The Firm:
This International Law Firm has offices across the UK and is recognised highly in the Legal 500 and Chambers in London for their Professional Negligence Practice. With their collegiate approach, they pride themselves on helping their clients and colleagues to create sustainable value.
They take a supportive, creative, determined and clear approach to their work which represents their shared commitment to each other, clients and communities in order to deliver their strategy, achieve their vision and fulfil their purpose.
The Team:
The team is one of the largest in the London and is ranked highly in both the Chambers and Legal 500 Directories. Acting on numerous high value and sensitive claims for clients throughout the UK, they advise insurers and professionals when faced with claims of negligence. They act on behalf of both traditional and emerging professionals.
The team also has a specialism in providing insurer clients with advice and guidance on insurance policy coverage issues, handling delicate relationships between insurers, insureds and brokers.
The Role:
As a result of continued growth, the firm is looking to make a hire into their highly regarded Professional & Financial Lines team. This role offers a mixed range of high quality complex professional indemnity work defending claims against professionals in a range of sectors including; property professionals, planning consultants, insurance brokers, insolvency practitioners and accountants. You will have a key role within the team, acting as a point of contact for leading professional indemnity clients as well as contributing to marketing and business development activities of the business such as attending marketing events and client training.
Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate will have experience in defendant professional indemnity matter acting for a range of professionals. Ideally you will have experience in managing your own caseload but you will also be supporting more senior members of staff on larger matters. You will have excellent communication and client handling skills to assist you in the role of being a point of contact for insurer clients, dealing with them professionally and confidently. You will be team orientated allowing you to thrive in the collegiate environment this team and firm promotes.