Insurance Law Professional Support Lawyer, min 4 yrs PQE
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, London, City of London
- Salary
- £85000 - £90000 per annum
- Closing date
- 14 Mar 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice, Professional Support
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
Rare opportunity for a Solicitor to join a leading insurance law firm as a Professional Support Lawyer. This role will primarily support the property and liability group (which encompasses various insurance business lines, such as property, construction, product liability, cyber and environmental liability) as well as being involved with broader insurance and dispute resolution initiatives. The role will involve liaising with partners across the firm's international network and developing projects and initiatives that are not necessarily confined to the UK.
The role will have a particular focus in supporting the development of the cyber and data protection practice. The successful candidate will be strategically minded with the ability to focus on the development of all of the various practice groups within the team. The successful candidate will need to be outgoing and with strong persuasion skills.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years' PQE working in a leading City based insurance/commercial litigation practice.
Insurance expertise is essential. Ideally candidates will have some experience in property insurance and dispute resolution.
Company
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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