In-House Litigation Counsel in London Area

Job description

About the Role

Epiq Counsel is rapidly growing in the UK and we are looking for litigation lawyers to service our growing client demand for this skillset. By joining the Epiq Counsel roster, you will be considered for future in-house engagements aligned with your expertise and preferences.

About Epiq Counsel

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers. Our lawyers work on a wide variety of legal matters for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 clients across all practice areas. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each lawyer’s practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with sophisticated interim in-house opportunities with leading law departments across the globe. Leverage our network to work for organisations in need of top-tier legal services. Take the next step in your legal career and join a vibrant community of legal professionals!

We are actively seeking UK based lawyers with the following qualifications:

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England and Wales.
• 8–10+ years PQE, ideally with a mix of private practice and in-house experience.
• Strong background in commercial litigation, regulatory matters, or dispute resolution.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and advocacy skills.
• Ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously and work under pressure.
• Commercially minded with strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in a regulated industry (e.g., financial services, energy, healthcare) is advantageous.

Desirable attributes:

• Experience with cross-border disputes or international arbitration.
• Familiarity with data protection, ESG-related litigation, or class actions.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented approach with a strong sense of professional ethics.

Support our corporate/law firm clients on the following:

• Manage and advise on a wide range of contentious matters, including commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, employment claims, and reputational issues.
• Instruct and liaise with external counsel, ensuring cost-effective and strategic litigation management.
• Provide proactive legal risk assessments and develop internal policies to mitigate potential disputes.
• Draft and review pre-action correspondence, pleadings, witness statements, and settlement agreements.

Benefits

• Predominantly remote/hybrid work.
• Dynamic project work varies in length and is conducted remotely or on-site depending on client needs.
• Engagement support and coaching.
• We offer market beating benefits in the alternative legal services space.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

11-08-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English