Consulting, Investigations & Disputes Manager

Job Description

Our client, a global advisory firm is seeking a manager for their investigations and disputes team. The role involves leading investigations, complex dispute-support work and manage high-stakes arbitration and litigation support projects, asset tracing and internal investigations for global clients.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage and lead a varied range of complex projects simultaneously within the investigations team related to dispute support in the investigations and disputes sector.
• Mentor and supervise junior project team members, supporting their professional development.
• Engage with human sources to obtain information where needed and proactively expand the global source network.
• Prepare clear, client-ready reports on dispute support projects that require minimal edits or supervision.
• Proof read and quality control the work of peers and junior team members to ensure high standards.
• Maintain direct engagement with clients throughout the project cycle, ensuring full understanding of objectives and adapting to changes in case context.
• Oversee project budgets and supervise financial aspects of project execution, controlling costs and ensuring profitability.
• Participate in client facing activities such as briefings and presentation of findings during the project lifecycle.
• Draft, scope and price proposals for new investigation work and actively reach out to both existing and potential clients to sell services.
• Analyse legal strategies and develop investigative plans aligned with client objectives at various dispute stages.
• Maintain up-to-date awareness of international arbitration, litigation developments, and dispute support best practice.

Experience required:

• Fluency in English to the highest standard in both spoken and written communication.
• Minimum five years of relevant professional experience in dispute support investigations (arbitration, asset-tracing, internal investigations).
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing human sources.
• Extensive experience understanding legal strategies and designing investigative plans to assist clients at different stages of a dispute.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to execute projects with business minded professionalism.
• Astute writing skills, strong analytical capability and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and the ability to translate complex commercial matters into clear reports.
• Strong professional judgement in project execution and client management contexts.
• Self motivated and able to deliver high quality work with minimal supervision.
• A keen passion for disputes and interest in the latest developments in international arbitration and litigation.
• Preferred: People management experience or ambition to lead and develop teams.
• Advantageous: Proficiency in additional languages.

Interested? Reach out to Alchemy Global Talent Solutions today.