Associate - Dispute Resolution - Commercial Litigation, Edinburgh

The role

You may be advising corporate and commercial clients, local authorities, public bodies and private individuals and will be involved in litigation, including advocacy work, as well as all forms alternative dispute resolution.

The key work streams will be:

• Working as part of a close team working on high value complex commercial litigation cases, including competition law cases and group litigations;
• Contentious trust and executry cases, for which the team is ranked as band 1 by Legal 500; and
• General commercial litigation.

You will be responsible for

• General commercial litigation including corporate disputes and contract disputes
• intellectual property disputes
• competition litigation
• group litigation
• licensing board work
• insolvency work
• tax litigation
• contentious executries
• assorted general litigation
• supporting BD initiatives

The candidate

• must enjoy working as part of a supportive and friendly team.
• have a strong commitment to professional ethics.
• be able to manage a varied workload.
• have the ability to deliver a first-class service to our clients.
• Be accurate and concise in both written and verbal communication
• Be committed to your personal development and development of technical skills and know-how
• enthusiasm to participate in business development situations

Anderson Strathern are an equal opportunities employer.  Our policy is to recruit, develop, nurture and retain a diverse workforce following the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010.