Barrister - Personal Injury Specialist/Litigator

Barrister - Personal Injury Specialist/Litigator - Gibraltar

Applicants must hold a UK Legal Qualification and have at least 3 years PQE in commercial litigation

Salary commensurate with experience plus benefits

EU Applicants only

SRGEurope is instructed to recruit an experienced Personal Injury Barrister with 3+ years PQE to join the Legal Affairs team of a dynamic International Legal Company with a base in Gibraltar. The specialist Personal Injury Barrister will be responsible for providing a full range of litigation services and deal with all personal injury matters. This is a dynamic role with a fast paced, evolving Company, working with and supporting the Legal Affairs of its prestigious client base. Salary package will be dependant on experience and qualifications.

Personal Injury Barrister role and responsibilities are but not limited to:

• Drafting and negotiating contracts with a multi-jurisdictional scope
• The subject matter of the contracts will be varied but will require advising candidates on complex and difficult disputes
• Working with multi-national regulatory regimes and personal injury management
• Have a claimant background to pick up an existing caseload of claimant files
• The personal injury fee earners deal with most areas of claimant personal injury work, covering RTA, EL, PL and 'slips and trips claims', either pre-issue or litigated
• Managing junior team members to provide litigation support generally to senior members of the team to include evidence and document management including collection and compilation of supporting evidence and drafting of witness statements, as required

Personal Injury Barrister Profile:

A recognised qualified UK Lawyer with relevant 3 years minimum post qualification experience and:

• Completed training contract in a leading law firm in the UK or Gibraltar
• Currently working at a recognised litigation company in the UK or Gibraltar
• Good academic qualifications
• Highly computer proficient, specifically in Microsoft word, and excel
• 3 years plus PQE experience working in a commercial litigation environment
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills (written, spoken and negotiation)
• A commercial and common-sense approach
• Willingness to work hard
• Ability to work effectively as part of a small team in Gibraltar
• Feel comfortable working on your own initiative with a certain amount of autonomy
• An appetite to use and develop wider legal skills/knowledge

To Apply

If you are seeking an exciting challenge in your Legal career within a commercially fast paced environment then please send your CV without delay as the client is interviewing.

Please click on the 'apply' button and upload your CV or alternatively contact Angelique Pearson, Recruitment Consultant on 00350 200 69999 or e-mail Angelique.pearson@srgeurope.com.

Skills: Personal Injury Barrister, Litigation , Qualified Lawyer , Gibraltar , Litigation Lawyer