Contingent & Litigation Risks

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal risk underwriter in London seeks an experienced solicitor with expertise in commercial litigation and a strong interest in legal risk underwriting. This role offers an opportunity to network with clients while managing complex litigation-focused insurance products. Ideal candidates will have a background in law and exceptional analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an associate solicitor in a recognized law firm.
• Experience in commercial litigation and legal risks is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop a robust network with law firms, corporates, and funders.
• Assess and underwrite commercial litigation risks.
• Maintain relationships with clients and business partners.

Skills

Analytical skills

Client-facing work

Education

Solicitor qualification

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london (city of london), United Kingdom

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Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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Job Description:

A growth opportunity has arisen to join a recognised speciality legal risk underwriter. The existing team is looking to appoint an experienced solicitor with commercial litigation expertise to join as a key team member. Established interest in litigation and legal risks insurance and funding is essential. This would suit a progressive individual who enjoys client facing work with analytical skills to review a wide range of commercial litigation and legal risks.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a robust network of professionals in law firms and corporates, intermediaries, and funders, and capital providers.
• Able to participate and/or lead in the risk assessment and underwriting of commercial litigation and known contentious risks.
• Develop an understanding of bespoke insurance products related to legal risks including ATE risks, funder indemnity risks, defence side contingent risks, judgement preservation / appeal risks, among others.
• General technical underwriter duties, including screening and underwriting of risks, prep of prep of (non-binding indications) NBIs and referrals.
• Meeting, developing and maintaining of relationships with clients, brokers and related business partners.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience practicing as an associate solicitor with a recognised law firm and ideally experience.
• Comfortable in presenting to develop product awareness/understanding for target clients.
• Developing, implementing, placing, and negotiating of litigation focused contingent liability products to commercial litigants, law firms or other prospective purchasers.

Aventum Search is acting as a retained executive search agency in relation to this vacancy. For more information, please contact, Jared Glazier (Managing Director) for more information.