First promotion Senior Disputes Manager: privately owned boutique

Exclusive opportunity to join this privately-owned Expert boutique, taking the market by storm

Your new company
Formed as a split-off from a larger firm, our client at inception were the newest firm to enter the London/UK forensic market. The founding partners are all established and highly regarded Experts in their own right and wanted to create a firm which offers Big Four quality service with the flexibility and responsiveness that comes from a small, dedicated team, and without the independence concerns that come from other service lines. Even better, they themselves have had the experience of working in a split-off Forensic firm before and have distilled the best of that experience into their M.O. for the new firm. Having made Partner themselves in the last few years, they are well-positioned to mentor the next generation to becoming Experts in their own right.The firm have always deliberately taken on some smaller work as well as mid-ticket and larger, as they know it's important to have a range of cases for staff development and professional interest. They have a healthy perspective on promotion and there is absolutely no "lockstep" with anyone else; when you're ready, you're ready.
Additionally this is not a firm to "sweat its assets" - when the pressure is on, their delivery model includes interim contractor help, to diffuse the pressure.

Your new role
The firm runs the full gamut of commercial disputes; they are especially well-known in International Arbitration but matters include:

Breaches of contractBreaches of warrantyValuation disputesAccounting treatmentsInvestment Treaty disputesPost M&A/transaction disputesContract reviewIntellectual propertyShareholder / JV disputesFunds & asset tracing

The team is well-resourced and recruits its own newly-qualified ACA converters into Forensics so you won't just be SM in title, you'll have the support and resource to grow in your role.

What you'll need to succeed

• You'll be an established Manager with a strong background in disputes and expert matters
• Likely to have been drafting substantive sections of Expert reports for some time, perhaps feeling ready to take on the occasional whole 1st draft
• Feeling ready for SM/AD, or a short pathway to get there
• Enjoying or aiming to be working on interesting and contemporary cases, with the chance to try aspects or case types you've not done before
• ACA with upper quartile academics
• Highly personable - this is an outgoing, happy and professional team and personality fit will be important
• Appetite to work in a new, still-growing boutique. Happy with the fact this means you'll be working with far fewer people than you're used to.

What you'll get in return

• A firm whose entire raison d'être is Expert work, and furthermore purely in Forensics
  
• Privately owned - you're the stakeholder, no PE house or shareholders
• Working with Experts/Partners who have distilled down the best from their Big 4 and boutique experiences, and developing their MO accordingly
• Accessible Partners/Experts!
• Proper pyramid delivery model
• Egalitarian approach to bonus - everyone gets the same %. No "smoke and mirrors" in the division of the bonus pool. And the % is very healthy
• Being part of a culture where everything is celebrated as a team

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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