Insurance Disputes Associate/Senior Associate

Insurance Disputes Associate/Senior Associate – Birmingham – Permanent – Full time

The role

Our client has a fantastic opportunity for an Associate/Senior Associate to join their highly regarded insurance disputes team in Birmingham on a permanent basis.

You will provide a wide range of general and specialist insurance coverage and claims defence advice requiring excellent knowledge of the Birmingham insurance market, Lloyds regulatory issues, coverage and policy interpretation as well as up-to-date knowledge of court and dispute resolution processes and strategy.

You will have excellent team working and leadership skills, have managed a team, and be familiar with a variety of leadership tools and strategies.

You will ideally have some experience of the insurance market (but not essential) as well as up-to-date pre-action and litigation procedure knowledge.

The Team

This is an opportunity to join the leading and prestigious professional indemnity team in the West Midlands, ranked as No1 in the legal directories. You will be working in a team of lawyers defending a broad range of professional indemnity claims against:

• Solicitors and barristers
• Construction professionals including architects, surveyors, engineers, design & build contractors
• Financial professionals such as accountants, insolvency practitioners, IFAs, trustees, pension advisers
• Insurance brokers

The team also handles a significant number of coverage investigations for insurers.

This role will primarily focus on working with the 4 Birmingham based professional indemnity partners and provide the chance to develop your technical knowledge working alongside market leading experts. You will also work with other partners in the Insurance Disputes NSL on specific projects or as part of a wider client service team.

The person

What skills and attributes would I need?

• Good academics
• Excellent written English and ability to produce clear, logical drafting
• Numeracy skills
• Negotiation skills
• Lateral thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with evidence of leadership experience
• Flexibility to work with and supervise team members
• Effective time and matter management and a systematic approach to work
• Proactive team player
• IT literacy
• Good research skills
• An enthusiasm for marketing with clients and multipliers

The benefits

As you’d expect, our client offers a highly competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

Pre-employment screening

Client Description

Our client is an award-winning UK law firm centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses, and the wider communities they serve. Their clients and industries benefit from their knowledge and learning and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. They tell them what they need to know when they need to know it.

They build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual needs. And if clients need things they don’t offer, they draw on their network to give recommendations. Their 1,250 plus people and over 750 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients.

By joining our client, you’ll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that’s not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. Their mantra is “Achieve more. Together.”, which embodies their purpose and is more than just a catchphrase! They’re also ranked in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list and were recently awarded Platinum Investors in People.

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