Solicitor/Chartered Legal Executive - Casualty

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen in DAC Beachcroft's Claims Solutions Group Casualty team.

The team advises insurers and corporate clients in their defence of claims of all values, types and complexity. Our clients are a mix of leading names in the insurance industry as well as household name corporates, and the team deals with all aspects of defendant litigation.  This includes catastrophic injury, motor, casualty, disease, product and health and safety. Increasingly, the team is getting involved in pre-emptive advice on these issues as well as dispute resolution.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Emma Colls on ecolls@dacbeachcroft.com 

Role Responsibility

• A solicitor, or chartered legal executive working within the Employers Liability / Public Liability Injury Casualty team.
• Your case load will be primarily Fast Track defendant litigated cases on behalf key insurer clients. You may  be asked to assist other senior colleagues on more complex and higher value cases.
• The cases will often involve incidents that occur during sporting events, acting on behalf of teams, associations or governing bodies.
• You will work for a mixture of household name insurer clients and self-Insured customer which instruct us directly.
• Act as a point of contact for clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience.
• You shall exercise full compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols on billing, confidentiality and credit control and demonstrate a high level of financial management in respect of own files.
• As part of your role you may be asked to support marketing and business development activity within the team. This will include meeting clients, attending training sessions and marketing events.
• Aim to achieve a minimum budgeted annual target of 1440 chargeable hours per year and also achieve a billing target commensurate with your role and client fee scale.
• Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

• Solicitor, CILEX or paralegal with a demonstrable interest in defendant injury claims
• Litigation and EL/PL experience would be an advantage
• Good relationship and commercial/insurer client handling skills.
• A proven awareness of management information, client driven KPIs and their importance to meeting client expectations.
• Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues. Able to demonstrate a reasonable level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority.
• An ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues.
• 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.
• You must be able to handle a varied workload in accordance with client protocols and with an appropriate level of supervision.

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Northern Ireland, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Peru, Central America, Argentina, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are known for our market-leading presence in sectors such as 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 the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. We are the asset management lawyers for the UK’s largest shopping centres and act for 9 of the UK’s top 10 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 155 Chambers UK 2019 practice area and individual lawyer rankings, including 30 rankings at 'Band 1' level. In Legal 500 UK, 2018, the firm received top tier ranking for 32 of its practice areas and 59 practice areas in the top two tiers. In March 2018, we were named as one of Legal Week's Best Legal Advisors for the third year running, achieving category-leading satisfaction scores for our commercial approach, service delivery, quality of legal advice, communication & responsiveness and overall relationships.

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.

DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. 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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