In House Litigation Lawyer - Criminal / Regulatory (Brighton)
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Legal
- Location
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England, East Sussex, Brighton
BrightonEast Sussex
- Salary
- Various (Bonus, Pension, Healthcare)
- Posted
- 13 Nov 2020
- Closes
- 03 Dec 2020
- Ref
- JN -112020-1554564
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Category
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
To provide litigation advice /support on operational & policy matters across to key stakeholders, Executive Directors, CEO and the Board.
Client Details
Our client is a nationally renowned regulatory body offering high profile legal work.
Description
The responsibilities with this role include, but are not limited to:
Profile
The successful candidate will be likely to have:
*The salary with this role is commensurate with a Public Sector salary for a lawyer between 3 and 10 years PQE but applications at all levels will be considered
Job Offer
The role comes with salary public sector pension arrangements as well as other non-monetary benefits. Please contact the instructed agent (David Taylor, Michael Page Legal) for further information about this role.
Client Details
Our client is a nationally renowned regulatory body offering high profile legal work.
Description
The responsibilities with this role include, but are not limited to:
- providing high quality, consistent, timely, commercial and pragmatic legal advice on litigation issues and legal risks over a wide range of subjects with a focus on criminal matters, including fraud and other complex criminal cases;
- identify issues concerning litigation which may be of strategic significance, provide advice on those issues as required;
- directing and supporting a varied criminal caseload, including complex, large and/or high-profile/risk criminal investigations and proceedings and regulatory/civil proceedings; and
- represent and support the organisation both internally and externally in a number of forums and proceedings, including magistrates' and crown court hearings (subject to rights of audience).
Profile
The successful candidate will be likely to have:
- Comprehensive experience as a solicitor or barrister with a current practicing certificate in England and Wales*;
- Comprehensive experience of providing consistent, clear, audience-tailored risk-based advice;
- Comprehensive post-qualification experience in criminal or regulatory litigation, and knowledge of public law;
- Extensive experience in devising and implementing a case strategy on complex contentious cases;
- Relevant knowledge in other specialist technical disciplines, particularly fraud, financial/accounting, including forensic accounting and actuarial;
- Extensive experience of specialist investigative techniques, such as inspections, interviewing suspects under PACE, and other evidence and information gathering tools;
- Extensive experience of using evidence analysis and electronic disclosure systems and tools.
*The salary with this role is commensurate with a Public Sector salary for a lawyer between 3 and 10 years PQE but applications at all levels will be considered
Job Offer
The role comes with salary public sector pension arrangements as well as other non-monetary benefits. Please contact the instructed agent (David Taylor, Michael Page Legal) for further information about this role.