Associate - Family

3 months ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Hill Dickinson LLP Full time

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Newcastle, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 950 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

**Job role**:Associate

**Hours**: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)

As the winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

**Team**: Family

**Location**:Liverpool

**Benefits**: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

- 25 days’ annual leave
- Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
- Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
- 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
- Flexible, agile and home working
- BUPA
- Permanent health insurance
- Flexible pension scheme
- Medicash
- EAP with access to counselling
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year
- Life assurance
- Annual travel season ticket loan
- Dress for your day policy
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Financial contribution towards home working equipment

**Role overview**
- Introduction to the role:_

The role will involve a combination of:

- supporting senior lawyers on complex matrimonial cases;
- end-to-end responsibility for their own case-load of matrimonial and private children law cases;
- accompanying Counsel to court on difficult family cases and on more straightforward matters conducting own advocacy;
- engaging in business development activity across the Northwest and Nationally to assist in further growing the team
- Introduction to the team:_

Joanne Raisbeck leads the bespoke Team at Hill Dickinson, who work as part of a wider Commercial Litigation team. The Family team itself is comprised of two partner’s, 2 Legal Directors, 1 Senior Associate and 2 Associate’s currently.

The Team has a reputation for excellence and act for some of the region’s most HNW and high profile individuals from the world of business, media and sport. They offer both a national and international service from the Firm’s worldwide offices.

The Team primarily undertake complex and HNW Divorce and Financial Remedy work, along with Nuptial Agreements and Private Children Law matters.

The Team are members of Resolution and are ranked Band 1 in Chambers and Partners in the Liverpool area and ranked by Legal 500 in Band 2 across the Northwest.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Client liaison and client care
- Business development
- Drafting documentation
- Instructing Counsel and experts
- Negotiating with the other side
- Attending court
- Advocacy
- Co-working with the partner in the team on complex financial matters, as well as running your own caseload (both matrimonial and private children work)

**What are we looking for**:

- Essential_
- Previous experience of managing a caseload of matrimonial and private children work
- Awareness of current topical issues/commercial acumen
- Advocacy
- Excellent IT skills
- Experience of business development
- Excellent organisational skills
- The ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrates an understanding of clients’ needs/expectations
- Adheres to guidelines and procedures
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Willingness to learn and develop
- Desirable_
- Experience of Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreement work
- Previous exposure to high net worth clients

**Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

**Disability Support**

**Values**

Trust - Respect - Innovation - Collaboration



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