Newly Qualified Solicitor

• Working Hours:
  
  Standard (09:00am-17:30pm)
• Office or Field Based:
  Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW
  )
• Contract type:
  Permanent

Benefits of working at Together

• Based on site in Cheadle (SK8 3GW
  ) - Monday to Friday
• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

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Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.

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We are looking for an experienced litigation professional to join our fantastic in-house Legal Team. We are being very open minded with regard to experience and we will mould the role around you. Ultimately, you will be responsible for proactively managing a high-volume and fast-moving portfolio of litigation matters within a regulated financial services environment.

The role requires an individual who is able to proactively manage (with appropriate supervision based on your experience to date) a high volume and fast moving portfolio of customer legal claims, the majority of which arise from claims management companies, and security enforcement. The role requires someone who has experience of volume litigation and who is pragmatic, commercially minded and solutions focused.

In addition to managing their own matters, the successful candidate will support the supervision, development and quality assurance of junior team members, helping to ensure consistency, efficiency and high standards across the team. The role will involve regular monitoring, interpretation and presentation of MI, data trends and insights, using these to identify trends to inform decision making.

This role requires collaboration with other stakeholders across the business, including Complaints, Risk, Compliance, Recoveries and Operations and senior stakeholders. It would suit an ambitious Senior Paralegal, Legal Executive or Newly Qualified Solicitor with a strong background in financial services volume litigation who is seeking a broaden their litigation skills within an established in-house legal team.

Typical duties include:

Managing a portfolio of litigation matters from pre-action stage through to final resolution.

Progression of day-to-day litigation strategy, progression and outcomes across allocated matters.

Preparing pleadings, witness statements, applications, disclosure and other court documents.

Monitoring court deadlines and ensuring compliance with procedural requirements.

Preparing concise case summaries, risk assessments and recommendations.

Supporting settlement discussions and dispute resolution strategies.

Assisting with possession claims and enforcement of security.

Working closely with internal business stakeholders.

Producing and maintaining litigation management information, reporting and trend analysis.

Supporting the supervision, development and quality assurance of junior colleagues.

Contributing to process improvement initiatives and operational efficiencies.

Supporting the implementation and use of legal technology and AI-enabled tools within the litigation function.

If you have a good combination of the…