Legal Director - National PI

Clyde UK Services Company; Manchester; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Clyde & Co is seeking a Legal Director to lead the National Professional Indemnity team in Manchester, a senior, technically excellent role. You will manage high-value PI matters, advise insurers and insureds, and contribute to strategic growth across Clyde & Co’s UK and international platform.

The role requires strong client-facing skills, deep PI knowledge and the ability to mentor junior lawyers while driving business development and thought leadership initiatives.

Qualifications

• Evidence of strong client-facing skills and strategic development of a national practice.
• Ability to manage complex, high-value PI matters with autonomy.
• Experience mentoring junior lawyers and contributing to team culture.

Responsibilities

• Advising insurers and insureds on complex PI claims, including coverage and reserving issues.
• Handling high-value matters across professions and coordinating litigation, mediation, and settlement.
• Developing relationships with insurer and broker clients and contributing to business development.

Skills

Client handling

Mentoring

Business development

Strategic leadership

Education

Qualified solicitor in England & Wales

Common law jurisdiction experience

Job description

Job Title Legal Director – Professional Indemnity (National Team)

Location Manchester

Department Insurance – Professional Indemnity

Clyde & Co is seeking an experienced Legal Director to join its National Professional Indemnity team, one of the largest and most respected PI practices in the UK market. This is a senior role for a technically excellent lawyer with strong client-facing skills, capable of managing complex, high-value claims and contributing to the strategic development of the national practice. The role offers exposure to premium insurer clients, sophisticated coverage and defence work, and the opportunity to work collaboratively across Clyde & Co’s UK and international insurance platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Advising insurers and insureds on complex professional indemnity claims, including coverage, defence strategy, policy interpretation and reserving issues
• Handling high-value and sensitive matters across a broad range of professions, which may include construction professionals, lawyers, accountants, surveyors, architects, engineers and consultants
• Managing claims from inception through to resolution, including litigation, mediation and settlement
• Acting as a trusted adviser to key insurer and broker clients, developing strong, long-term relationships
• Supervising, mentoring and developing junior lawyers within the team, ensuring consistent quality and technical excellence
• Supporting partners with business development, including client pitches, panel tenders, thought leadership and client training
• Contributing to the strategic growth and profile of the National PI practice, including innovation, process improvement and knowledge-sharing initiatives

Skills & Experience

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent common law jurisdiction)
• Significant post-qualification experience in professional indemnity insurance, ideally gained within a leading insurance, commercial or disputes practice
• Strong technical expertise in PI policy wordings, coverage issues and claims handling
• Proven ability to manage complex, high-value matters with a high degree of autonomy
• Excellent client-handling skills with a commercial and solutions-focused approach
• Experience mentoring junior lawyers and contributing positively to team culture
• Interest in business development and practice growth

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.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values 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.

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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.

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