Associate

A leading UK law firm with a network of offices from the South Coast to Scotland, working together as one national team. An innovative practice and the first top 100 law firm to achieve “Gold Standard” Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm. The lack of barriers between departments, a real lack of hierarchy, zero tolerance for arrogance and pomposity makes Shoosmiths a fantastic place to work.

Our Recoveries Services Group provides a complete range of debt recovery services utilising cutting edge technology and with specialists dealing with different debt types, all operating under a centralised management structure allowing us to deliver consistently excellent service.

We act for a wide variety of captive and non-captive lenders.

Our specialist team of asset finance litigators is trained to deal with asset finance recoveries using commercial strategies and to engage with the customer at an early stage of proceedings. We deal with all cases, from routine undefended matters to large complex cases. 

The team in Northampton is a large team and covers motor and asset finance collections, portfolio management and standard litigation. 

We are looking for an Associate from 2 year PQE + to join us and lead the non-standard team. We would also be keen to hear from those who have qualified through the Legal Executive route and are FILEX qualified.

We would love to hear from those with recent post-qualification experience in motor finance and/or asset finance recoveries/litigation. You will need to be used to running a complex/defended litigation caseload with minimal supervision and be willing and able to supervise juniors in the immediate team but also the wider volume teams.

Our ideal candidate will have a record of working closely with clients - managing key relationships and be accustomed to presenting to them in review meetings. You will also have an enthusiasm for business and product development and a commitment to finding innovative ways to provide an outstanding service for clients.

We identify with candidates who are team players and show a strong work ethic.

We appreciate that the Covid-19 pandemic has changed expectations around where and how we work. We pride ourselves on having a culture and the technology that lends itself well to agile working practices and in this role we expect to offer a mix of office and home working.

We are a values-driven business – our values are at the core of the firm and we evaluate how we behave in accordance with these values through a competency framework. This role is considered to be at competency level 2 in our internal framework, depending on experience.

Shoosmiths is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.