Lewis Silkin works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets - their ideas, their people, their brand and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities.
With offices in London, Oxford, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin and Hong Kong, we are recognised by clients and industry alike as being distinct for our unique culture, market-leading practice areas, sector focused approach and for providing solutions to complex, multijurisdictional business challenges, with a pragmatic and human touch. We have two things at our core: people — both ours and our clients’— and a focus on creative, tech and innovative businesses.
Our culture is encapsulated by an ethos of bravery and kindness, guided by our values of Integrity, Clarity, Unity and Excellence (our ‘I-CUE’). We aim to provide a supportive environment for our people, clients and wider community and embrace diversity & inclusion, ensuring people are able to bring their full selves to work. |
The team advise on a broad range of commercial clients on a variety of contentious commercial issues; including general commercial contractual disputes, protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights, defending against infringement actions, managing reputations, take-downs and dealing with contentious employment issues among other areas. The team has a particular specialisation in the area of injunctive remedies, disclosure and search orders.
We typically advise on disputes before the High Court, industrial tribunals, UKIPO and EUIPO tribunals. It also advises on alternative dispute resolution processes, whether through arbitration or mediation. |
We are looking for an experienced Commercial Litigation Lawyer to join us, we are ideally looking for someone who is 4 PQE+ and qualified to practice in Northern Ireland with Commercial Litigation experience.
Specifically, we are seeking an associate with hands on experience of conducting cases before the High Courts and day to day running of complex commercial litigation matters. A good working knowledge of intellectual property law is essential.
The successful candidate will often be the lead associate on a variety of high-end work, working closely with directors.
The candidate will need to have a good working knowledge of the High Court (Commercial Court) Rules, UK and European statutes and case law relevant to the legal fields identified above and be prepared to share legal knowledge with the team as part of the firm’s internal professional development and learning programmes. |
At Lewis Silkin our ethos is simple. We strive to do the best for our clients, our people and the communities in which we operate. We recognise that an inclusive workplace allows for all kinds of ideas and thoughts, a variety of points of view that can trigger discussions or deliver innovative results, and a wide range of versatile skills and expertise. We are proud of the diversity within Lewis Silkin and of our culture that allows people to be themselves at work, ensuring we provide the best possible service to our clients. We are committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working patterns and office location. |