Partner - Professional Indemnity

Partner - Legal

Manchester / Hybrid

£Excellent + Exceptional Benefits + bonus

Are you a Legal Director or Partner with Professional Indemnity experience?

Come and support in leading and managing the Professional Indemnity team here at Markel Law

What part will you play? If you're looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you've found it. Because, at Markel, the work you do gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities. Whether you're wild about horses, bananas for boats, or driven by data, you'll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We're always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

We have an excellent opportunity for a Partner - Professional Indemnity to join our team at Markel Law in our Manchester office. We will consider our Leeds office with some weekly travel to Manchester included.

What you'll be doing:

• Support in leading and managing the professional indemnity team
• Manage, reinforce and develop internal organisational referrer relationships, corporate client and business partner relationships for growth of the professional indemnity team and wider business
• Input into strategy and direction at senior level
• Provide both contentious and non-contentious legal advice representing businesses and individuals in an insured and uninsured capacity
• Supervise and mentor other lawyers within the team
• Carry out general management including; governance, compliance, supplier and contract management
• Have budget, financial and profitability control including managing own caseload delivering appropriate personal billing and financial KPI's
• Support the Markel Law advice line and hub services management in relation to content and quality of professional indemnity matters
• Provide overall team strategic direction, development and marketing (including website, literature, communications and PR)

Our must haves:

• Have significant professional indemnity law expertise and management experience
• Knowledge and experience of construction disputes is strongly preferable
• Be able to demonstrate technical excellence
• Deliver high quality and commercially focused advice
• Have experience of client management and practice development
• Have strong business development experience
• Be expected to develop and bring in new business to the department for exceptional growth
• Have a sound knowledge of legal/insurance relationships and their interaction, particularly in the context of liability insurance
• Demonstrate first class client care and communication skills across all levels
• Have high attention to detail and accurate case management skills
• Have excellent written communication skills
• Be an effective manager, demonstrating positive and co-operative interaction with team members

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE - MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.

What's in it for you?

* A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
* 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
* Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
* There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.