Associate Solicitor

PQE: 3 years +
Term: Permanent
Working hours: Full-time (37.5)
Department: Medical Negligence
Location: Chelmsford
The Firm

Tees Law is a Top 200 UK law firm, with over 400 dedicated professionals across our six offices. We offer expert legal services and independent financial advice to a wide range of clients, including individuals, businesses, professional partnerships, charities, schools, multi-academy trusts, and national corporations.

Founded in 1913, Tees has grown from a traditional family firm with strong community roots into a modern, forward-thinking practice. Our vision is simple: to be the firm of choice for delivering exceptional service.

At Tees, we believe in open, honest, and empathetic communication. No matter how complex the situation, we offer clear, long-term solutions tailored to each client’s needs. Drawing on over a century of experience, we proactively anticipate challenges and share insights to help our clients achieve a better future. Our goal is not only to support our clients but to build brighter futures for them, their businesses, and their families.

The Department

We are an award-winning, top-tier Legal 500 Medical Negligence team, recognised as one of the leading clinical negligence groups in the region. Our team includes dedicated experts specialising in brain injury, cancer, psychiatric injury, and obstetric and gynecological cases. We guide our clients in understanding what happened to them, securing the best possible treatment, rehabilitation, and compensation, and planning positively for their future.

The Role

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for:

  • Managing a complex caseload of client matters with minimal supervision.

  • Providing high-quality legal advice and proactively managing client relationships.

  • Achieving the firm’s fee targets while mentoring and developing junior team members.

  • Effectively managing your time to meet targets, ensuring efficient cash flow and credit-management systems, including time recording, lock-up, cash flow, profitability, and billing.

  • Identifying opportunities to add value to clients and improve profitability by anticipating and understanding client needs.

  • Contributing significantly to the firm’s reputation and standing within the community through your excellence.

  • Participating actively in professional and community activities to support the firm.

 

We are looking for candidates who have:

  • A proven track record of delivering successful outcomes in complex medical negligence cases.

  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant case law and legislation, rules of procedure, and professional conduct standards.

Other Information
  • An attractive salary
  • Discretionary payments
  • Birthday holiday
  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays with entitlement increasing with length of service
  • Compassionate leave
  • Employee assistance programme through Health Assured (including Counselling sessions, 24/7 access to trained Counsellors, Health Assessments, 4-week wellness programs, and more)
  • Contributory pension
  • Discounted legal services
  • Discounted financial advice services
  • Life assurance
  • Permanent health insurance
  • Interest free season ticket and travel loans
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Eye care
  • Access to a discount platform that includes special rate cinema tickets, shopping discounts and free treats from Cafe Nero and Greggs
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Social events throughout the year
  • Payment for professional memberships and development opportunities
  • A day’s leave per year to undertake Volunteer Day
  • The opportunity to become involved with firm initiatives such as the Tees Better Future Fund and the ESG project.

If you are ambitious, driven, and want to work with a firm focused on helping give our clients a better future, then you are aligned in our aim to achieve that and empower you to be your absolute best. You will have a blended working schedule, giving you the freedom to arrange your days to benefit your commitments - in and out of the office. We understand that both the big and small details are important and believe that rewarding staff for their contributions and investing in their future is vital to the growth of our firm.

At Tees, diversity and inclusion are the heart of our vision for a better and more equitable future. We embrace diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, and socioeconomic background. We recognise that by embracing diversity, we can harness the collective power of our employees and create a culture that promotes collaboration, empathy, and understanding.  

By prioritising diversity and inclusion, we believe that we create a more innovative, creative, and compassionate workplace. Our diverse perspectives lead to better problem-solving and enhanced decision-making, enabling us to better serve our customers and make a positive impact.