Commercial Dispute Resolution Director - Sheffield

The Team

Our award‑winning national Commercial Dispute Resolution team is made up of over 100 lawyers across our 13 UK offices. The Sheffield Commercial Dispute Resolution team enjoys a formidable reputation within the Sheffield City Region and beyond and is recognised as a leading practice within Legal 500 and Chambers. It works for many of the region’s leading businesses and has an exceptional roster of national and international clients across multiple sectors including manufacturing, technology, hospitality, food and sports. The team is results‑driven, providing commercial and pragmatic advice that delivers real value and helps build long‑term strategic relationships with clients.

Areas of Expertise

• Shareholder, partnership and trusts
• Commercial contracts and warranties
• Sale and purchase agreements and completion accounts
• Professional negligence claims
• Enforcement of restrictive covenants
• Fraud and misrepresentation
• Injunctive relief, including freezing orders
• Contentious insolvency and enforcement
• Reputational management, including defamation

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and entrepreneurial solicitor who can demonstrate excellent legal capability with a strategic and commercial mindset. The candidate will bring experience in a particular specialism that adds value to the team’s existing proposition and will be willing and able to quickly immerse themselves in a varied and interesting caseload. The right candidate will be adaptable, organised, hardworking, enthusiastic, and eager to learn with at least 8 years’ experience in commercial disputes work and an interest in business development.

We offer a great salary, competitive benefits, a great place to work, excellent training and career prospects, and challenging but highly rewarding work.