Associate (2-3PQE) - Reputation Protection

The role

Mishcon de Reya is seeking a Litigation Associate with 2-3 years of PQE to join their Reputation Protection team in London. This role will focus on media litigation and protecting the reputations of a varied client base, including high-profile individuals and families.

What you'll do

• Deal with a varied but exacting client base, quickly winning their trust and confidence and building meaningful relationships
• Advise on potential claims in defamation, privacy, confidentiality, harassment and data protection, and manage pre-action engagement, litigation (including emergency injunction applications) and regulatory action
• Handle media crisis management, including responding to media enquiries and threats
• Address online publications, including identifying publishers and seeking the removal of objectionable content
• Prepare and submit complaints to Regulators, including IPSO, Ofcom, ASA, ICO and the Charity Commission
• Support clients out of hours and at weekends on occasion, providing urgent round-the-clock advice
• Negotiate with the media or other interest groups, and experience addressing campaigns
• Supervise trainees and/or more junior members of the team
• Maintain consistently high standards of financial matter planning and file management

What we're looking for