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Complex Injury Senior Associate
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This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly regarded national law firm with a strong reputation in defendant insurance litigation. The firm acts on behalf of major insurers, corporates and public sector organisations, handling a broad range of high-value and technically challenging personal injury matters. With continued growth in its Complex Injury practice, the team is seeking an experienced Senior Associate to support the management of significant claims and play a key role in the development of junior lawyers.
Your new role
You will join a specialist Complex Injury team undertaking a mix of catastrophic and high-value personal injury claims, acting predominantly for insurer and corporate clients. The role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior lawyers and partners on complex matters while also maintaining responsibility for your own caseload.
The work will include:
- Managing a caseload of complex defendant personal injury claims, including employers' liability, public liability and catastrophic injury matters.
- Running high-value and multi-track litigation from inception through to resolution.
- Advising clients on liability, causation, quantum, policy coverage and indemnity issues.
- Developing case strategies and providing commercially focused legal advice.
- Instructing and liaising with counsel, experts and other stakeholders.
- Attending conferences, mediations, joint settlement meetings and court hearings where required.
- Supporting partners on catastrophic injury and other complex, high-value claims.
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships through the delivery of exceptional service.
- Assisting with supervision, mentoring and development of junior team members.
- Contributing to business development activities and strengthening existing client relationships.
- Ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements, court deadlines and internal procedures.
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What you'll need to succeed
- Qualified Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with significant experience in claimant or defendant personal injury litigation.
- Circa 6+ years PQE
- Strong background handling employers' liability and public liability claims.
- Experience managing complex and high-value injury matters, ideally including catastrophic loss work.
- Excellent knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules and insurance litigation processes.
- Proven ability to manage a busy caseload whilst meeting financial and service targets.
- Strong technical drafting, analytical and negotiation skills.
- Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers would be advantageous.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to build trusted client relationships.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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What you'll get in return
- Opportunity to join a well-established and growing complex injury practice.
- Exposure to challenging, high-value and catastrophic injury work.
- Genuine career progression opportunities within a supportive team environment.
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Ongoing training, professional development and support for career advancement.
What you need to do now
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