Specialisms

Legal Support and Dispute Management

Cobalt has a specialist team of consultants focussed on sourcing and providing legal support and dispute management professionals across all of our core sectors both in the UK and internationally.

Construction and engineering

In particular there is a consistent demand for these services in the construction and engineering sectors where there is a shortage of consultants with dual technical and legal qualifications. Our clients range from specialist construction dispute resolution consultancies to legal support teams within multidisciplinary construction consultancies and in-house legal teams within national/multinational organisations.

Operating laterally across the legal field, we recruit for both quantum and planning/delay disciplines providing professionals at all levels. Our candidates are able assist with avoiding disputes from the outset through to dispute analysis, claims preparation and expert witness services should they be required.

This incorporates the following:

• Contract Services
• Procurement Consultancy
• Contract Administration
• Commercial Management
• Dispute Analysis/Forensic Services
• Claims Preparation & Defence
• Dispute Resolution
• Expert Witnesses, Adjudication, Arbitration
• In-House Lawyers

Requirements span all sub-sectors:

• Civil Engineering
• Procurement Consultancy
• Engineering Projects
• Government
• Rail
• Health
• Education
• Oil & Gas
• Marine Engineering
• Power & Energy

Within this field we are well equipped to be able to respond to our clients' varying requirements, whether this may be an urgent need for a contract or interim consultant or a long term assignment based overseas. Our services are often requested for highly specialised international positions where our clients wish to develop their own client relationships by resourcing professionals with fluency in additional languages.

Cobalt Services and Benefits

• We offer executive search, advertised selection, contingency recruitment and actively managed solutions that combine elements of all three to secure the best talent available, whether our clients are seeking to appoint one key individual or to grow a team within a given timeframe.
• Operating from four offices worldwide we have an ever-growing database and access to an extensive range of candidates that are not widely available on the recruitment market.
• Experienced and innovative Cobalt researchers cover this niche market, constantly developing relationships with potential candidates in order to satisfy our clients' requirements.
• Our knowledge of developments in both domestic and global markets gives us a full understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by our clients.
• We aim to form lasting, productive relationships with our clients and have the resources to ensure that all our clients' business objectives are met on time, within budget and with the minimum of disruption to the operation of their business.