Top Tier - Disputes

Our Client has a leading dispute resolution practice it is rated as a Tier 1 practice in Asia/Pacific Legal 500 for Dispute Resolution.

They have strong teams in Australia, the UK and the Asia-Pacific region and significant experience of managing disputes in various jurisdictions. International arbitration is a particular strength and our cross jurisdictional arbitration practice has great depth of specialist legal expertise across our network acting for clients on the largest, most complex and significant cases.

We have an excellent opportunity for a senior associate to join our dispute resolution team. The successful candidate will have solid experience in financial services or general commercial litigation in a top or mid-tier firm and will have the opportunity to work on financial services litigation and general commercial litigation matters.

In this role, the successful candidate will work closely with local partners as well as having the opportunity to work on cross-national and cross-border disputes, advising our blue chip client base in a range of industry sectors.

Essential skills and experience:

To succeed in this role you will need:

• 5 – 8 years' dispute resolution experience gained within a top/mid-tier firm or in-house.

• Experience in financial services litigation and/or regulatory enforcement and investigations.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Superior drafting ability.

• A commercial approach and an ability to articulate and negotiate effectively.

• Strong attention to detail with well-developed analytical skills.

• The ability to be team-focused provide leadership and mentoring to the juniors in the team whilst also work independently.

• A proactive, positive and energetic approach with a commitment to providing excellent service and, a desire to interact with the market and build client relationships.