Commercial Disputes (Insurance) Senior Associate

Osborne Clarke; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Osborne Clarke in the UK is seeking a Senior Associate for our Commercial Disputes team, with a focus on insurance coverage and policyholder litigation, while maintaining a broader commercial litigation practice.

This permanent, full‑time role is available in London, Reading or Bristol, and involves advising on policy coverage, assisting with claims preparation, and handling coverage litigation/arbitration with partner support.

Qualifications

• Commercial litigator with experience in policyholder coverage advice.
• Experience in UK coverage litigation or arbitration is preferred.
• Interest in developing noncontentious insurance advisory work.

Responsibilities

• Advise on policy coverage and claims preparation for policyholders.
• Represent clients in coverage litigation and arbitration proceedings.
• Develop noncontentious insurance advisory work for clients.

Skills

Commercial litigation

Insurance knowledge

Policyholder focus

Coverage advice

Arbitration

Job description

Role profile

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Associate in our Commercial Disputes team, focusing in particular on insurance coverage and litigation for policyholders (but with scope to maintain a broader commercial litigation practice alongside this work).

This opportunity is available on a permanent, full‑time basis and we're open to considering candidates wishing to be based in any of our three UK offices (London, Reading and Bristol).

The practice

The insurance team sits within our wider commercial disputes team, which acts on a wide range of litigation and crisis management mandates for a broad range of international and domestic clients, including market leaders in technology and telecoms, life sciences and energy sectors in particular.

We are frequently asked to represent clients on complex insurance disputes, primarily on behalf of policyholders. Insurance instructions include contentious matters advising on policy coverage, assisting clients with claims preparation and advocacy, coverage litigation and arbitration. In addition, the team handle an increasing volume of noncontentious matters including policy advisory work, advising on transactional insurance policies, and other insurance advisory work.

Due to the nature of the practice, issues arise in relation to a many different classes of business including Cyber, D&O, E&O, Property, Energy, Casualty, Constructions and W&I.

Technical Skills And Experience

You will be a commercial litigator with experience in providing coverage advice, on behalf of policyholders or insurers and with an interest in developing these skills in a fast-growing policyholder focused insurance practice. Ideally, you will also have some experience of providing noncontentious insurance advice or be keen develop this part of your practice. Familiarity with multiple classes of insurance business is also an advantage.

The nature of the practice is such that you should have a good grasp of basic aspects of insurance law such that you feel confident on providing practical advice and guidance on a wide spectrum of insurance issues (with partner level support where required). You should also have keen eye for detail and the ability to provide careful and concise advice. You will also have experience of UK coverage litigation and/or arbitration.

Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking for an Associate or Senior Associate, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.

Your career development

Like All Our Lawyers, You Will Benefit From Our Multi-award Winning Career Development Programme. At Each Stage Of Your Career This Provides You With

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

Salary And Benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

Our recruitment process

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

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