Senior Commercial Litigation Solicitor

We are growing our commercial litigation team and looking for a senior commercial litigation solicitor (8+ years PQE) with general litigation and insolvency experience.

About Harper James

Harper James is a national commercial law firm designed to support entrepreneurial businesses from start-up to exit. We aspire to disrupt the model for which legal services are provided to businesses. The firm’s innovative approach to delivering highly tailored and accessible legal advice is considered genuinely different to the establishment.

Harper James was founded in 2014 and continues to grow at c40%+ year on year. This financial year, more than 150 people will support more than 4,000 businesses and our turnover will exceed £14.5m. We expect to double in size over the next 2 years.

What we offer

Our lawyers work on an employed and flexible basis, working remotely with access to meeting space in Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Oxford, Sheffield and Southampton. We work really hard to ensure our lawyers feel part of a team so they can collaborate, share ideas and enjoy each other’s company. The remote set up allows people to work from wherever they want, to give people the flexibility they need, for whatever reason. But we want people to feel that they belong to an ambitious company and that their contribution towards our growth is recognised individually and as a team.

What does the ideal candidate look like?

The candidate will ideally have experience of general litigation and insolvency litigation, including:

• wide ranging commercial litigation experience, running a variety of complex commercial litigation cases and insolvency litigation cases independently and concurrently with paralegal support when required.
• Defending directors and third parties against monetary claims by insolvency office holders relating to antecedent transaction insolvency offences, such as preference transactions and transactions at undervalue.
• Defending directors subject to disqualification proceedings.
• Acting for claimants with monetary claims against companies or individuals subject to an insolvency process.
• General conduct and defence of winding up and bankruptcy petitions.

The bottom line

• Work where and when you want.
• An environment with no politics, no bureaucracy and a great team of people who all play a fundamental part in the success and continued growth of the business.
• Competitive salary and bonus.
• 33 days holiday, including public holidays FTE.
• Option to buy up to 5 holiday days a year FTE.
• Private Healthcare
• Death in service benefit.
• Access to our electric car scheme.
• Flexible working as part of a fully remote but collaborative team.

NO AGENCIES.