At Helix Law, we’re on a mission to give commercially astute advice and to work differently.

We look for bright, ambitious and entrepreneurial people with a proven interest in business and/or litigation to join us, to help resolve often complex problems. All too often law firms will offer ‘ongoing development’, ‘career progression’ and ‘support’ but look under the bonnet and you find the same business models and old school approach; paralegals given false promise of the illusive ‘training contract’ or various ‘pathways’.

Ours is a genuinely different proposition carrying responsibility, and opportunity, from day one.

We embrace the opportunity technology presents. We’re excited by how it can help us deliver efficiencies, better quality work with faster service for our clients. We believe legal services are no longer just about, or even mostly about, law.

We speak the old-world legal language whilst simultaneously leading in the development and deployment of automations, technology and alternative approaches to the provision of legal services. We go about our business quietly and confidently, positioning ourselves as effective litigators able to take on City level disputes, whilst developing as a technology company who happen to be a law firm.

We know the above is completely different to what you might have heard or have been expecting us to say, but the truth is that we need good people who immediately get it. With your whole career ahead of you, you might be concerned how any business you join is planning to meet current and future challenges. You might be wondering how traditional old school firms are reacting, and how they are going to survive. We wonder about that too. You might also be concerned about being another number in a City firm, and committing your career to an environment where you might not be seen or heard, where you can’t contribute to effecting change ‘on the ground’ amidst all the volume, noise and distraction. We’ve been there, and we share those concerns.

We can’t predict the future but what we can say confidently is that we need good people; solicitors, senior solicitors, partners, business and future thought leaders to help continue our future growth, wherever that takes us. Of course you need to earn your stripes and to learn how best to tactically and commercially put into practice what you have already learnt academically. We will help you cut your teeth, challenging and taking you outside your comfort zone at times especially in your early years, but fundamentally at Helix there are no caps and there are no collars to your development. If you are exceptional and you get it- we’d love to hear from you.

We looking for experienced, bright, commercially astute, litigation solicitors to join us, especially those with commercial litigation, property litigation or construction litigation (adjudication) experience.

We know all too well the energy that can be wasted and lost in socially charged toxic atmospheres. We don’t have time for these distractions.

Transparency goes to the core of how we operate. We are passionate about people, relationships, and technology (in that order).

We recognise there are alternative models for successful and experienced people; consultant positions where you’re paid a percentage of income and eat what you kill, or perhaps you might be considering setting up a firm as a sole practitioner. These models carry significant risks; an unstable income, self-reliance for work generation, all the responsibility, regulation, bureaucracy, cost and risk and/or the golden handcuffs of loans being given to you as a borrower against future anticipated not yet earned fee income. We have seen many situations where there is a toxic incentive to hoard work rather than to work in a collegiate team for the benefit of clients, ultimately damaging rather than enhancing, reputation.

At Helix we think there is a better way.

We are building a team and litigation business we expect to rival City firms and need good people to assist us in this. We offer experienced solicitors all the benefits of remote flexible and hybrid working with a stable high salary that reflects your experience, how you want to work and (within that) takes into account your anticipated fee income. If you have a following you will of course benefit from it. If your following is modest for any reason we will provide you with work. Salaries are typically agreed balancing your level of need, and anticipated income. You are paid via PAYE and have certainty. We provide work. We expect your overall remuneration to be at least at 40% of your income per year, increasing from there. In this way we balance and leverage our ability to generate work, and your ability and desire to service that work.

We are incredibly agile and flexible. If you need a high salary but want to work from home and need to pick your kids up from school every day- we can make that happen. If you want a low basic salary, no or low expectations, targets or budgets (effectively) and to be remunerated mostly via bonus, we can make that work too. If you wish to actively participate in training, networking and business development we will develop an approach and plan to achieve that with you. If you’d rather focus on doing a great job with a competent reliable business and legal team around you- that’s also absolutely fine. Whatever your priorities we offer a great core package including comprehensive private medical health insurance for you, spouses and dependent children under 18, all the latest kit to help you deliver, and more.

You may also be wondering how any business, especially a legal business you’re considering joining, are planning to meet the challenges and changes of AI and technology. We speak the old-world legal language whilst simultaneously leading in the development and deployment of automations, technology and alternative approaches to the provision of legal services. We go about our business quietly and confidently, positioning ourselves as effective litigators able to take on City level disputes, whilst developing as a technology company who happen to be a law firm. We are entirely cloud based and use multiple software and data automations across the business in our marketing, internal processes and case management (among others). The way we work continues to evolve as technology changes and you will be excited and pushed to learn fast, and to continue to adapt.

Working together we want to inspire you as a lawyer, business person and thought leader as you continue your development. We’d love to hear from you.

Our operations team are at the heart of both our legal services, and our business development.

We are looking for ambitious people who are keenly aware of technological change and are driven to push boundaries to help support our existing services, and to help our business develop and grow further. Our operations team are formed of a number of key areas including;

• Fee Earner Support;
• People and Change (HR);
• Technology and Automation;
• Marketing and Business Development, and
• Technical specialists in other fields.

In reality there is overlap between all of the above for example the use of technology and automations is integral to the business as a whole.

You might be an experienced litigation secretary looking to use your legal experience in a broader context, a software or coding engineer, a data analyst, marketing assistant or project manager. You might have experience ranging from social media to monitoring, triaging and ‘sweating’ data in a completely different context. You might have a technical expertise that is complete outside the above but where you think, or know, an ambitious business can benefit.

If you think you can contribute to improving the quality of the service we provide, the efficiency with which we work, or the growth of our business in some other way, we would love to hear from you.