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Associate - Shipping & Marine (12 Month FTC)

Employer
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Location
Scotland, Aberdeen
Salary
£35000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Good Package
Closing date
23 Oct 2019
Reference
EF534866

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Job Details

Associate - Shipping & Marine

Aberdeen/Glasgow/Edinburugh

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

A leading defendant firm require an Associate to join their Shipping & Marine team in their Insurance & Risk department on initially a 12 month Fixed Term contract.

The role will involve supporting a wide variety of clients in the Marine, Oil and Gas and other sectors primarily across contentious business. The successful applicant will be Scottish qualified and have an interest in claims defence, health and safety and litigation and be able to convey that interest enthusiastically to clients as they continue to develop their top rated team.

Main duties:

* Provide assistance to partners dealing with large and complex claims and disputes.
* Handle your own case load including investigating and defending litigated personal injury and handling other commercial claims against owners, operators and insurers.
* Handle a variety of general commercial claims and advice in the sector.
* Advocacy in the Sheriff Court and other forums.
* Representation of client in their dealings with their regulators and other statutory bodies.
* Actively participate in the business development of the team and get to know current and prospective clients
* Operate within the firm's case management system

Required Experience:

* Works effectively with other team members, in the direct team and across the firm more widely
* Able to work as part of a team on larger cases
* Takes responsibility for their own caseload subject to supervision
* Works to understand the team and wider department's key clients, the industry they operate in and the challenges they face
* Has strong drafting skills and works in a logical manner

Shortlisting now! Apply for immediate consideration with a more detailed job specification.

emily.flewitt@douglas-scott.co.uk

Please contact Emily Flewitt, Legal Recruitment Consultant, to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration.

Douglas Scott are a legal recruitment expert and the UK's leading law firms trust us with their legal vacancies. We are a regulated recruitment consultancy and will discuss this role and seek your approval before submitting an application directly to the decision maker.

Please see our website www.douglas-scott.co.uk for more legal positions.

Company

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are multi-award winning legal recruitment experts.

Our business – put simply – is to remove the pain points candidates may otherwise experience on their journeys.
Sure, we act for legal professionals of all levels making lateral moves, taking steps up the ladder or looking for contract legal opportunities.
And yes we can boast a network of connections that spans nationwide private practice, the UK’s in house legal departments and now the Middle East, Asia and the Far East.
But we are the only REC and APSCO affiliated legal recruitment specialist with an ISO9001 accredited quality management system and the Investors In People Gold Standard award.
And by externally validating our day to day activities in the wider business community we have been able to place customer experience at the heart of our business proposition.
Which means people like dealing with our team – a very experienced, settled and happy bunch they epitomise the Douglas Scott brand personality and will demonstrate a genuine interest in you and your career.      

 

 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0161 233 6360
Location
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
No1 Spinningfields
1 Hardman Square, Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3EB
GB

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