Our corporate and funds practices support with due diligence and other aspects of projects/transactions. Our real estate practice conducts asset management and volume portfolio due diligence work.
What we offer
When you join us, we’ll give you all the opportunities you need to grow your career – whether you’re looking to transition into a new specialist area, qualify as a lawyer or develop your current expertise.
Supported to reach your goals with flexible training and development plans, you may have the opportunity to work internationally to further your career as you become an integral part of our business.
Legal professionals and graduates
Our Belfast office is led by a senior management team and is comprises of fee earners across the grades as illustrated below.
Alternative Legal Services teams
We have a team of highly capable lawyers, legal analysts and technologists based across our global Alternative Legal Services business, which was established in April 2011.
Initially focused on disputes (where documentary analysis is critical to the investigation of matters and cases), in 2012, we expanded our offering to include corporate, funds and real estate work.
Legal professionals and graduates
Our Belfast office is led by a senior management team and is comprises of fee earners across the grades as illustrated below.
Managers
Senior lawyers in client facing roles, ranging from 5 to 15 years PQE, responsible for managing our workstreams from a technical and project management perspective
Senior Solicitors / Senior Former Practising Barristers
Lawyers responsible for assisting in the management of projects, dealing with escalated queries from solicitors/former practising barristers and legal analysts and conducting quality control
Solicitors / Former Practising Barristers
Lawyers responsible for executing project work, our solicitors and former practising barristers are either England & Wales, Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland qualified
Trainees
The Belfast office currently offers up to four England & Wales training contracts each year, with our trainees spending time working in our London office
Legal Analysts
Extremely bright law graduates, many of whom have previous legal experience
Respond team
Our permanent full-time team is supported by our Respond team – permanent employees who join the office as a flexible resource to support with specific projects when necessary.
Our Respond team are recruited using the same rigorous recruitment process, and receive the same thorough training, as our permanent full-time team. Our Respond programme enables us to use agile resourcing to manage peaks in demand and to maximise utilisation
Members of our permanent full-time and Respond teams are eligible to apply for the England and Wales training contracts we have available each year (subject to certain eligibility criteria). As part of this programme, our trainees have the opportunity to undertake seats in our London and other international offices.
From key milestone programmes, to flexible learning options, we’ve developed a practical and interactive development programme to allow you to enhance your market leading skills in areas such as negotiation skills, drafting, client relationship development and leadership.
BENEFITS
Benefits vary depending upon your role within the firm, but may include participation in the contributory pension scheme as well as life assurance, private medical insurance and permanent health insurance.
We also offer a flexible benefits programme (Flex2Fit) that allows you to purchase benefits from your core salary. We’ve negotiated special terms and policy rates on many of these benefits, while others are tax efficient. The Flex2Fit benefits include:
The Flex2Fit benefits include:
- dental insurance
- health screening
- critical illness cover
- travel insurance
- childcare vouchers
- retail vouchers
We also provide a number of other benefits, including:
- emergency childcare
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- staff referral scheme
RELOCATION SUPPORT
To help facilitate international moves, the firm offers a range of relocation support services. While you’ll receive our help in moving wherever you choose to go, the benefits and allowances you’re eligible for will depend on the structure and type of package attached to your secondment.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Working with the diverse groups that make up our pro bono client base around the world offers you the chance to develop your professional knowledge and make a positive impact on issues close to your heart and ours.
Find out more about our pro bono and citizenship opportunities here.
