Associate - Consumer & ESG Mass Claims (DR)
Role Overview
Join the Consumer & ESG Mass Claims group within the Dispute Resolution practice as a Litigation Associate.
The team handles UK High Court and international litigation, often coordinating global defence and group litigation.
The team works across ESG, product liability, consumer protection, technology, and life sciences mandates.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
Join the Consumer & ESG Mass Claims group within the Dispute Resolution practice as a Litigation Associate.
The team handles UK High Court and international litigation, often coordinating global defence and group litigation.
The team works across ESG, product liability, consumer protection, technology, and life sciences mandates.
Practice
The practice handles ESG-related group litigation, regulatory matters, climate and environmental issues, human rights, and supply chain issues.
The consumer and product liability practice handles high-profile defence matters, including technology-related product liability litigation.
The team supports regulatory investigations and challenges regulatory decisions through judicial review.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
- Draft complex witness statements, expert reports, and pleadings.
- Run processes on significant cases and develop toward lead associate responsibilities.
- Work with leading barristers and expert witnesses to develop litigation skills.
- Draft client and opposing-party correspondence.
- Run document reviews and disclosure projects.
- Attend mediation and settlement discussions and draft settlement agreements.
- Assist clients with regulatory frameworks and engagement with regulators.
- Contribute to business development, seminars, client training, mentoring, and external-facing content.
Key Requirements
- Qualified lawyer in England and Wales or in a common law jurisdiction; 2–4 years of post-qualification experience is ideal.
- Strong technical and commercial abilities and top-class academics.
- Tenacious, enthusiastic, collaborative approach and ability to supervise junior lawyers or trainees.
- Effective oral and written communication and ability to manage a challenging workload.
- Innovation-centred client work, including confidence using approved AI technology and supervising others using it.
- Commitment to client service, business development, and knowledge management.
Inclusion
The firm considers applications on merit and welcomes suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds.
Employment offers are conditional on the candidate having or securing the right to work in the UK and providing evidence before employment begins.
The firm asks applicants to disclose criminal convictions only after a conditional offer and considers each case individually.
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