Senior Disputes & Investigations Associate

The opportunity for you

We are recruiting a Disputes Senior Associate (5-7 PQE) to join our highly regarded Disputes & Investigations team in London. The team has grown significantly and is recognised for handling high‑profile, complex and often "bet the business" disputes across litigation, arbitration and investigations.

You will work with leading partners on a broad range of high‑value and strategically important matters for global corporations, financial institutions, litigation funders, insolvency practitioners and high‑net‑worth individuals. The role offers excellent exposure to complex commercial disputes across multiple sectors, as well as opportunities to take on significant client responsibility and contribute to business development.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious senior associate who is looking to further develop their technical expertise, client management skills and profile within a collaborative, market‑leading disputes practice.

Key responsibilities

• Acting on complex and high value commercial litigation and/or arbitration matters
• Managing significant aspects of cases, including responsibility for client files and day to day client contact
• Drafting high quality pleadings, advices, correspondence and other key legal documents
• Working on disputes across a wide range of sectors, including financial services, professional services, life sciences, technology and energy
• Assisting with (and where appropriate leading on) contentious regulatory and investigations matters
• Supporting partners with case strategy, risk analysis and dispute management
• Contributing to business development initiatives, client pitches and profile raising activities
• Mentoring and supervising junior lawyers within the team

Knowledge, skills and experience

• UK qualified solicitor with approximately 5-7 years' PQE
• Strong experience in complex commercial litigation and/or arbitration
• Excellent drafting skills and strong technical ability
• Proven experience managing client relationships and taking responsibility for matters
• Confident, personable and commercially focused, with strong communication skills
• Strong academic background
• Demonstrable interest in business development and growing client relationships
• Experience of contentious regulatory work is advantageous but not essential

Benefits

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer;

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1250+ lawyers, 350+ partners, 26 offices and 16 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Disputes and Investigations team, with the addition of a Senior Disputes & Investigations Associate.

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