Associate - Healthcare

Clyde & Co; Southampton; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Clyde & Co in Southampton is seeking a Junior Associate to join its Tier 1 Healthcare team. You will handle a varied caseload in a leading healthcare practice, advising on clinical negligence matters and related disputes.

The role requires strong drafting, advocacy and client-management skills, with substantial opportunities for professional growth. The firm emphasizes engagement, high-quality work and a collaborative environment, with clear pathways for development and cross-border experience

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 PQE, with defended clinical negligence experience preferred.
• Experience in healthcare sector advantageous.
• Qualified solicitor with practising certificate under the Solicitors Act 1974.

Responsibilities

• Apply strong technical skills and legal principles to complex problems.
• Draft and interpret complex legal documents.
• Advise on claims involving breaches of professional standards.
• Conduct legal discussions with clients and witnesses.
• Present at seminars, write publications, and host client events.
• Identify client needs and develop cross-selling opportunities.
• Prepare court documents.

Skills

Legal drafting & interpretation

Client counselling

Legal research

Court documents preparation

Negotiation & client handling

Education

Solicitors practising certificate

Training Contract or equivalent

LPC or GDL

2:1 honours degree or equivalent

A Levels

Job description

We are looking to attract a Junior Associate at all levels to join our Tier 1 Healthcare team in our Southampton office. Our Healthcare practice have just been awarded - Investors in People Gold, 2023. This is a team committed to engagement, high quality work, and outstanding performance. The Team Driven by the unprecedented demands of an ageing global population and growing levels of lifestyle-related chronic diseases around the world, the global healthcare sector is undergoing a period of rapid change. Our multidisciplinary global healthcare group draws upon expertise across the firm and comprises of lawyers who specialises who specialise in litigation, coroner's inquests, the Court of Protection, capacity and consent, projects and construction, real estate, corporate, insurance, intellectual property, commercial, IT, regulatory and employment. Our clients include public and private hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, healthcare suppliers and distributors as well as healthcare companies, private equity firms specialising in healthcare investments, health ministries and authorities. Our extensive office network across the UK & Europe, US, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East enables us to deliver a seamless integrated service to our healthcare clients around the globe. This role is working with a partner who advises on a wide range of healthcare matters, including providing representation at inquests, representing clinicians before their regulatory body, medical device/product liability work and general advisory work.,

• Applying strong technical skills and legal principles to a range of specific complex problems;
• Drafting and interpreting complex legal documents using specialist knowledge;
• Advising and counselling on claims involving breaches of professional standards;
• Conducting legal discussions and liaising with clients and witnesses;
• Presenting at seminars, writing for publications and hosting client events;
• Understanding our client's business and identifying where the firm can help;
• Preparing court documents;
• Identifying opportunities and developing new or follow-on business;
• Demonstrating an understanding of the global firm, its offices and practices and actively seeking out cross selling opportunities;
• Understanding and dealing with client expectations, objectives, negotiating position and key concerns.
  Candidates will ideally have a minimum of 1 PQE. Please note that our PQE levels are a guide and all suitable candidates will be considered;
• Display excellent legal skills and initiative, as well as managing and prioritising a full and varied caseload;
• The ideal candidate will have significant relevant experience in defended clinical negligence practice including medical malpractice and experience dealing with multimillion pound matters;
• The ideal candidate will have experience working within the healthcare sector;
• The solicitors act 1974 requires practicing solicitors to have a practicing certificate; Successful completion of a Training Contract (or equivalent) and relevant education (Legal Practice Course; Graduate Diploma in Law (if non Law graduate); 2:1 honours degree or equivalent; A Levels)

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. Our Commitment Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. A Note on Privacy Please take a moment to read our . This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice. This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.