FS Disputes - Associate 2-3PQE - London

Our well-established Financial Services Disputes team have a great opportunity for an ambitious Associate to join their team in London.

About CMS

CMS is a Future Facing firm.  With 79 offices in 45 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.

We recognise the great importance of employee wellbeing, and we strive to support our people. We offer an exceptional range of resources to support wellbeing and good mental and physical health.

About the Role

This is an unparalleled opportunity to work for key clients in the finance, fintech and insolvency sectors. You will primarily assist our collegiate and ambitious team with our ongoing and varied disputes workload, including high court litigation, arbitration and contentious insolvency matters.

We work for a range of clients in the finance and fintech (including digital assets) space, and associate tasks will be case and client dependant. You can expect a broad and stimulating range of work, including drafting evidence, instructing counsel, liaising with experts, clients and opponents, and assisting in preparation for, and attending, hearings and trials.

About You

To flourish in this role, you will be a great communicator and team player, and have a keen eye for detail with the ability to use your initiative. It is also important that you are comfortable dealing with a large workload, therefore using your strong organisational skills.

You will be working with a team of colleagues as well as regularly dealing with clients, counsel and opponents. Therefore, it would be helpful if you enjoy liaising with people on different levels.

You should have a strong academic background and experience within a litigation team (whether private practice or in-house) is essential. Some insolvency and/or digital asset experience would be ideal, but not essential.  

If this sounds like you, then please get in touch.

Equal Opportunities

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please view the Diversity & Inclusion pages on our website.

Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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