Associate

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 850 people including 185 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Job role: Associate

Hours: 37.5 hours a week FTE

Winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’,

Department: Travel and Leisure

Location: London

Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

• 25 days’ annual leave
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Flexible, agile and home working
• BUPA
• Permanent health insurance
• Flexible pension scheme
• Medicash
• EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year
• Life assurance
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

We are looking for an Associate to join the Travel and Leisure part of our PI & Regulatory team. Working closely with an established team, you will advise clients on matters relating to travel law, regulatory compliance, commercial and media law. Our clients include companies offering international and UK holidays, the cruise and ferry industry, hotel owners and industry bodies.

Introduction to the team:

You will be joining the wider PI & Regulatory team – Marine Business Group, headed up by John Caddies, who have a long track record of successfully advising clients on the legal aftermath of major and minor air, land and sea incidents including criminal and regulatory incidents and defending personal injury claims in a cost-effective and pro-active manner.

Key responsibilities:

• Advising on contractual matters, clients booking terms and conditions, conditions of carriage, website compliance and consumer protection and regulatory issues
• Dealing with litigious claims
• Drafting commercial agreements
• Development of own internal and external network of contacts and play a significant role in business development for the team.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Experience in travel law and claims (In house or private practice)
• Transactional, drafting and negotiating experience
• Ability/willingness to work as part of a team and independently
• An interest and aptitude for developing new business
• Strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Pragmatic approach to legal and commercial problem-solving
• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines and adhere to guidelines and procedures (client and internal)

Desirable

• Experience of hotel contracts, drafting supplier’s contracts such as excursion providers, car hire companies, coach companies.
• Experience in relation to airline claims
• Knowledge of Regulations and Conventions such as the Package Travel Regulations, the Montreal Convention, the Athens Convention
• Basic knowledge of personal injury claims

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best. Please contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

Values

Trust – Respect – Innovation – Collaboration

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.