Commercial Dispute Resolution Director

Freeths Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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Our award‑winning national Commercial Dispute Resolution team is made up of over 100 lawyers across our 13 UK offices. The Sheffield team enjoys a formidable reputation within the Sheffield City Region and beyond, recognised as a leading practice within Legal 500 and Chambers. We handle a very broad spectrum of high‑value disputes, including shareholder, partnership and trust matters, commercial contracts, sale and purchase agreements, professional negligence, enforcement of restrictive covenants, fraud and misrepresentation, injunctive relief, contentious insolvency and enforcement, and reputational management.

• Shareholder, partnership and trusts.
• Commercial contracts and warranties.
• Sale and purchase agreements and completion accounts.
• Professional negligence claims.
• Enforcement of restrictive covenants.
• Fraud and misrepresentation.
• Injunctive relief, including freezing orders.
• Contentious insolvency and enforcement.
• Reputational management, including defamation.

The Sheffield team consists of a Partner, Director, Managing Associate, two Associates and two Legal Assistants. We are looking for a senior lawyer with at least 8 years’ experience in commercial disputes and an interest in business development to join as it embarks on the next chapter.

We seek a candidate who is ambitious, entrepreneurial, with excellent legal capability and a strategic commercial mindset. The right candidate will be adaptable, organised, hardworking, enthusiastic, eager to learn and able to quickly immerse themselves in a varied caseload.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, excellent training and career prospects and challenging but highly rewarding work.

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