Professional Indemnity (Healthcare) Associate
Incredible opportunity for an all-round Healthcare Lawyer in London.
* Ranked Tier 1 in clinical negligence per Legal 500.
* Friendly and Collegiate Team.
Our client’s Healthcare team remains a popular choice for healthcare giants (i.e. pharmaceutical clients, healthcare suppliers and distributors, insurance companies, and public and private hospitals) in multiple jurisdictions.
The Team
The team is an established multidisciplinary team that draws upon expertise across the firm and comprises of lawyers who specialise in litigation, coroner's inquests, the Court of Protection, capacity and consent, construction, corporate, and insurance amongst many others.
This is an opportunity to work within a leading (and supportive) team, undertaking some very high quality (and often note-worthy) cases.
The Role
This role is working with a partner who advises on a wide range of healthcare matters, including providing representation at inquests, representing clinicians before their regulatory body, medical device/product liability work and general advisory work.
Key areas of responsibility will include (but not limited to):
* Applying strong technical skills and legal principles to a range of specific complex problems;
* Drafting and interpreting complex legal documents using specialist knowledge;
* Advising and counselling on claims involving breaches of professional standards;
* Conducting legal discussions and liaising with clients and witnesses;
* Presenting at seminars, writing for publications and hosting client events;
* Understanding our client's business and identifying where the firm can help;
* Identifying opportunities and developing new or follow-on business;
* Demonstrating an understanding of the global firm, its offices and practices and actively seeking out cross selling opportunities;
* Understanding and dealing with client expectations, objectives, negotiating position and key concerns.
Key Requirements
The successful candidate will have 1+ PQE from a highly respected firm.
Our client will consider those who are more specialised looking to broaden skill set and is very much open to Associates from Australia and New Zealand.
You will ideally also have:
* Display excellent legal skills and initiative, as well as managing and prioritising a full and varied caseload;
* The ideal candidate will have significant relevant experience in defended clinical negligence practice including medical malpractice and experience dealing with multimillion pound matters;
* The ideal candidate will have experience working within the healthcare sector;
* Excellent communication and relationship building skills;
* A flexible approach and is a fast learner.
Contact
For further information, please contact James Cockerill on +44 7930527642 or send your CV and degree transcripts to james@montgomeryadvisory.co.uk.
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