Who we are looking for

We're looking for a talented Senior Associate (5-10 PQE) to join our growing Commercial Litigation team. You'll have a strong academic background, solid experience at a national or leading regional firm, and a genuine enthusiasm for developing your career whilst delivering high-quality work in a supportive and collaborative environment.

You'll have broad commercial litigation experience, including dealing with an SME/OMB client base, with confidence supporting senior litigators on complex matters and managing your own caseload of smaller matters with appropriate supervision.

Strong communication and client relationship skills are key. You'll be responsive to clients' needs and urgent requirements whilst maintaining a sustainable work/life balance. Collaboration is at the heart of the role, and you'll enjoy building strong relationships with clients and colleagues across the firm. You'll also play an active part in the continued growth and success of both the team and Myerson as a whole.

The role will also provide scope for you to be involved in practice development, not only for the department, but also for the other legal services offered by the firm.

The team

Our highly respected Commercial Litigation team at Myerson is one of the leading dispute resolution practices in the North of England. The team is rated “Top Tier” by the Legal 500 and is a “go-to” firm for clients who need to resolve a business dispute. The team provide the highest quality advice and support to our clients on a wide range of matters including contractual, shareholder and partnership disputes.

The role

We are looking for a Senior Associate to assist Partners and senior members of the team, as well as conducting their own work on a wide range of dispute resolution and commercial litigation matters. Typical work that the department deals with includes:

• Commercial and contractual disputes
• Company/Shareholder disputes
• Professional negligence matters
• IP and IT disputes
• Commercial Agents claims
• Insolvency litigation
• Banking claims
• Supervising Search Orders
• Injunctive Relief
• Franchise disputes
• Defamation and reputation management

Our firm

Myerson is a Top 200 UK Law Firm as recognised by The Lawyer. We are also proud to be ranked ‘Top Tier’ by The Legal 500, commended by The Times ‘Best Law Firms', and accredited as ‘World Class’ in the Best Companies League Table 2023.

We are one of the largest independent law firms in the North West, a bold claim we are proud to make because it’s been hard won. No instant growth through acquisition or merger. Instead, growth earned from our day-to-day endeavours, an entrepreneurial approach to doing business, and a rock-solid reputation. We recruit staff who are motivated by our core values and have an affinity to our collegiate and independent ethos.

In September 2024, Myerson became a 100% employee-owned business. We are incredibly proud to have been the first law firm in the Manchester market to make this positive step to safeguard our independence, stability, and people first culture for years to come. Being employee-owned means shared responsibility, strong collaboration, and a difference our clients can feel.

As an award-winning law firm, we are passionate about finding eager, knowledgeable individuals and supporting them to become leaders in their field. We are strong advocates of a successful work/life balance, finding forward-thinking individuals with enthusiasm for their role.