Senior Director - Quantum

An expanding consultancy is seeking to appoint a highly experienced Quantum Director / Expert to join its expert witness division, based in London or working remotely with periodic travel to the London office.

The successful candidate must have experience either acting as a testified expert or have experience acting as the No.2/ lead assistant with ambitions to take the lead and manage the Quantum expert services division in the future.

You will work for a highly reputable consultancy with technical, quantum and delay experts recognised by Who’s Who Legal (WWL).

Project Details

The Senior Director will play a key role in leading, managing, and contributing to quantum expert commissions for the Forensic Expert Witness team. This involves devising and discussing solutions, presenting findings both internally and externally, and driving efficiency, value creation, and optimal use of resources within the team.

The Senior Director may also take on their own appointments (expert, contentious, and non-contentious), either independently or in collaboration with the wider team, ensuring effective delivery and oversight.

Deliverables typically relate to formal dispute resolution processes such as litigation, arbitration, and adjudication. In addition, the Senior Director provides strategic advice on ongoing projects, settlement negotiations, and mediations, both in the UK and internationally

Responsibilities and Duties

• Represent the consultancy in dispute resolution proceedings
• Act as an Expert or act as a No.2 to the lead Quantum expert on large disputes
• Prepare expert reports
• Participate in Senior Leadership Meetings
• Business Development and promoting the consultancy’s brand and services to potential clients and employees and championing the organisation’s values and objectives.
• Work towards building a reputation as a testifying expert
• Overseeing team administration
• Staff Development and training

Desired Skills and Experience

• Highly competent in writing expert reports
• Past appointment in an expert witness capacity and/or have worked as a no.2. to the expert in multiple occasions
• Experience across different markets, types of construction and engineering projects and claims
• Ideally experience securing appointments in an expert witness capacity.
• Ideally has provided testimony, though this is not essential.
• Strong ability to develop and maintain a network of client relationships.

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Degree qualified
• Ideally Chartered in a relevant institution

Employing Company Overview and Profile

The hiring company is a highly reputable construction consultancy who are a market leader in providing expert Witness, dispute resolution and advisory services. They boast a stylish central London Head Office, as well as multiple supporting offices nationally and internationally.

They are one of the construction disputes sector’s real success stories and have ambitious growth plans for the next 12 months despite the pandemic. The business prides themselves on their modern and vibrant working culture where candidates are given a degree of freedom that is not always common in the industry.

They have a highly reputable external training program that staff will benefit from as well as being supportive with professional memberships and relevant further qualifications such as LLM’s / MSc’s in Construction Law.

A full client overview will be given to suitable candidates.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

• Annual Bonus
• Pension
• Private Medical Cover
• Life Cover
• Professional Membership Fees Paid
• Ability to work from home and travel to the London office as and when required