Graduate/Solicitor (0 - 3 PQE) Litigation

Graduate/Solicitor, Litigation (0 - 3 PQE) – Christchurch

We have an exciting opportunity for a graduate who is interested in litigation, or a litigation solicitor, to work in our Ōtautahi (Christchurch) Litigation team.

Led by Willie Hamilton, our team comprises skilled advocates who use their experience and knowledge to resolve a diverse range of disputes.

Willie has gained over 18 years’ New Zealand litigation experience and has extensive expertise in commercial disputes, liability insurance and regulatory matters, and sports law.

Your day-to-day work will involve drafting documents (including correspondence, pleadings, and submissions), research, and discovery tasks.  You will have the opportunity to work both one-to-one with Willie, and with senior barristers and Kings’ Counsel on complex matters.

Your experience/interest may include:

• litigation
• mediation
• dispute resolution
• liability insurance
• commercial disputes
• sports law

What do we offer?

This role provides the opportunity to join a team of seven, where you will gain valuable experience from day one. Your Partner will help you develop your technical skills and your business acumen.

We are a future-focussed firm and that ethos extends to our people too. At Dentons we can offer you top quality work and an outstanding firm culture.

We offer competitive remuneration along with benefits that will make a positive difference to your life:

• we invest in our people, so learning and development are key
• lifestyle leave - we recognise that people have busy lives so there is the opportunity to buy extra leave each year
• dedicated wellness programme
• paid parental leave of 26 weeks/5 weeks for non-primary caregiver
• access to free in-house legal advice
• we dress for our day and our role
• regular social events, including Friday Fives, sporting and charity events, annual balls, family Christmas parties, and an end of year function.
• an extra paid holiday for Dentons Kensington Swan Day

Dentons partners with Pride Pledge. We believe inclusion drives diversity and fostering an environment where our people thrive through diversity of thought and shared experience makes us the successful global firm we are. We encourage applications irrespective of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. Dentons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an environment where everyone respects and supports each other.

Application:

To apply, please submit your CV, cover letter and academic transcript.

To request a copy of the position description, or for a confidential discussion about the role, contact Claire Wilkinson on Claire.wilkinson@dentons.com

For more information about our dispute resolution team see Dentons in New Zealand - Litigation and Dispute Resolution.