Defendant Insurance Senior Associate/Legal Director

Job Details

• Location: Birmingham, Bristol or Leeds
• Work Type: Hybrid
• Experience Level: Mid-Senior level

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a leading commercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing, local government, and health and social care, we are specialists in the construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services sectors. Supported by our valued business services professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teams provide almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate, property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services. As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the communities that we're part of. Consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2024/25 financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for a twelfth consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue investing in our people. Looking to the future, we're targeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for the best people to be part of it.

The Role

Due to a range of new client wins a vacancy has arisen for an experienced solicitor at either senior associate or legal director level, to join the Insurance team in our Litigation, Advisory & Regulatory department. The role will involve defending personal injury and property damage claims for a range of private and public sector clients including insurers, local authorities, and other public sector bodies. With your skill and expertise, it is envisaged that you would:

• Handle a caseload of high value multi track injury and property damage claims
• Manage your own matters with limited support and delegate to juniors
• Work with and support a number of our partner leads and colleagues across all 4 of our offices
• Provide management and supervisory support to junior colleagues

What We Are Looking For

• Strong experience of handling high value personal injury claims, property damage claims and coverage disputes for insurers
• Experience of disease claims would be useful but is not essential
• Previous experience of managing/supervising junior colleagues
• Good client management skills with a practical and commercial approach
• A keenness to work collaboratively and actively contribute towards business development activities

Benefits & Working at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

We offer a structured career pathway. Hybrid working model based on needs of clients, teams and people. Core business hours 9am-5:15pm Monday to Friday with flexibility. Learning, Development & Progression: tailored training courses and annual review processes. Wellbeing: access to various services, Mindful Business Charter, wellbeing events. Benefits include: minimum 25 days holiday (plus option to buy up to 5 additional), discretionary bonus, generous pension, private medical insurance via Vitality, biennial health assessment via Nuffield Health, life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Please contact [contact hidden] for adjustments. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a Disability Confident Employer and carbon neutral.