Senior Associate/Principal Associate – Professional Indemnity

Overview

In this Senior Associate role, you will manage high-value professional indemnity claims and support a growing specialist team in London. You’ll build relationships with insurer and professional clients while supervising junior lawyers and contributing to business development. The position offers a transparent path toward Partnership within a well-regarded specialist platform and involvement in strategic growth initiatives. You work on complex disputes across solicitors’ negligence, financial adviser claims, and other professional negligence matters, with direct client engagement and a strong emphasis on quality work. This is an opportunity to shape a boutique practice at scale, with clear,取

Responsibilities

• Manage complex and high-value professional indemnity claims
• Develop relationships with insurer and professional clients
• Supervise junior lawyers
• Play an active role in business development
• Assist with strategic growth initiatives
• Build toward a medium-term Partnership pathway

Key requirements

• 8+ years’ PQE
• Strong defendant professional indemnity experience
• Experience acting for insurers and/or insured professionals
• Excellent technical litigation skills
• Commercial awareness and client relationship capability
• Desire to play a meaningful role within a growing practice
• Experience defending solicitors, financial advisers, construction professionals, surveyors, engineers (desirable)

• Client relationship capability
• Commercial awareness
• Leadership and mentoring of junior lawyers
• Defendant professional indemnity litigation
• High-value claims management
• Litigation strategy and advisory

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