LLP - Associate (4+ PQE) Financial Professionals Disputes

LLP - Associate (4+ PQE) Financial Professionals DisputesJob IntroductionYou will play an active role in the continued growth and success of the financial professionals team in Bristol.The team's clients include leading firms of accountants, financial advisers, pensions professionals, and insolvency practitioners. We deal with high-value, complex, and interesting claims which are sometimes international in nature. The claims we handle include court proceedings and FOS and POS referrals, and our work very often comes with a fiscal or regulatory angle to it. We also support clients involved in regulatory investigations by the FRC, ICAEW, and FCA. Our focus is always on achieving the best outcome possible for the client.The team has grown rapidly in recent years and consists of 2 partners, 2 legal directors, and approximately 10 other lawyers who regularly work in the area. High work levels coupled with anticipated future growth mean there is an opportunity for an experienced lawyer to join the team and progress their career. For the right candidate, this could include entry as a Senior Associate or a career path to promotion to that level.We work in close collaboration with our wider professional indemnity and commercial litigation practices in Bristol, as well as nationally. The Bristol-based professional indemnity practice is ranked in Tier 1 in both the Legal 500 and Chambers directories, with a number of leading individuals named. It is the longest established professional negligence team in Bristol, acting for most of the leading insurers, as well as large professional services firms, and with specialist service lines covering all the key professional and financial lines of business, including, in addition to accountancy and financial services, the legal, surveying, insurance broking, and construction sectors.Main ResponsibilitiesWe are looking for an experienced lawyer to assist in the defence of professional indemnity claims, particularly in the financial professionals line of business. The role will involve acting as a point of contact for clients, managing a caseload with supervision, and supporting Partners in larger matters.Specific responsibilities include but are not restricted to:Responsibility for conducting both pre-action and litigated matters as well as assisting more senior fee-earners.Advising insurers on coverage across a range of insurance policies and issues.Acting as a point of contact for clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience.Reporting to Insurers and conducting work according to insurer protocols and SLAs.Participating in and initiating marketing and business development activity in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients, including by presenting and assisting in client and other external seminars and writing articles.Providing supervision and coaching to junior fee earners.Maintaining and developing technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications, and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements.Ensuring full compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols on billing and credit control and demonstrating a high level of financial management when supporting others in managing files and in relation to own files, where appropriate.The Ideal CandidateA qualified solicitor of more than 4 PQE will be considered. Previous experience dealing with financial professional claims is essential. Experience of advising on professional indemnity coverage issues is highly desirable.A desire to specialise in financial professional claims and the complex, technical issues they involve is essential.Good numeracy and an interest in financial/money-related matters and tax.Solid academic track record at degree and CPE and/or LPC level (or equivalent).Excellent relationship and client handling skills. Able to deal confidently and professionally with insured and insurer clients on day-to-day issues.Able to operate with a high level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority.A demonstrable ability to adopt a client-focused and commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues, coupled with a keen grasp of legal issues as they arise (demonstrating a clear ability to learn quickly ‘on the job’).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.Willingness to work hard as part of a highly ambitious and driven team to help it continue to develop and achieve its objectives.About The CompanyWe are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia, and Germany.We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health, and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial, and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate, we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top-tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
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