Contentious Insurance Lawyer

A top leading law firm are seeking a a dynamic candidate with at least 2+ years’ PQE experience and excellent client skills to join their award winning team based in London.

The work will be a mixture of general insurance coverage, defence work, commercial disputes (acting for both insurers and policyholders) and commercial litigation for financial services firms.

Examples of the type of work would include:

• Acting for insurers and financial institutions in a range of commercial disputes including mediations and arbitrations.
• Profit share and commission disputes between regulated and non-regulated businesses especially among our insurer and reinsurer client base;
• Acting for commercial policyholders on a range of contentious insurance matters
• Providing coverage advice and analysis on a variety of policy wordings including D&O, Construction programmes (including CAR, combined liability, PI) and PTL.
• Also crime, property and professional indemnity across key sectors such as infrastructure and energy

About the Team

• The team consists of talented Lawyers who focus on financial services litigation, insurance, contentious and non-contentious work.
• The team's primary clients are leading market financial services firms such as global banks, insurers, funds and brokers.
• The nature of the work is a broad base of contentious insurance work and will involve supporting one or more of the contentious Partners and/or Senior Associates within a team environment.

The Candidate Required

• The successful candidate must be technically excellent but, equally important, commercially aware and enthusiastic about business development.
• They will be a team player with a strong client-focussed approach. They will also have excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ultimately, they will have the soft-skills allied with technical delivery to create their own practice and generate revenue.

If you are interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Elliott Dymond for a confidential discussion.

Our advertisements use salary and experience as a guide only. Interlink Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer.

*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful.