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Legal Director – Property Damage
Commercial Insurance Team | DWF | Location: Flexible (Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham)
Why Join Us?
Our Commercial Insurance team at DWF is enthusiastically recruiting a Legal Director – Property Damage to join in Manchester.
Focussing on high-profile clients, the team handles intricate insurance property disputes, including:
- First-party property damage (FPPD)
- Third-party property damage (TPPD)
- Product liability
- Policy coverage
- Subrogated recoveries
The role offers flexible working, accommodating hybrid arrangements and regional office locations.
Responsibilities
As a Legal Director within this specialism, your core tasks include:
- Managing your own caseload of property-related claims within predefined service level agreements (SLAs) and best practice standards.
- Assessing risk and developing judgment to validate decisions—both internally and externally—with clients.
- Prioritising efficiently to streamline workflows and enhance productivity.
- Aligning role responsibilities holistically with the practice group to nurture a caseload befitting your legal and technical expertise.
- Fostering collaborations (internally and externally) to expand business networks and align with client expectations and firm objectives.
- Mentoring junior team members, serving as their spearhead support and knowledge resource.
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Key Requirements
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- +5 years post-qualification experience (PQE), with a proven interest in property damage insurance.
- Prior expertise in insurance-related property caseloads, particularly:
- Third-party property damage
- Product liability
- Policy coverage
- Subrogated recoveries
- A deep technical foundation in Commercial Insurance, with strongest sanctions for track records in complex insurance disputes.
- A track record of delivering results under stringent deadlines and timelines.
Desirable Traits
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly when dealing with complex demands from internal/external colleagues and clients.
- A self-motivated leader with a high commitment to mentorship, building and developing others within the team.
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What We Offer
At DWF, we’re committed to valuing diversity, fostering an inclusive culture, and upholding equal opportunities. Our benefits include:
- A rewarding and supportive environment for all employees.
- Accommodations for adjustments—we invite candidates requiring additional support (or whose fitting may not align perfectly with listed requirements) to apply anyway. Your perspective could match this role—or another!
About Us
DWF is a premier global provider of integrated legal and business services, empowersing a workforce to cultivate personal potential within diverse and inclusive environments. We believe in harnessing everyone’s unique strengths to shape progressive, ethically aligned growth.
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