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Banking and Lender Services litigation

South West

£39000 to £50000 per annum

Permanent jobs

Updated 20/11/2009 18:27

Job Role

To be a solicitor in the Banking & Financial Services Litigation team, one of the few teams outside London to specialize in contentious work for banks and mortgage lenders. The team is currently 27 people strong, spread over Bristol and London. This position is based in Bristol.- running a significant caseload for key FTSE banking and mortgage lender clients (clients include Barclays, Lloyds TSB GMAC and HBOS)

- advising competently upon a range of contentious lending issues with moderate supervision

- assessing, and accurately progressing efficiently, matters of variety but that typically emanate from banks and mortgage lenders

- assisting more senior solicitors upon larger cases and dealing with document management

- actively involved in business developm
The ideal candidate will be tasked with handling defended and sensitive reputational cases, breach of contract/mandate, fraud, financial disputes, and professional negligence. There will also be more straightforward banking and mortgage litigation cases for the candidate to handle as part of the learning process.

- A qualified solicitor with at least one year`s experience in banking litigation or would consider a FILEX qualified Legal Executive with commercial litigation experience:

- Ideally experienced in acting for banks and mortgage lenders in contentious matters (however the extensiveness of this experience , if low, may not be a complete barrier if the candidate has the right qualities)

- Should be from a top 100
Premiere Bristol firm, for full details please call Kate James.
Excellent salary and benefits.

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents.

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Job Ref: Totaljobs/MPTJ13056143

Your application will be sent to Kate James .

 
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