DAC Beachcroft
Solicitor - Professional Indemnity
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Department: Professional and Commercial Risk
Location: Leeds
Description
Are you looking for a role offering intellectual challenge and industry-leading quality work, without compromising on genuine flexibility? An opportunity in our Professional & Commercial Risk team may be for you.
We’re seeking a Solicitor with an interest in professional liability to join the team. You’ll play an active role in the continued growth and success of the team, in collaboration with our wider practice in the North, nationally and internationally.
Our team acts for Insured professionals and all the main insurance companies in the defence of claims, and deals with the full spectrum of insurance work from policy coverage, recovery and strategic advice to Insurers.
Join a truly international firm where collaboration across disciplines fuels variety and creative problem-solving for high-calibre clients.
Key Responsibilities
As part of the team, you will have:
- A mixed workload of professional negligence claims against a wide variety of professionals
- Responsibility for conducting both pre-action and litigated matters, as well as assisting more senior fee earners
- Responsibility for reviewing documents to analyse the facts and issues and identify next steps, as well as responsibility for running disclosure exercises and drafting witness statements
- A good understanding of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation
- The opportunity to liaise directly with experts and counsel
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- ~0-2 years PQE, with an interest in Professional Indemnity
- Ideally at least a seat in Professional Indemnity or a transferable area (such as defendant personal injury, commercial litigation, property litigation or contentious probate)
- Strong relationship and client-handling skills, commensurate with experience
- A good level of self-sufficiency, managing a caseload commensurate with experience
- An eye for detail and creativity in problem-solving
- Change-oriented, with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives
- Team oriented and collegiate, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
- A willingness to work hard as part of a highly ambitious and driven team
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We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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