Legal Counsel Job in Staines, Home Counties Uk
Staines
- Competitive Salary with Excellent Package
- Location - Staines TW18 3BY
- Platform to accelerate your career at Centrica, a top 30 FTSE 100
- Give advice to the business on applicable laws and regulations, monitoring EU and UK legislative and judicial activity.
- To be responsible for handling litigation in-house and instructing external lawyers and third parties effectively to achieve the best possible outcome for the business.
- Engaging with and effectively managing external lawyers and third parties, where appropriate, to provide efficient and high quality support within agreed budgets.
- To be responsible for delivery to the business of timely reports, analysis and statistics about the claims received and their outcomes.
- Providing relevant training to the legal and regulatory team and to the business.
- To provide general support and assistance as required and to deal with other matters as assigned.
- Qualification as a Solicitor essential.
- The candidate will be able to demonstrate that he/she is capable and has experience of handling high volume litigation in the civil courts together with experience of using different methods of alternative dispute resolution processes.
- Experience of dealing with litigants in person is essential. A working knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint as reporting tools would also be a particular advantage.
- We particularly value experience working for a busy in house legal team.
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Competitive Salary with Excellent Package