Clyde & Co
Litigation Executive
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The Role
Department: ELPL
Location: Manchester
Role: Litigation Executive
The Team
We are looking for an experienced Litigation Executive to join the Volume ELPL Team to be based in our Manchester office.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be an ELPL fee earner competent running a defendant caseload of litigated fast track matters. Expected to:
- Handle a caseload of c50 files at any one time.
- Deal with all procedural aspects from issue through to trial.
- Draft all pleadings.
- Investigate and appraise liability prospects.
- Demonstrate the ability to value personal injury using JC Guidelines and case law.
- Assess claims for special damages.
- Negotiate settlement where appropriate using persuasive arguments.
- Have strong telephone negotiation skills.
- Prepare witness statements for use in court proceedings, taken via telephone call or video call.
- Attend conferences with counsel when required.
- Conduct own telephone advocacy.
- Liaise with other professionals such as claimant's solicitors, counsel, courts, brokers, policyholders, and the insurer clients.
- Have strong organization skills and be able to use a case management system.
- Ensure all Management Information is completed timely and accurately.
- Adhere to client SLA requirements in terms of reporting and updates.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Previous ELPL litigation/fast track experience.
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- The ability to meet deadlines and work efficiently by managing time in a fast-pace environment.
- A professional manner with the ability to build relationships internally and externally.
In return, you will benefit from being part of an organization that is genuinely committed to its people. Within our friendly department, you will have access to a range of learning and development opportunities designed to support your ongoing progression.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specializing in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade, and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering, and charitable partnerships, and minimizing the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals, and 5,000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.
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Our Values
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavors, and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
- Work as one: We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success.
- Excel with clients: We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the center of everything we do.
- Celebrate difference: We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement.
- Act boldly: We seek new opportunities, take action, and learn as we go, recognizing that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth.
Role Competency Requirements
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal, and professional development opportunities for our people, enabling them to be highly effective in their current role and assisting them to fulfill their career aspirations. The competencies are used to inform all aspects of career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
- Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it.
- Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially.
- Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively.
People and Team
- Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others.
- Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others.
- Leadership: creating high-performing teams.
Client Relationships and Business Development
- Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining, and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities.
- Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers.
- Cross-selling and business development.
Finance and Practice Management
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- Finance management and understanding of the business.
- Project management: ensuring projects are delivered.
- Knowledge sharing.
Personal Effectiveness
- Communication.
- Clarity of thinking.
- Personal contribution.
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
The Firm
When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals, and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavors, and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference, and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realize their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering, and charitable partnerships, and minimizing the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.
Our Commitment
Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity, and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.
A Note on Privacy
Please take a moment to read our privacy notice. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, how it’s obtained, your rights, and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
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