Professional Indemnity Solicitor

Auston Legal Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced lawyer to join their thriving Professional Indemnity team in Manchester. This role offers the opportunity to manage a diverse caseload of complex claims while collaborating with senior partners on high-value disputes. The firm is renowned for its exceptional advisory services in the professional indemnity sector, making it an ideal environment for legal professionals looking to advance their careers. With a focus on client relationships and tailored services, this position promises a dynamic and rewarding experience in a supportive team atmosphere. If you have a passion for litigation and a commitment to excellence, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 4-8 PQE experience in insurance or commercial litigation is essential.
• Strong communication and detail-oriented skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Handle own caseload of complex professional indemnity claims.
• Assist Partners with high value and multi-party claims.

Skills

Insurance litigation

Commercial litigation

Case management systems

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Workload prioritization

Education

Legal qualification - solicitor/FCILEx

Job description

The Client

Our client is globally recognised for its work across the professional indemnity sector and prides itself on providing the highest quality advisory and dispute resolution services to insurers and their clients operating in both established and emerging markets.

The firm has an impressive and unmatched depth of coverage and defence capabilities across every line of insurance and reinsurance business, from the smallest claim to the most complex loss.

Placing clients at the centre of everything they do, the firm combines specialist market experience with market-leading relationship management to build a service which is tailored specifically to the needs of each client, based on an understanding of their individual claims philosophies and underwriting appetite, as well as the capital, operational and regulatory issues.

As a market leading insurance practice, the firm provides clients with ready access to advice on contentious issues regardless of business sector or location, handling disputes of all sizes up to complex multi-jurisdictional cases.

The Role

Our client’s Manchester-based Professional Indemnity team has grown significantly in recent years and the team plans to grow further in 2025. To that end, our client wishes to recruit an experienced lawyer (4-8 PQE) to handle their own caseload of complex and diverse professional indemnity claims (potentially including D&O claims) and assist Partners with high value and multi-party claims where required.

Key Requirements:

1. Previous experience within insurance litigation (ideally professional indemnity) or commercial litigation (4-8 PQE)
2. An ability to prioritise workload
3. An ability to communicate in writing and prepare succinct and concise reports
4. Ability to pay attention to detail
5. Ability to work with case management systems
6. The personal skills to deal with such work as major and expensive litigation involving liaison with senior claims handlers
7. Legal qualification required – solicitor/FCILEx

Desirable:

1. Willingness to play a role in the development of client relationships and of the practice as a whole.
2. Claims handling experience (via a previous secondment or otherwise).