Overview
A London-based international law firm is looking to appoint a Valuations & Damages Specialist to join its IP team.
You will be supporting the Head of IP Valuations to develop and execute valuation strategies in disputes. Key responsibilities include building collaborative relationships with legal teams and clients, and driving the growth of a new, evolving team. Seeking a qualified accountant, CFA, or economist with exceptional analytical skills, experience in IP disputes, and ability to draft expert reports. Requires strong communication, strategic thinking, and proficient Word and Excel skills. The firm offers an agile work environment, competitive salary, and development opportunities, plus diverse benefits packages.
Key Responsibilities
You will be a part of a new & growing team within the firm, so you’ll have the opportunity to be an integral part in building out something new.
This is a great opportunity to move “in house” to see the wider aspects of a dispute and to build meaningful relationships with legal teams, barristers and clients.
The focus will be on IP disputes, but with opportunities to work with the Sports, Dispute Resolution and Competition teams.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Must hold a relevant qualification, either an accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or economist
- Exceptional analytical skills required, strong communication skills, and a strategic thinker
- Experience of working in disputes setting calculating damages and/or valuing businesses and other assets for litigation and/or arbitration
- Experience of drafting (all or parts of) expert reports
- Ability to explain complex financial concepts or analysis to people unfamiliar with the topics
- Very strong Word and Excel skills
Additional Information & Benefits
- The firm’s agile approach to office and remote working enables you to find the right balance to deliver at your best. Supporting you, the business and clients in a flexible way.
- Progress your career and personal development with an award-winning development programmes, from global mentoring schemes to bespoke coaching opportunities.
- Equip yourself with a board range of technical and business skills as well as a deep understanding of business issues through a skills-based curriculum.
- Competitive, market-led salary and bonus structure
- Family friendly policies as well as health schemes and wellbeing support
- A flexible benefits package which allows you to tailor your benefits to your current needs and lifestyle.
- In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, the firm operates two discretionary bonus schemes.
- The firm offers a performance related bonus that reflects the contributions you make to the firm. We know an inclusive culture, alongside a diverse workforce, makes us more innovative and agile, so whilst some of the criteria for being awarded a bonus is based on chargeable hours, we also include an allowance for hours spent contributing to Diversity & Inclusion, ESG, and Pro Bono work.
- The firm sees ‘winning work’ as significantly different to the day-to-day business development activities you carry out as part of your role as an Associate, so in addition to the Performance Bonus, the firm is keen to reward Associates for winning work. Winning Work Bonuses are paid in addition to the Performance Bonus and are intended to be a thank you for your contribution to introducing a client or generating additional work from an existing client.
