Associate Costs Lawyer

The role

Mills & Reeve is seeking an Associate Costs Lawyer for their Litigation practice group, located in Birmingham, Leeds, or Manchester. This role is for an experienced professional to join a growing Costs Team, advising colleagues and clients on various aspects of costs litigation and management.

What you'll do

• Drafting costs precedents, such as Bills of Costs (both Precedent A and S), N260, Costs Budgets (Precedent H), Budget Discussion Reports (Precedent R) and Budget Variations (Precedent T)
• Conducting costs negotiations on behalf of paying and receiving parties “cradle to grave”
• Providing on going and ad hoc costs advice to clients and internal lawyers in relation to costs procedure, law and strategy
• Assisting with training and development of junior staff, internal lawyers and clients
• Supporting with business development, and roadshows
• Considering and offering new perspectives to the way in which we deliver services to all practice areas and clients
• Attending client meetings and meetings with internal teams as appropriate
• Collaborating with teams to identify process improvement opportunities

What we're looking for

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