Civil Fraud Litigation Solicitor

Civil Fraud Litigation Solicitor - City of London - Private Practice Top Tier, international, law firm has retained us to recruit a talented and ambitious Civil Fraud Litigation Solicitor due to continued expansion. The Firm Tier 1 Global firm, with impressive client base, offering top level work. The Team The Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery team carries out internal investigations concerning regulatory issues from a civil law perspective, cross border trust disputes, crisis management and global asset recovery. The role will require the candidate to have a good understanding of this area of law and also be able to demonstrate initiative, confidence and ambition. The person will also need to be highly organised and able to communicate effectively both within the team, with Counsel, with clients and offshore firms owing to the international dimension of our work. The Candidate The candidate must have a good grounding in contentious matters, and be willing to learn in relation to corporate clients. The candidate will be working on large scale fraud disputes concerning financial matters. The work will also include a mixture of urgent interim relief type applications including worldwide freezing orders, disclosure orders and cross border applications. It would be useful if the candidate had some trial experience and interim relief experience and be prepared (when necessary) to work unsocial hours. The role will not include criminal corporate crime issues. Other attributes include: (i) Knowledge of freezing orders, disclosure orders and search and seize orders. (ii) Intellectually astute with a real desire for the law, technically excellent, the ability to advise both on law and practical solutions in a logical manner, an open mind to all new developments and strategies and to be commercially aware; (iii) The confidence to draft tailored legal advices, complex correspondence, witness statements, and instructions to counsel. Also the ability/willingness to assist in settle pleadings, skeleton arguments and submissions - lack of previous experience in any of these areas is not an issue as the right candidate will gain experience and training in the role; Benefits - Top Tier firm - Highly competitive salary structure - Attractive benefits package - First class training and career development programme To apply for this position, please contact Richard Coward at BCL Legal