Associate/Senior Associate - Professional Indemnity

DAC Beachcroft LLP; Manchester; Hybride; GBP 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

DAC Beachcroft LLP in Manchester seeks an Associate/Senior Associate with Professional Indemnity experience to join our Professional and Commercial Risk team. You will grow the practice, collaborate with colleagues nationally and internationally, and support insurers and insured professionals with a full spectrum of PI disputes.

You will handle professional negligence claims, manage client relationships, and contribute to both pre-action and litigated matters.

Qualifications

• Professional indemnity experience or related insurance disputes exposure.
• Strong client relationship management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage a caseload and support Partners and junior staff.

Responsabilités

• Interact regularly with clients to provide informed advice and updates.
• Handle a mixed workload of professional negligence claims across various professionals.
• Conduct pre-action and litigated matters with real-time project support.
• Manage your own caseload while supervising junior fee earners and supporting Partners.
• Demonstrate knowledge of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.
• Coordinate with experts and counsel to direct work.

Connaissances

PI experience

Client handling

Case management

Litigation experience

Description du poste

Associate/Senior Associate - Professional Indemnity

Department: Professional and Commercial Risk

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Manchester

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. 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

• 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 [e-mail] in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.