Description
Due to the expansion of our Professional Indemnity team into Birmingham we are looking for an experienced individual with prior experience in defending ProFin claims. Areas of expertise in claims against solicitors, construction professionals, property professionals, insolvency practitioners and/or accountants.
Our Birmingham offering adds to the already successful teams in Liverpool and London and has an excellent reputation. It is ranked highly in both Chambers and Legal 500.
The successful individual will work closely with our newly appointed Partner and her team on high value and multi-party claims, as well as running smaller value claims themselves. There are excellent opportunities for professional development, client interaction & secondments with insurers as well as developing on to deal with their own high value, complex claims over time.
This is an opportunity where the team members are willing to invest their time and expertise in making this a long and successful career for the right candidate in the competitive area of Professional Indemnity.
Key Responsibilities
The successful lawyer will be accountable for the following:
* Reviewing documents and preparing reports
* Handling your own smaller matters
* Liaising with the Insured and Insurers
* Dealing with disclosure
* Reviewing evidence
* Conducting investigations
* Instructing Counsel/Experts
* Research
* Drafting generally
* Attending conferences and trials/ disciplinary hearings with Counsel
* Dealing with routine correspondence
* Court appointments
* Ensuring compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct and relevant Service Standards
* Taking part in seminars/ training for insurer clients
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Previous defendant professional indemnity experience 0-5 years
* A sound knowledge and understanding of the types of disputes handled by the department and claims handled by the department’s insurer clients
* An ability to prioritise workload
* An ability to communicate in writing and prepare succinct and concise reports
* Ability to pay attention to detail
* Ability to work with case management systems
* The personal skills to deal with such work as major and expensive litigation involving liaison with senior claims handlers
* Legal qualification required i.e. Solicitor / FILEX or equivalent
Should you wish for an informal discussion prior to your application please do not hesitate to reach out. We look forward to your application.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
* Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
* Simply Health Care Cash Plan
* WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
* Death in Service
* Critical Illness Cover
* PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
* Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
* Cycle to Work Scheme*
* Tech Scheme*
* Season Ticket Loan*
* Gym Flex*
* Access to Online Discount Sites
* Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
* Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
* Discounts at local retail outlets
* after successfully completing probation
We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.
We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.
Our global team of more than 6,500 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.