Legal Director / Partner - PI, Travel & Regulatory

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Birmingham, Hong Kong, Leeds, Limassol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Monaco, Newcastle, Piraeus and Singapore. With more than 1000 people including 200 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 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.

We are looking for an experienced person to join and help expand the commercial Travel and Leisure part of our PI, Travel & Regulatory team. You will have primary responsibility for advising clients on commercial matters relating to travel law, regulatory compliance, terms and conditions and media law. Our clients include companies offering international and UK holidays, the cruise and ferry industry, hotel owners and industry bodies.

You will be joining the wider PI, Travel & 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.

• Advising on contractual matters, clients booking terms and conditions, 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.

Important criteria:

• Qualified Solicitor or equivalent.
• 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).

It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following skills:

• 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.

If you don’t meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to submit an application and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

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 and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know.

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.