The Role
Department: Insurance Financial Professional Disputes - Construction Professional Indemnity
Location: London
Role: Permanent
The Team
Our professional liability lawyers have extensive experience of acting for construction professionals and their insurers across all industry sectors. Our team works together to provide fast and effective solutions to the complex claims that clients find themselves challenged with.
This role will include advising and defending D&B contractors, engineers, architects, project managers, surveyors and other consultants and their insurers on claims and risk management issues. This involves resolving construction disputes, errors and omissions, defects claims and financial disputes as well as all aspects of construction insurance.
Essential Skills & Experience
We are looking for an experienced associate or senior associate with a background in Construction Professional Indemnity to join our leading team in London.
The successful candidate will deal with all facets of contentious construction and construction-related professional indemnity and liability insurance work.
- We are ideally looking for a candidate at 2 - 5 PQE who has relevant post qualification experience with a leading firm. Please note that our PQE levels are a guide, and all suitable candidates will be considered.
- The successful candidate should have good knowledge and experience in construction claims.
- Must be a qualified solicitor. Successful completion of a Training Contract (or equivalent) and relevant education (Legal Practice Course; Graduate Diploma in Law (if non-Law graduate).
- The Solicitors Act 1974 requires practising solicitors to have a practising certificate; and
- All solicitors and registered European lawyers in legal practice or employment in England & Wales must comply with the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's continuing professional development scheme (CPD Scheme)
R ole Competency Requirements
Technical Excellence
Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it
Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially
Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively
People and Team
Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others
Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others
Leadership: creating high performing teams
Client Relationships and Business Development
Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining, and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities
Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers
Cross-selling and business development
Finance and Practice Management
Finance management and understanding of the business
Project management: ensuring projects are delivered
Knowledge sharing
Personal Effectiveness
Communication
Clarity of thinking
Personal contribution
This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
