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Litigation Solicitor
- Posted14 January 2026
- LocationChristchurch
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Law Firms - Professional
- Reference1011513
Job description
The Company:
This long-established, full-service Canterbury law firm provides legal service for individuals and businesses. Known for providing personalized, cost-effective solutions with integrity, they have a great reputation within the Christchurch legal community.
The Role:
Due to growth in their litigation workload, our client is seeking expressions of interest from lawyers anywhere from 1 year PQE through to around 6 years PQE. Led by Partners with strong experience across a variety of litigation, you’ll get exposure to a broad range of work including employment law, insurance, construction, health and safety and general civil and commercial litigation.
This firm assists individuals as well as business and local authorities with their litigation and dispute resolution needs.
About you:
We are looking for someone with a clear interest in developing their legal career in the litigation space. You’ll be someone who has the ability to dissect complex information, identify key issues, and solve problems proactively. You’ll be able to communicate your ideas effectively and be a strategic thinker with great attention to detail. There is scope to tailor this role to your experience level.
The benefits of this opportunity:
For this role you will need to have had experience working as a Solicitor and have NZ working rights.
For a confidential chat about these roles, please contact Liz Sloan at CoLegal Recruitment – liz@colegal.co.nz or 027 211 6718.
Looking for something different? We recruit for legal roles across New Zealand so if you’re looking for a change, let’s have a chat about the market.
This long-established, full-service Canterbury law firm provides legal service for individuals and businesses. Known for providing personalized, cost-effective solutions with integrity, they have a great reputation within the Christchurch legal community.
The Role:
Due to growth in their litigation workload, our client is seeking expressions of interest from lawyers anywhere from 1 year PQE through to around 6 years PQE. Led by Partners with strong experience across a variety of litigation, you’ll get exposure to a broad range of work including employment law, insurance, construction, health and safety and general civil and commercial litigation.
This firm assists individuals as well as business and local authorities with their litigation and dispute resolution needs.
About you:
We are looking for someone with a clear interest in developing their legal career in the litigation space. You’ll be someone who has the ability to dissect complex information, identify key issues, and solve problems proactively. You’ll be able to communicate your ideas effectively and be a strategic thinker with great attention to detail. There is scope to tailor this role to your experience level.
The benefits of this opportunity:
- Work with a team of professionals who take pride in what they do and offer a clear and structured progression plan with genuine career development
- A commitment to creating a supportive and engaging workplace with regular employee satisfaction surveys and check-ins
- Flexible working options
- Birthday leave, long-service leave and a strong parental leave policy
- Free EAP counselling
- Discounted legal work and an employee banking package
For this role you will need to have had experience working as a Solicitor and have NZ working rights.
For a confidential chat about these roles, please contact Liz Sloan at CoLegal Recruitment – liz@colegal.co.nz or 027 211 6718.
Looking for something different? We recruit for legal roles across New Zealand so if you’re looking for a change, let’s have a chat about the market.