corporate crime instructions.
• A detailed understanding of criminal law and procedure, including how both can intersect during early stages of a criminal investigation.
• Strong knowledge of UK and EU sanctions regimes, including advising on sanctions-related risk, compliance and enforcement issues.Solid experience advising on and supporting internal investigations. Excellent drafting, analytical and communication skills as well as strong attention to detail.
• An ambitious, proactive, commercial, responsive attitude.
• A keen interest in developing your marketing and business development skills.
• Comfortable with taking responsibility for work output and dealing directly with clients
• A team player who is keen to support others to learn and who is keen to learn and develop their own skills

Additional Information:

At Lewis Silkin our ethos is simple. We strive to do the best for our clients, our people and the communities in which we operate. We recognise that an inclusive workplace allows for all kinds of ideas and thoughts, a variety of points of view that can trigger discussions or deliver innovative results, and a wide range of versatile skills and expertise. We are proud of the diversity within Lewis Silkin and of our culture that allows people to be themselves at work, ensuring we provide the best possible service to our clients. We are committed to supporting candidates throughout the recruitment process by supporting anyone who requires adjustments, in order to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best. All applicants will be considered equally and fairly. If you’d like to request any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to discuss flexible working patterns, please email the recruitment team in confidence ([email protected]).