Litigation Executives - Manchester

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Litigation Executive, Employment Law Executive, Paralegals.

Roles based: Manchester City Centre, Manchester.

Starting Salary: up to c£28k (dep on experience) + Company Benefits

An exciting Career-Development opportunity has been created for 2 additional Litigation Executives with actual commercial legal experience to join a reputable and highly regarded legal services firm, within their specialist Employment Legal Team based out of my client’s modern offices in Manchester city centre.

With continued business growth, and demand for their services, my client prides itself in providing expertise legal guidance to businesses right across the UK, and has a prestigious portfolio of clients it supports.

Personal attributes / skills

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic growing Legal Business Consultancy that prides itself in support and career development, and training of its employees within their business.

In return the successful candidate will receive a highly competitive salary, training and career development support, and have the opportunity to progress within a growing successful forward-thinking business.

For more information, please contact Rob Owen at VALIA Recruitment Solutions Limited.

Suitable applicants will be contacted normally within 2 hours, including evenings and over the weekend.

Solicitor - Manchester City Centre

HR and UK Employment Law, Legal Drafting, Settlement Agreements, Commercial Queries, Data Protection, Cross Train into Employment Law.

Location: Office based – Manchester City Centre

Salary: Up to £45k (dep on experience)

An exciting opportunity has been created for a qualified Solicitor to join my reputable client, based within their stunning UK Head Office in Manchester City Centre.

Established over 30 years ago, my client, an “in-group” Law Firm provides a range of Legal expertise and advice to a wide variety of over 30,000 business clients throughout different industry sectors right across the UK.

The Role

As a Solicitor within this Law Firm’s HR and Employment Advisory Team, your role requires you to work in a team providing legally compliant advice to clients by telephone and email in all aspects of HR and Employment Law, in order to support the business needs of the individual clients, whilst highlighting any options that are non-compliant and the risk this presents.

The position focuses on proactively undertaking cases involving Settlement Agreements, Commercial Queries, and Data Protection. In addition you will assist with other teams across the business including the High Risk Complex case Team, and High Risk Absence Management.

The Person

Ideally applicants will have some commercial experience of HR and Employment Law, HOWEVER, my client is prepared to look at candidates who genuinely wish to cross-train into and develop a legal career within HR / Employment Law.

The key attributes for the successful individual would be excellent communication and negotiation skills, legal drafting, all gained as a qualified solicitor, from within a busy legal department / law firm.

A “can-do” attitude essential, the ability to work within a fast paced environment, with excellent time management skills and a dynamic and flexible approach. The ability to work under pressure is also essential.

In return, whether you are already experienced within HR / Employment Law, or are looking to develop your career within this specific area of law, you will receive a competitive salary, training / cross training where required, and the opportunity to join a Law Firm, part of a bigger privately owned group of companies, that prides itself on developing its employees and their careers from within.

For more information on this exciting opportunity, please contact Rob Owen at VALIA Recruitment Solutions.

Suitable applicants will normally be contacted within 2 hours, including evenings and weekends.

Solicitor - Manchester City Centre

Newly Qualified Solicitor, PQE Solicitor.

Commercial Law, Civil Law, Health & Safety, Employment Law, HR Law.

Salary: Up to £50k (depending on experience) + Benefits

This is an OFFICE based role.

My client is a relatively new Law firm, but part of a global family-owned business with a client list of over 35,000 clients. Based in central Manchester, this successful and growing Law firm supports and guides clients covering both contentious and non-contentious legal matters first and foremost to clients within the Group.

As part of exciting expansion plans to meeting increasing business demands we are now looking for an additional Solicitor either Newly Qualified or 1 to 2 PQE, with strong commercial and/or Health & Safety prosecution experience, to work in a new, dynamic expanding team covering a broad range of legal matters including the preparation and conduct of litigation.

The ideal candidate will have directly relevant experience and will relish assuming responsibility for a caseload, in a fast paced but supportive team environment. The focus is on providing remarkable client service and care, along with a firm commercial approach towards enhancing the firm’s reputation.

Exceptional communication skills essential in order to provide commercial and pragmatic advice to clients, and a range of stakeholders within the group.

The role / responsibilities

• Conduct of County Court Litigation.
• Regulatory investigations, interviews under caution, inquests and prosecutions arising from accidents / incidents at work.
• Commercial Legal advice, Dispute Resolution and potential Mergers and Acquisitions.
• Non-contentious Employment Law issues and handling Employment Tribunal cases that arise from insured clients under their Legal Expenses Insurance Policy.
• Advice and assistance to companies and associated business within the Group.

This is an OFFICE based role, Monday to Friday.

This is an exciting opportunity to assume significant responsibility from the start of your tenure, and get real job satisfaction from problem solving, developing relationships with clients and businesses across the Group.

Furthermore it will provide a significant opportunity for career development, but whatever your starting point or experience, you are guaranteed to grow and develop your knowledge and abilities and will feel that you are making a real difference in a brand new, commercially focused, service-led Law firm.

For more information, please contact ROB OWEN at VALIA Recruitment Solutions Limited.

Suitable candidates will normally be responded to within 2 hours, including evenings and weekends.