Commercial Costs Lawyer – City of London – Hybrid – Ref 100075

High profile City Costs Agency are looking to recruit a Costs Lawyer or experienced costs professional with at least 5 years’ commercial costs experience (either in-house or for an external costs provider).

The firm acts for top tier clients, specialising in high value and complex commercial and shipping litigation in both court proceedings and arbitration.  Their work covers multiple jurisdictions, including the UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Channel Islands in addition to work for our London City and UK-wide clients.

The team is ranked in Chambers and Partners for Costs Lawyers and the director is ranked individually. They are a forward thinking, dynamic costs consultancy who have acted on some of the most significant and notable recent costs matters.

The day- to- day responsibilities will include work on the full spectrum of costs matters, including, but not limited to:

• Preparing costs schedules/breakdowns and statements of costs
• Preparing detailed bills of costs
• Preparing costs budgets/budget discussion reports
• Preparing client estimates
• Preparation and advising on schedules in support of applications for security for costs and requests for payments on account
• Preparation of points of dispute/replies
• Advocacy
• 50:50 Split Claimant and Defendant work

Ideally the candidate will be a qualified Costs Lawyer however, experienced, non-qualified costs professionals who have experience in acting on commercial costs matters will also be considered. A desire to become qualified as a Costs Lawyer will, in that event, be supported by the firm.

This is a fantastic position for the right candidate