FS Disputes - Associate 2-3PQE - London
- Employer
- CMS
- Location
- London, England
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- 30 Nov 2022
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors – Private Practice
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Practice Area
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance Litigation
- Experience Level
- 0-2yrs PQE, 2-5yrs PQE
- Role Classification
- Lawyer
Job Details
Our well-established Financial Services Disputes team have a great opportunity for an ambitious Associate to join their team in London.About CMSCMS 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 RoleThis 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 YouTo 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.
Company
CMS is a future facing international law firm. With 74 offices in 44 countries and 5000+ lawyers worldwide, and home to business services colleagues across everything from Information Technology, Human Resources and Innovation to Finance, Diversity & Inclusion and Communications. The firm’s core purpose is to build rewarding futures for its clients, people, and communities.
We’re a global law firm. We focus on the big and the small. We look to the future and embrace agility and challenge. We are experts in our sectors and have the rankings to back that up. But it’s not all sectors and rankings. We focus on relationships. We’re a community. We look out for each other, encourage everyone to be themselves, and the best version of that. We’re friendly and go-getting. We act with purpose and find passion in what we do. We seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We don’t want everyone to be the same. We know the best route forward is with the most diverse group of colleagues as possible. We’re here to build a better future.
In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, every team at CMS is empowered to operate and innovate in ways that best meet clients’ needs. We encourage ideas from every corner of our business. We are also committed to addressing our own impact on the environment and approach to sustainability, as well as advising clients with their related legal needs.
We strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours. That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’ perspective means our people are approachable and accessible. And this means we have a genuinely supportive, open culture you won’t find everywhere.
Our culture
It’s all about relationships. Our relationship with you, your relationship with us, and the relationships we have with clients and the communities around us. We want you to thrive and show your personality. Foster community, work together, listen, be open, and help each other succeed. Act with purpose and find passion. Strive for progress and embrace challenges. Seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We value trust over rules.
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.
Whatever your specialism, and whether you’re a lawyer or a business services professional, a career at CMS gives you huge scope to carve out a brilliant career as you help us, and our clients, to face the future with confidence.
- Website
- https://cms.law/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 20 7367 3000
- Location
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Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
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