Associate / Property Litigation Solicitor

Full or part time

Location: hybrid - based in our Leeds office (3/2 days a week)

**No agencies please**

An exciting opportunity for a junior or associate level solicitor (minimum four years PQE) to truly make an impact at an award winning, rapidly growing, property litigation law firm. With our investment, an ambitious candidate will have all the tools they need to become an expert property litigation solicitor.

Established in 2020, Hägen Wolf has quickly become a leading UK property litigation boutique, with a diverse, high profile client base. Many of the UK’s top professional firms trust us with their clients’ property litigation requirements.

What our clients say about us:

 “The team at Hägen Wolf are a pleasure to work with. We have worked with them on a wide range of cases where we have had issues with landlords and other operators. Approachable, collaborative and pragmatic at all times, they handle our cases with tenacity and professionalism.”

Dave Windross,

Vue Cinema

The role:

You will be working on a uniquely broad range of cases spanning a large variety of sectors, alongside a supportive, collegiate team. 

Below are some of this role’s key responsibilities:

·        Managing your own case load

·        Looking after clients

·        Delegating to and supervising more junior colleagues

·        Assisting more senior colleagues on complex cases

·        Court and mediation advocacy

·        Drafting

·        Negotiation

·        Legal research

·        Working with expert witnesses and barristers

·        Supporting the firm’s business development activities

Your experience:

You will be a qualified solicitor working in a specialist property litigation team. The ideal candidate will be ambitious and proactive, you will want to make an impact on a growing, boutique firm. 

You will have a solid grounding in commercial landlord and tenant work and have experience of running your own cases as well as working alongside others.

Experience in residential and development issues (e.g. restrictive covenants) would be useful but not essential.

You will be able to demonstrate a track record of involvement in business development activities and, ideally, some successes.

Working at Hägen Wolf:

The firm places a high value on supporting each of our lawyers and helping them grow. As part of Hägen Wolf’s close-knit, specialist property litigation team, you will benefit from:

-         120 hours of training and development for all team members, every year

-         A bespoke learning and development plan tailored to your needs, reviewed and updated every 6 months

-         A full calendar of socials, recent examples include a Leeds food tour, a day out at Masham Farm, and a hike through the Dales.

-         The opportunity to give back by supporting our annual charity initiative, with fundraising events and drives.

-         30 days of annual leave

-         An annual bonus scheme

-         Hybrid working

We run a paperless office.

Interested in applying?

If you would like to apply for this role, please email a brief introduction, and your CV to [email protected].