Job Description
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Job Introduction
We employ over 35 specialist lawyers in our Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) team, one of the largest in the UK. The team operates from a number of key locations, including London, where we are looking to recruit a solicitor or CILEx into our busy team.
The work includes advising insurers, public sector and corporate clients in relation to investigations and prosecutions by a wide range of regulators including the Police, Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Environmental Health and Trading Standards. We deal with all aspects of advice and defence. We are currently instructed in a number of corporate manslaughter cases and investigations.
Although this role is advertised in Bristol there is some flexibility in location.
- Working within our Bristol Regulatory team you will both assist senior fee earners and run your own defence case load encompassing a range of regulatory issues with supervision and support from partners and associates. You will also be expected to delegate work to junior fee earners and to assist with their supervision.
- The work will include managing a range of contentious and non-contentious regulatory issues for a variety of clients.
- You will be required to handle a varied workload in accordance with client protocols with supervision. Act as a point of contact for clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience.
- Demonstrate sound file management – to include compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols and any client protocols as required; consistent and accurate billing and credit control; management of WIP and file closures; updating Management Information.
- Assume responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of management reporting and information.
- Aim to achieve a minimum budgeted annual target of 1440 chargeable hours per year and to meet a robust billing target.
- Maintain an understanding of other practice areas and an active internal network
- Assist with business development activities with a view to establishing new revenue streams for the firm. Where appropriate assist in the preparation and delivery of pitches, presentations and training events.
Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements.
- 1-5 PQE Solicitor with experience gained within a regulatory and commercially focused environment.
- You will have some experience of regulatory work – ideally, this will include advising on any of the following - health and safety incident investigations, interviews under caution, prosecutions, environmental breaches, breaches of trading standards, food law and/or fire safety. Candidates with experience of financial services regulation will also be considered. Inquest experience is beneficial
- Willingness to travel at short notice in order to assist clients to manage situations on the ground as they happen.
- Demonstrate knowledge and technical skills as well as a commercial understanding of the client’s business.
- Display a willingness (and ideally previous experience) of business development activities
- Excellent commercial understanding and awareness
- Excellent legal drafting, analytical and negotiating skills
- Demonstrate ability and exceed budgetary requirements in terms of both time and fee income,
- Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives
IT literate with good knowledge of Word and Excel. Knowledge/previous experience of a case management system is also essential as are good keyboard skills