Senior Lawyer (Temporary) in London

The Senior Costs Lawyer will provide specialist strategic and practical costs expertise across the Firm's UK litigation practices, supporting effective costs management and maximising recoverability. Reporting into the Knowledge Lead for the Litigation & Dispute Resolution division, there is opportunity for the Senior Costs Lawyer to make a meaningful impact across the Firm.Prepare, monitor and update costs estimates and budgets, including advising on variations where required and ensuring legal teams remain aware of key costs milestones, risks and deadlines.Prepare, review and manage bills of costs, detailed assessment bills, schedules of costs, costs budgets, statements of costs, points of dispute and replies across a range of litigation matters.Provide strategic advice to partners and fee earners on all aspects of legal costs, including costs management, budgeting, costs recovery, litigation funding and costs risk throughout the lifecycle of contentious matters.Represent the Firm and clients at Costs and Case Management Conferences, detailed assessments and other costs hearings where appropriate, including conducting advocacy on costs-related issues.Design and deliver costs training for partners, fee earners and business services teams, including best practice in time recording, budgeting, costs recovery and compliance with relevant costs procedures.Monitor developments in costs law and practice, providing technical guidance, legal research and practical tools to embed consistent, commercially focused best practice across the Firm.Support legal teams with alternative fee arrangements, funding strategies, retainer structures, cost estimates and expenditure monitoring to maximise recoverability and profitability.Strong experience in all aspects of costs assessment and costs managementExperience preparing, drafting and progressing bills of costs, statements/schedules of costs, costs claims, cost budgets, estimates, points of dispute. Strong technical and legal knowledge of costs law.Advocacy experience, including attendance at interim applications, costs case management hearings, detailed assessment hearings and other cost-related proceedings.Desirable: Flexible and adaptable approach, with the ability to respond to changing priorities and work under pressure.Commercial awareness and the ability to understand litigation strategy and achieve the best outcomes for clients, the team and the business.Hybrid working - We adopt a hybrid and flexible working approach, dependent on the requirements of the role and subject to manager approval.Please see here for more information on our employee-led DEI Networks.Clicking 'apply' will direct you to the application tracking system, hosted for us by Reach-ATS.com.Contract type Permanent - Full Time Full time