# Litigation Associate

**Company**: Freshfields
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Litigation Associate to join our Consumer & ESG Mass Claims group within our Dispute Resolution practice.

The team handles litigation in the UK high court and internationally, frequently coordinating defence of litigation on a global basis, and often with a group litigation element. The team is highly regarded in the market and handles some of the highest profile, and complex litigation of its kind.

Key responsibilities and deliverables:

- Draft complex witness statements, expert reports and pleadings.

- Run project processes on significant cases and work towards being the lead associate.

- Develop litigation skills, both procedural and substantive, and work closely with leading barristers and other expert witnesses.

- Draft letters/emails to client/other side.

- Run document reviews and disclosure projects.

- Attend mediation/settlement discussions and draft settlement agreements.

- Learn about key governing regulatory frameworks and assist clients in their engagement with regulators.

- Work on business development ideas and plans.

- Delegate to and mentor junior associates and trainees.

- Participate in seminars/training to clients and other associates.

- Establish profile and relationships with partners and clients, and in the market, including with opportunities to produce external-facing content.

Key requirements:

- Qualified lawyer qualified in England & Wales or a common law jurisdiction, ideally 2-4 PQE.

- Strong technical and commercial abilities.

- Intellectually able with top class academics.

- A tenacious and enthusiastic approach to surpass the expectations of our clients.

- Able to work effectively as part of a team and supervise more junior lawyers/trainees.

- Highly effective communicator (both orally and in writing).

- Strong, innovation-centred approach to client work and business development, including confidence in using approved AI tech and supervising the work of others who do so.

- Able to take on a high degree of responsibility and manage a challenging workload.

- Committed to providing an excellent service to our clients.

- Proactive involvement in business development and knowledge management.

## Skills

### Required
- litigation
- regulatory frameworks
- client work
- business development
- AI tech

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