Professional Indemenity Solicitor

Professional Indemnity Solicitor

Leading insurance team based in central Leeds are looking for a Solicitor to join this well established Professional Indemnity Team.

The team provide expert legal advice to clients across an engaging mix of professional disciplines including Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions, Directors and Officers, Cyber, Warranty and Indemnity, and Construction. Our teams work collaboratively across these disciplines and, whilst everyone will have their area of particular expertise, we encourage cross-working so colleagues have genuine variety in their work and can use their rounded expertise to provide creative, bespoke solutions for our clients.

Role Responsibility:

As part of our growth and strategy, our Northern Professional Indemnity team is looking to recruit an additional 0-2 year qualified solicitor to join the team in Leeds. The individual will 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. The team acts for all the main Insurance companies and Insured professionals in the supply chain. We deal with the full spectrum of Insurance work from Policy cover, recovery and strategic advice to Insurers.

As part of the team you will have:

The opportunity to interact on a regular basis with clients. You will share your knowledge of key issues and provide meaningful advice and support.
A mixed workload of professional negligence claims involving a wide variety of professionals.
Responsibility for conducting both pre-action and litigated matters, providing real-time project support, as well as assisting more senior fee earners.
A good understanding and experience of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.
Direct engagement with experts and counsel, directing our work with both.


The Ideal Candidate

Due to our growth and the reshaping strategy, we are open-minded about the qualification level of the candidates we see: we are most interested in what you think you can bring to the role and the team, and whether we are the right fit for you.

You will:

Have very good relationship and client handling skills, commensurate with experience.
Be able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues.
Have a good level of self-sufficiency, and manage a caseload commensurate with experience.
Be change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.
Be team oriented and collegiate, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.
Demonstrate a willingness to work hard as part of a highly ambitious and driven team to help it continue to develop and to achieve its objectives.