In-house Litigation Solicitor

Overview

In this role you support a government-backed institution in-house, providing pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice on litigation and disputes across the organisation. You’ll work with senior stakeholders to manage risk, governance and FOI matters, while shaping knowledge management and external counsel relationships. The position offers hybrid working, strong benefits and a chance to contribute to sustainable economic growth at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangements
• Generous pension scheme
• Generous holiday

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and support on litigation, disputes and potential legal challenges across the organisation
• Advise on governance, escalation and risk management processes
• Offer guidance on contentious matters within a financial services environment
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders and business teams to deliver practical, commercially focused legal advice
• Provide input to Product, Risk and Compliance, Policy, Strategy, Economics, Finance and Procurement teams
• Advise on Freedom of Information requests, including ICO or First Tier Tribunal challenges
• Support development of legal knowledge management, training and horizon scanning
• Help standardise legal documentation, processes and internal know-how
• Manage and oversee external legal advisers to ensure quality, efficiency and value

Key requirements

• 4+ years PQE and available at short notice
• Experience in litigation, disputes or contentious legal matters
• Ideally in-house experience in financial services, banking or regulated environment
• Comfortable advising senior stakeholders and managing competing priorities
• Practical, commercially focused legal advice
• Knowledge of governance, risk and escalation processes
• Familiar with FOI matters and ICO/First Tier Tribunal challenges (ideally)
• Confident managing external advisers and controlling legal spend
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships across a complex organisation
• Commercially minded, collaborative and autonomous working style

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• commercially minded
• litigation
• dispute resolution
• governance and risk processes

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