Financial Services Dispute Solicitor
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 13 Apr 2017
- Reference
- BBBH12529
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- Practice area
- Banking and finance, Commercial litigation, Fraud, Risk and compliance, Regulatory
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Newly qualified, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Financial Services Dispute Solicitor
Leeds
A leading global law firm in Leeds are looking for a Financial Services Disputes Solicitor to join their market leading team.
The firm are consistently ranked as leaders in a wide array of legal areas and have one the best financial services disputes teams outside of London.
The role is for a Solicitor up to around 3 years PQE. The role will be to carry your own caseload of mixed financial services disputes whilst also assisted more senior members of the team on complex and high value matters.
You will be advising an impressive client base of leading international and domestic banks, brokers, fund managers and proprietary traders on disputes in areas such as fraud and financial crime, global banking and markets disputes, consumer finance disputes, and financial services and markets regulation.
You should have good experience and exposure to the financial markets (subject to PQE) and how they operate at either a leading regional or City firm.
There is a highly competitive salary on offer and benefits inc:
- 25 Days Holiday (+Bank Holiday)
- Open to buy/sell Holidays
- Pension at 3% matched up to 5.5%
- Private Health Insurance
- Life Assurance 4 x Salary
- Income Protection 75% of salary
- Childcare Vouchers
- Interest Free Season Ticket Loans
- Discounted Gym Membership
If you would like to hear more about the role please contact Graham Rawlinson at QED Legal for a confidential chat
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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