Senior Commercial Litigation Lawyer (2 Roles)

£68,000 (National), £70,000 (London) per annum

Develop your career and enjoy the benefits of working with the UK Government’s Legal Department on a wide range of high profile issues and cases.
 
Who we are
 
The Government Legal Department (GLD) is the largest provider of legal services across government, working with all the main Whitehall departments. From roads to rivers, and from health to human rights, our work touches on most aspects of public life. Our teams provide legal advice on the development, design and implementation of government policies and decisions, draft secondary legislation and work with Parliamentary Counsel on primary legislation.
 
Our vision is to be trusted by government to provide excellent services, to be known throughout the legal profession for the quality of our work, and to be the best employer for our people. We offer some of the most interesting, varied and complex commercial work in the UK, and the demand for our services is increasing. With this in mind, we believe it’s important to develop specialist expertise and experience, and when you join our team you’ll have the opportunity to pursue an alternative career path as a specialist commercial lawyer within the wider group. Our talent programmes help everyone, irrespective of background, achieve their potential and thrive, and you might choose to move into other areas by taking advantage of the opportunities available through our wider career offer.
 
The role
 
As a key member of our Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team you will  line manage and develop staff. As a case manager you will also develop and supervise the work of small teams of lawyers on substantial cases, providing strong leadership as you conduct litigation and provide commercial legal advice to government departments and public bodies. You could find yourself working on commercial contracts disputes, including construction; public procurement challenges; intellectual property litigation, and public law judicial reviews.
 
Collaborating with counsel and other external delivery partners, and helping to control the quality of their work is an important part of case management. We conduct cases in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court, Arbitration, Adjudication and Mediation forums, and use the full range of alternative dispute resolution tools.
 
About you
 
We’re looking for people with litigation and commercial/contract law experience, excellent legal judgement, an appreciation of legal risk and sound analytical skills. An inspirational leader and motivating manager, you should be capable of responding to views and challenges from your colleagues and promoting and defending your decisions and the actions of your team members.
 
You should have a minimum of a 2.1 honours degree in your first degree (or its overseas equivalent) or evidence of high level academic and/or professional achievement, for example through experience and results achieved for the Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course or Bar Professional Training Course. You must be qualified to practice as a Solicitor or Barrister in England and Wales.