Associate/Senior Associate - Professional Indemnity
- Location
- Leeds
- Workplace
- On-site
About this role
Associate/Senior Associate - Professional Indemnity
Department: Professional and Commercial Risk
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Leeds
Reporting To: Duncan Greenwood
Description
Are you looking for a role offering intellectual challenge, client-focus and industry-leading quality, without compromising on genuine flexibility? An opportunity in our Professional and Commercial Risk team may be for you.
We’re seeking an Associate/Senior Associate with Professional Indemnity experience to join the team in Leeds. You’ll play an active role in the continued growth and success of the team, in collaboration with our wider practice, nationally and internationally.
Our team acts for all of the main Insurance companies and Insured professionals in the supply chain, and deals with the full spectrum of Insurance work from Policy cover, recovery and strategic advice to Insurers.
Join a truly international firm where collaboration across disciplines fuels variety and creative problem-solving for high-caliber clients. You’ll be empowered to build your own client relationships, directly see your impact, and deliver bespoke solutions.
Key Responsibilities
As part of the team, you will have:
- The opportunity to interact on a regular basis with clients. You will share your knowledge of key issues and provide meaningful advice and support.
- A mixed workload of professional negligence claims involving a wide variety of professionals.
- Responsibility for conducting both pre-action and litigated matters, providing real-time project support.
- Your own caseload to handle, alongside providing support to our Partners and supervising more junior fee earners.
- A good understanding and experience of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.
- Direct engagement with experts and counsel, directing our work with both.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Professional indemnity experience, or experience gained in a related insurance litigation or disputes practice, with an interest in developing expertise in this area
- Strong relationship and client handling skills, commensurate with experience
- The ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day-to-day issues
- A good level of self-sufficiency, managing a caseload commensurate with experience
- Change oriented, with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives
- Team-oriented and collegiate, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
- A willingness to work hard as part of a highly ambitious and driven team
Additional Information
As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact [email protected] in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.
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